Food | Black magic

“Antimo, I only see slices of black truffle. I don’t see the egg anymore,” I smile. “The best way to work with black truffle is to bring in ingredients that have

The Buzz | Hungary to build fence on Serbian border

Hungary’s foreign minister says the government has decided to build a temporary fence on the border with Serbia as fast as possible to stop the flow of illegal migrants. Peter

New TAP owners vow expansion in US, Brazil

TAP Air Portugal’s new owners said yesterday they intend to expand operations to 10 more U.S. destinations and eight more in Brazil, while bringing more passengers from those countries into

World Briefs

PAKISTAN A spokesman for the international aid group Save the Children says Pakistan’s government has allowed it to reopen its locked offices. PHILIPPINES Two Philippine soldiers are killed and three others

Gaming | House doesn’t always win as Philippine casino bet on China sours

In February 2014, Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. co-Chairman James Packer described the construction of the City of Dreams casino in Manila as a “bet on China.” Sixteen months on, the

ANALYSIS | Lack of infrastructure hinders local diversification

The circumstances of Macau’s dominant gaming industry were far different over a year ago when the Wall Street Journal’s global gaming reporter, Kate O’Keeffe, spoke to France Macau Business Association

Group argues for harsher drug penalties

The group that is working on proposals to amend the anti-drug trafficking law has advocated for heavier penalties to be imposed on people found to have committed drug offenses. A

Local young photographer launches book and exhibition

Local young photographer and writer Ao Ngan Wa (Kate) will be launching her first book “MOVE__” and a photography exhibition titled “Living Souls” this coming Tuesday at the Rui Cunha

GDP expected to contract 24 pct in 2015, EIU says

The Economist Intelligent Unit (EIU) has significantly increased its economic contraction forecast for the Macau economy in 2015 to 24 percent, according to a report produced on June 17. In its

Health centers to remain open until 10 p.m.

The health centers located at Tap Seac Square and Ocean Gardens will be closing each night at 10 p.m. from July 20. The announcement was made yesterday afternoon by the

Robert Cahen’s installations featured at the Museum of Art

A pioneer of international video art, French artist Robert Cahen is bringing to Macau a selection of 17 video installations that he has created over the past 37 years. Titled

Big retailers feel pressure on Confederate flag merchandise

Even as national retailers pull Confederate flags from shelves and websites after the shooting deaths of nine black church members in South Carolina, manufacturers that produce the divisive symbol say

Asian stocks rise as Japan’s Nikkei 225 hits highest since 1996

Asian shares gained for a fifth day as Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose to the highest level in 18 years. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.2 percent to 150.22

Corporate Bits | CEM holds inauguration ceremony for customer liaison committee 7th term

To serve as a responsible corporate citizen and to benefit society, MGM Macau has been supporting Energy Conservation Week organized by the Office for the Development of the Energy Sector

Hydropower projects in Mozambique attract Chinese groups

Mozambique is a target country in the internationalization of China Three Gorges and China State Grid and two major hydroelectric projects that are being launched are of interest to these

Thousands of Portuguese companies rely on Angola

More than half of the 9,440 Portuguese companies that export to Angola have the West African country as their only foreign market said Portuguese daily newspaper Público citing official statistics. The

Beijing says ‘Golden Triangle’ source of most dangerous drugs 

Southeast Asia’s lawless ‘Golden Triangle’ region remains the overwhelming source of the heroin and methamphetamine sold in China, the country’s Cabinet said in a report issued yesterday. The report said 90

About 5,000 people protest rumored Shanghai chemical plant

At least 5,000 residents of a Shanghai suburb protested yesterday over a report that a petrochemical plant may be moved to their neighborhood, although authorities dismissed the report as untrue. The

Bank of China says it will cooperate with Italians in probe

The Bank of China said it would cooperate with Italian prosecutors seeking to indict the bank and hundreds of Chinese migrants following a massive money-laundering probe reported by The Associated

Attack in Xinjiang kills at least 18

At least 18 people were killed after ethnic Uighurs attacked a police checkpoint in Xinjiang, Radio Free Asia reported, the deadliest incident documented in China’s far western region since at

HONG KONG Last remaining pro-democracy protest tents cleared out

Pro-democracy protesters sat at their tents outside Hong Kong government headquarters before authorities removed the camp that was the last vestige of the street protests that erupted last September. The Lands

Regulator asks 3 local milk producers to recall goat infant formula

China recalled several batches of goat infant formula after excessive nitrate and insufficient selenium were found in samples, its food regulator said. Batches from three local manufacturers in Shaanxi province didn’t

Pakistan | Wind, rains cool heat wave that killed at least 749

Wind from the sea and pre-monsoon rains cooled southern Pakistan yesterday, likely marking the end of a scorching heat wave that killed at least 749 people, authorities said. Temperatures in hard-hit

South Korea | MERS infections rise to 179 with 4 more cases

  The number of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infections in South Korea increased to 179 yesterday as four more cases were added, the health ministry said. Among the four cases was

Australia | Canberra to be among largest shareholders in China-led bank 

Australia announced yesterday it will become a founding member of a Chinese-led Asian regional bank and its sixth largest shareholder. Joining the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank presented Australia with great opportunities

WW2 anniversary | Sex-slave statue sits between South Korea-Japan thaw

Outside Japan’s embassy in Seoul sits a statue of a diminutive Korean girl - a symbol of the animosity that divides the U.S.’s Asian allies decades after World War II. The

France | Hollande calls in US envoy over NSA spying

France summoned the U.S. ambassador to the Foreign Ministry and the French president held a high-level emergency meeting yesterday following revelations by WikiLeaks that the U.S. National Security Agency had

Netherlands | Dutch court orders carbon emissions cuts to protect citizens 

In a sweeping victory for Dutch environmental activists that could have global repercussions, a court ordered the government yesterday to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by

This Day in History |1950 UN condemns North Korean invasion

The United States President Harry S Truman has gone a step further and urged western nations to go out to Korea and help repel the communist invasion. “By their actions

Offbeat | Islamic State group blows up 2 mausoleums in Syria’s Palmyra

A Syrian official says the Islamic State group has destroyed two mausoleums in the historic central town of Palmyra. Maamoun Abdulkarim, the head of the Antiquities and Museums Department in

Women’s World Cup | A look at the teams in the quarters

The quarterfinals at the Women’s World Cup are set. Here’s a look at the upcoming matches, and how the teams have fared so far in Canada: UNITED STATES VS. CHINA: This

Western Europe preferred to host 2019 European Games

The second European Games should be in Western Europe following the inaugural event in Azerbaijan, the head of the European Olympic Committees said yesterday. The 2019 games were originally awarded to

HK Observer | Embers from the fire

The long road to the Basic Law’s objective of universal suffrage has just got a lot longer. Now that the Legislative Council (LegCo) has voted down the proposals to introduce

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The Buzz | Facebook now worth more than Wal-Mart

Facebook is now bigger than Wal-Mart, at least when it comes to its value on the stock market. The world’s biggest online social network knocked the world’s largest retailer out

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