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

World briefs

THAILAND Police said yesterday that they were stepping up security along the country’s borders as they searched for around 20 suspected ethnic Uighurs who escaped an immigration

Reports: UK preparing to increase ‘Brexit bill’ offer

British media reports say the U.K. is planning to offer more money to settle its “Brexit bill” with the European Union, but only if the EU agrees to

US first loosened limits on lion trophies, then elephants

One month before the Trump administration sparked outrage by reversing a ban on trophies from threatened African elephants, federal officials quietly loosened restrictions on the importation of heads

Macau Matters | The Joys of Custom Clothing

I loathe and abhor shopping, especially for clothes, mostly because I never know what to buy. People who know my wife and I also know that any clothes

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 – edition no. 2932

* Vatican and China planning a first-ever exchange of artworks * Officials’ accountability system questioned * Taxi infractions surge * Demand for gold rises in China   DOWNLOAD

AL Plenary | War of words at the Legislative Assembly

The tensions from the last couple of weeks between newly elected lawmaker Sulu Sou and some lawmakers, (namely the appointed ones and those from the most conservative

CRIME | Three more people fall for phone scams

The Judiciary Police (PJ), in a joint police conference yesterday, reported three more phone scams, in which three people suffered financial losses.

Sands China celebrates 10 years of Venetian Macao

Sands China celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Venetian Macao yesterday, highlighted by a ceremony at the resort’s outdoor lagoon. Guests enjoyed a masquerade grand parade featuring

Education | IPM hosts delegation from Coimbra University

The Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) and a group of representatives from the University of Coimbra in Portugal recently discussed methods to strengthen ties with Portuguese tertiary

DSE detects four problematic disaster relief applications

Macao Economic Services (DSE) has found four applications for the special financial supports offered by the Macau government to the SMEs in the wake of Typhoon Hato

GP organizers will not consider canceling motorcycle race

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam says that the Macau Grand Prix organization will not consider cancelling motorcycle races during the MGP event schedule.

Media | IFJ grants affiliation to local press association

The Macau Portuguese and English Press Association (AIPIM) is now an associate member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), becoming the first Macau journalists’ association

Corporate Bits | MGM Cotai ‘Grand Opening offers’ announced

Ahead of its opening on January 29, 2018, MGM Cotai is launching “Grand Opening Offers”, a series of packages that are available to be booked, starting

Analysis | A Singapore tax increase would be nectar for Hong Kong

Asia’s two rival financial centers are starting to look very different, and the gap is going to widen. The divergence of Singapore and Hong

Alibaba bets USD2.9b on country’s top hypermarket player

Alibaba is acquiring 36 percent of Sun Art Retail Group Ltd., which operates about 400 hypermarkets under the Auchan and RT-Mart banners. As part of the

Duterte offers China third telecom carrier slot

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has offered to China an opportunity to operate a new, third telecommunications carrier in the country, his spokesman said yesterday. The

Beijing’s deep ties to Zimbabwe could grow after Mugabe era

Under Robert Mugabe’s decades-long rule over Zimbabwe, China grew into one of the African nation’s biggest investors, trading partners and diplomatic allies. Now, as Zimbabwe appears

China on pace for record solar installations as forecasts jump

China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, is poised to install a record amount of solar-power capacity this year, prompting researchers to boost forecasts as much as 80

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