Briefs | Local student receives award for study on Buddhism

Dorji Wangchuk, a Doctor of Philosophy student of the University of Macau’s (UM) Department of Communication, recently received the Top Student Paper Award at the 103rd Annual Convention

MoneyGram deal collapse may force a re-think at Jack Ma’s Ant

Ant Financial may have to re-tool its global ambitions after stiff U.S. opposition scuppered what would have been its largest overseas acquisition. The Chinese financial

Gaming | Analysis: Things looking up for Atlantic City in 2018

The last traces of President Donald Trump’s onetime casino empire could vanish. Someone may finally buy and reopen the former Revel casino. (Or maybe not.)

Arts | Box office records made as Broadway says goodbye to 2017

The year on Broadway came to a very sparkly end for theater producers as many shows recorded their most profitable weeks ever despite theater-goers facing bitter

China is boosting ties in Latin America. Trump should be worried

China’s emergence as a global economic rival to the U.S. is perhaps most obvious in Latin America. The U.S. in recent years has lost its status

Sino-Malay prostitution ring | Three people accused of operating US brothel sent to prison

Two Chinese women and a Malaysian man whom prosecutors say operated a brothel near Atlanta that lured women from around the U.S. to work as prostitutes

Climber who died in South Africa said to be from Hong Kong

Authorities in Hong Kong say a climber who died after falling on South Africa’s Table Mountain is from the southern Chinese city. The statement yesterday by

Off-shore deals | Trafigura denies involvement  in North Korea oil transfer

Trafigura Group denied it was involved in the illicit transfer of fuel to North Korea after the South Korean government said the world’s third-biggest independent oil trader

Beijing welcomes Koreas ‘positive’ moves to talk

China has welcomed moves by North and South Korea to use next month’s Winter Olympics in the South as an opportunity for talks, saying it hopes the

FAQ | Is there a chance for a breakthrough with the Koreas?

After one of the most fraught years on the Korean Peninsula in recent memory — threats of war amid North Korea’s strongest-ever nuclear bomb test and repeated

US-North Korea | Trump boasts of ‘nuclear button’ but doesn’t really have one

President Donald Trump boasted that he has a bigger and more powerful “nuclear button” than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un does — but the president doesn’t actually have

Iran | Trump roots on Iranian protesters, declares ‘time for change’

The Trump administration yesterday threw the weight of the U.S. government behind the protesters taking to the streets of Iran, rooting them on despite the risk of

Ethiopia | Government to release all political prisoners, close camp

In a surprise move, Ethiopia’s leader yesterday announced plans to drop charges against political prisoners and close a notorious prison camp in what he called an effort

Weather | Storm leads to flights cancelled in Switzerland; shortages over Europe

The storm battering many parts of western Europe has led to power outages in Switzerland, canceled flights at Zurich and Basel, and toppled a truck on

Offbeat | Fed-up passenger sought fast track on Ryanair wing

A Ryanair passenger who apparently got fed up waiting to get off a plane surprised fellow passengers by using the emergency exit to jump onto a wing.

This day in history | 1951 – Communist forces to re-take Seoul

Chinese and North Korean troops are reported to be close to capturing the South Korean capital of Seoul for the second time since the war began last

Hockey – NHL | Penguins looking for a big second-half breakout

There’s no need to push the panic button in Pittsburgh yet. Soon, maybe. There are plenty of examples of a reigning Stanley Cup champion

Football | Hectic EPL schedule will ‘kill’ the players, warns Guardiola

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hit out at the amount of games played in the Premier League over the festive period, saying the schedule is going

World briefs

US-IRAN The Trump administration has thrown the weight of the U.S. government behind the protesters taking to the streets of Iran, rooting them on despite the risk of

Price tag on gene therapy for rare form of blindness: USD850K

A first-of-its kind genetic treatment for blindness will cost USD850,000, less than the $1 million price tag that had been expected, but it’s still among the most

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