Offbeat | Las Vegas strip club recruits recent high school graduates

KVVU-TV reports that Little Darlings manager Rick Marzullo says the ads fit in with the character of Las Vegas. The signs have slogans like “Now auditioning the class of 2015”

Roland Garros | Williams overcomes Safarova, flu for 20th major tennis title

A day after missing practice because of flu, Serena Williams beat Lucie Safarova for the French Open title, her 20th major singles tennis victory. The top-­ranked American defeated the 13th-seeded

Things learned from Barcelona’s Champions League win

Looking ahead to next year’s Champions League final: Can the newly crowned champion, Barcelona, defend the European title it won so spectacularly against Juventus? The record book would suggest not: Not since

Rear Window | Smoke curtain

Who could have guessed that the smoking ban in casinos would return to haunt gaming operators? Given, of course, the much more relevant issues the industry is now facing, like

Blatter’s 17-year rule in soccer marked by growth, scandal

Sepp Blatter governed the biggest sport on Earth for nearly two decades, for years untouched personally by allegations of corruption, but never sharing the game’s popularity. He joked about his “Dr.

Ask the Vet | A Guide to Natural Pet Supplements

Risks and Benefits of Pet Supplements A supplement for your dog or cat can help keep them healthy, or help when recovering from an illness. Glucosamine and chondroitin, for instance, have

Sleepy Alpine town tackles protesters as G-7 begins in Germany

A fairy-tale German Alpine town of 26,700 dwellers swelled with thousands of protesters seeking to rankle world leaders hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The activists were descending on Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday

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The Buzz | German driver unscathed after crash with British tank

Police in western Germany say a novice driver escaped unharmed but her car was crushed after she inadvertently turned into the path of a convoy of British tanks. Lippe police spokesman

TRAVEL | Decaying factories transformed into culture center in Warsaw

The space once housed weapons and motorbike factories. Today, it is Warsaw’s Soho Factory, a hip new space of exhibitions, offices and restaurants. Taking inspiration from SoHo and the Meatpacking District

World briefs

N KOREAN space agency officials say the country is developing a more advanced Earth observation satellite and are defending their right to conduct rocket launches whenever they see fit, despite

Generations come together to mark Tiananmen crackdown 26 years on

Hundreds sat solemnly at the heart of the city last night marking the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre in 1989, when tens of thousands students were crushed to death

Seac Pai Van project insufficiencies acknowledged

The fact that the Seac Pai Van social housing project opened without having concluded work on all of its social facilities is having an impact on the daily livelihood of

Health Bureau denies isolating South Korean woman

The Health Bureau (SSM) has denied rumors that a South Korean woman had been isolated for possible Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) after she sought treatment at Tap Seac’s public

DSPA raises awareness over environmental protection

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) is launching a series of activities and awareness raising campaigns to mark the widely celebrated World Environment Day on June 5. DSPA is organizing The

Regulation for Macau-licensed vehicles in Hengqin unknown

In a written enquiry, the lawmaker alluded to a statement made recently by the director general of the Hengqin New Area Administrative Committee, Niu Jing, who told the media that

Additional shows for CCM’s ARTmusing Summer

The Macau Cultural Centre announced yesterday that it will be staging additional shows for “The Forest of Grimm” and “Flying Cow,” two puppet and dance performances coming from Spain and

Cooperation | Developing countries’ top politicians attend forum in town

Over 1,000 representatives including policy makers and industry leaders from around 50 countries and regions are gathering in town for an annual dialogue on further international infrastructure cooperation, as the

Interview | Sun Ziyu : ‘Signing contracts is to set up a common link’

The annual IIICF has once again put Macau’s platform role into the spotlight. Speaking of the city’s potential role in the regional “Belt and Road” Initiative, Mr Sun Ziyu, Vice

Real Estate Matters | The top 25 questions we are asked about Macau property – Part 1 of 5

A version of this article appeared during February 2014 25. Question: Its so expensive, how can I afford to buy a property here? This question comes up a lot from ‘would-be’ first

Project Poker | A high performance grinder

A high performance athlete has to handle other issues than just practicing and competing. People like Rafael Nadal, LeBron James, Usain Bolt, Fernando Alonso and Neymar surely have the best

Greece at loggerheads with creditors over reforms for cash

Greece remains at loggerheads with its creditors over key economic reforms after a meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the head of the European Union’s executive arm failed to

Alibaba expands into financial news with China media investment

China Business News, a television and newspaper company that’s part of the state-owned Shanghai Media Group Inc., and Alibaba will create a financial data and information service for Chinese businesses,

Corporate Bits | CTM supports “Go Shopping 2015”

“Go Shopping 2015” will be held at The Venetian Macao Cotai Expo Hall A between 5 and 7 June. Apart from promoting the activity via its service network, during the

ADB supports job creation in Mozambique

The African Development Bank (ADB) has paid out USD7 million for employment promotion in Mozambique, the Mozambican Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity said Tuesday in a statement. To use

Chinese companies start building refinery in Angola

Construction of the Soyo refinery was awarded to two Chinese companies. The work should be completed in 26 months and will occupy an area of ​​220 hectares in a significant

Yangtze death toll rises as rescuers sever ship’s hull

Rescuers cut three holes into the overturned hull of a river cruise ship in unsuccessful attempts to find more survivors yesterday, as the death toll in the Yangtze River disaster

Hong Kong | Youth find new meaning in Tiananmen vigil

Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers joined a candlelight vigil yesterday night marking the crushing of the 1989 student-led Tiananmen Square protests, an annual commemoration that takes on greater meaning

Letter from overseas students breaks silence on Tiananmen

They were born too late to remember the night 26 years ago when Chinese troops slaughtered hundreds of pro-democracy student activists in the heart of Beijing. Many grew up hearing

June 4th anniversary makes money transfers trickier

Users of one of China’s most-popular Internet messaging services couldn’t transfer money in amounts with numbers linked to the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in the run up to yesterday’s 26th

South Korea | People avoid hospitals as gov’t quiet on MERS

As South Korea continues to announce new cases of the Middle East respiratory syndrome, Seoul bank worker Lee Ji Hyun has decided to avoid hospitals until she’s sure she and

Asylum seekers | First 4 refugees rejected by Australia arrive in Cambodia

Four asylum seekers rejected by Australia started a new life in Cambodia yesterday, becoming the first to be resettled under a deal between the two nations that human rights advocates

Myanmar | Gov’t says migrants sought jobs, weren’t fleeing persecution 

Myanmar said yesterday that thousands of migrants left the country to seek better jobs elsewhere, and were not fleeing persecution, a day after bringing to shore about 730 migrants, the latest

Ukraine | Poroshenko warns of large-scale separatist invasion

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday warned of a possible large-scale offensive by separatist forces in the east, one day after a major battle erupted on the western edge of the

Ghana | Flooding sparks gas station blast, killing at least 73

Flooding in Ghana’s capital swept stored fuel into a nearby fire, setting off a huge explosion at a gas station that killed 73 people and set alight neighboring buildings, authorities

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