Briefs | CCM hosts Children’s Choir Annual Concert

The Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) announced it will present its Children’s Choir Annual Concert on December 17. According to a press release issued by CCM, “from

Cancellation of taxi licenses is a measure to consider, Wong says

The Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak acknowledged yesterday that increasing penalties for taxi drivers’ legal infractions will be considered. The possibility of the transgressors having their taxi

Crime rate drops slightly, arson cases surge

The latest crime statistics and law enforcement data for the first three quarters of 2017 were presented to the media in a press conference held at the 

Sou case neither ‘politically motivated’ nor ‘unique’

Although it was not mentioned by any of the media who attended the press conference yesterday, Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak sought to explain and

Property | Luxury flat on Hong Kong’s Peak sells for Asian record price

An unidentified buyer paid HKD132,000 (USD17,000) per square foot for a luxury flat in Hong Kong’s exclusive Peak neighborhood, making it Asia’s most expensive apartment by

Demand for gold in China lifts profit at world’s top jeweler

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.’s profit increased for a second consecutive six-month period as demand for gold products lifted sales at the world’s

Corporate Bits | Guangzhou auto looks to enhance China tie-up with Fiat

Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. is in talks with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV to deepen their tie-up in China, as the world’s largest car market looks to relax some

Air China suspends North Korea flights, deepening isolation

State-owned airline Air China suspended flights yesterday between Beijing and North Korea due to a lack of demand, deepening the North’s isolation amid mounting

Ecuador president: Manafort pitched deal for Chinese investors

Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said that he met with President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman this year together with a group of Chinese businessmen interested in

Jiang Tianyong | Court sentences prominent rights lawyer to two years in prison

A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison on the vague charge of inciting subversion of state power, the latest verdict passed

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | HK former home secretary accused of offering bribes to Uganda, Chad officials

For the second time in two years, federal prosecutors have charged foreign businessmen with paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure business deals, with one of

Japan | Woman confessed to putting babies in concrete in 90s

A Japanese woman was arrested yesterday after police say she confessed to putting four newborns in concrete-filled buckets two decades ago and having been filled with guilt

Ex-officials accused of corruption in Manila train contract

The Philippine government filed complaints yesterday with an anti-graft office accusing many Cabinet officials in the previous administration of corruption in a maintenance contract for a Manila

Analysis | US terror list more symbolism than substance

As North Korea marches toward nuclear mastery, President Donald Trump slaps the country back on an American blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism. But is it

Zimbabwe | Fired VP says Mugabe should resign immediately

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should acknowledge the nation’s “insatiable desire” for a leadership change and resign immediately, the recently fired vice president and likely successor to the

USA | Almost 60,000 Haitians allowed to stay only until 2019

The Trump administration said it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States

Offbeat | Town moves man’s loudspeaker broadcast of taps to local park

A Pennsylvania town has reached a detente over a former councilman’s broadcast of taps through loudspeakers at his home, which had caused complaints and lawsuit threats. The Glen Rock

This Day in History | 1963 – Kennedy shot dead in Dallas

The President of the United States has been assassinated by a gunman in Dallas, Texas. John F Kennedy was hit in the head and throat when

Football | 12 arrested in Thailand in match-fixing investigation

Football Association of Thailand president Somyot Poompanmuang says five players and two match officials from the top-flight national league are among 12 people arrested for alleged match-fixing.

Sailing | Cup champ Team New Zealand unveils radical foiling monohull

The next America’s Cup will be contested in radical, single-hull boats that will rise up on hydrofoils and speed across the tops of the waves. America’s

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