MEDIA | Latin beauties lure TV viewers who find Super Bowl less exciting

Univision Communications Inc.’s “Nuestra Belleza Latina,” or “Our Latin Beauty,” outperformed ABC, CBS and Fox in both the 18-to-34 and 18-to-49 age groups, according to Nielsen. NBC aired the Feb.

Corporate Bits |Sands China turns off lights for earth hour

Sands China’s participation in Earth Hour is part of the ongoing environmental sustainability efforts of Sands ECO360°, the global sustainability program of Sands China’s parent company, Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Angola | Chinese companies invited work closely with local partners

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Angola (CCCA) called on Chinese companies operating in the country to work more closely with local partners in order to deepen economic and trade

Angola and China assess cooperation

The Foreign Minister of Angola, Georges Chikoti and the Special Representative of the Government of China for African Affairs, Zhong Jianhua met in Luanda to analyse bilateral relations. Ambassador Zhong Jianhua

Boao Forum | Zhou warns on growth slowdown, says PBOC has room to act

  China’s central bank chief said that the nation’s growth rate has tumbled “a bit” too much and that policy makers have scope to respond, underscoring forecasts for further monetary easing

Winter Olympics inspectors positive after Beijing visit 

IOC inspectors left Beijing yesterday after offering praise for the Chinese capital's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics that, if successful, would make it the first city to hold both

Boao Forum | Chinese president promotes regional vision

Chinese President Xi Jinping argued for strong China-led efforts to promote Asian economic and political cooperation while opening a major regional economic conference. Xi delivered the keynote address at the Boao

Australia signs up to negotiations on Chinese-led bank

  Australia announced yesterday that it would join negotiations to establish a new a Chinese-led Asian regional bank that has emerged as a potential challenge to United States influence in a

Brazil joining Beijing-backed infrastructure investment bank

Brazil says it has accepted China's invitation to join a Beijing-backed international infrastructure bank. A short statement emailed by the presidential office over the weekend says the Brazilian government "accepted China's invitation to participate in

Analysis | Japan’s long wait to address US Congress 

Washington honors America’s closest friends by inviting their leaders to address a joint meeting of Congress. But until Thursday, when House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner invited Prime Minister Shinzo

About 4,000 fishermen stranded on Indonesian islands

The number of foreign fishermen stranded on several remote eastern Indonesian islands has spiraled to 4,000, including some revealed in an Associated Press investigation to have been enslaved. Many are migrant

Iran | Officials: nuke talks solving some issues, not others 

Iran may accept new constraints to its uranium enrichment program at nuclear talks but is pushing back on how long it must accept limits on technology it could use to

Tunisia | Leading suspect in museum attack killed 

  Tunisia’s prime minister said yesterday a leading suspect in a deadly museum attack on foreign tourists has been killed in anti-terrorist operations, as tens of thousands of Tunisians marched through the capital to denounce extremist

Germanwings tragedy | Struggle to explain what motivated co-pilot in doomed flight 

A disgruntled worker shoots up a workplace. A student opens fire at a high school. A pilot crashes a planeload of people into a mountainside. There may never be a convincing

This Day in History: 1981 President Reagan is shot

Five to six shots were fired as he left the Washington Hilton Hotel where he had been addressing a union convention, about one mile from the White House. A man,

OFFBEAT: Airbnb becomes sponsor of 2016 Olympics in Rio

Rio de Janeiro’s hotel bed shortage was eased on Friday, as online home share startup Airbnb inked a deal to be the official “alternative accommodations” sponsor of the 2016 Olympic

Vettel wins Malaysian GP to end Mercedes streak

It was Ferrari’s first victory since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. The 30-race gap between wins was the longest Ferrari drought for 21 years. Vettel — in only his second race

Rugby | Fiji reclaim Hong Kong 7s title beating NZ 33-19 in final

Fiji reclaimed the Hong Kong Sevens title when it routed defending champion New Zealand 33-19 in the final yesterday. Fiji blasted to a 21-0 lead in the first half, taking the tension out

Insight | Policy Address: more of the same

Some secretaries may have a reformist purpose, but, as sociology explains, if reformism is not induced from the top, it risks becoming dead letter. The policy address is more of the

Ask the Vet | Bacterial Conjunctivitis in Dogs

Symptoms of Conjunctivitis in Dogs Dogs with conjunctivitis will display a clear set of symptoms. Be on the lookout for any of the following unusual behaviours or visual signs of an

Mexico sets 25 pct pollution cut by 2030 for climate talks

Mexico has become the first developing nation to submit pollutant reduction goals for next fall’s Paris climate change talks, pledging Friday to cut greenhouse gas and short-lived climate pollutants 25

Analysis | The Wynns call off America’s best business marriage

Now, I’ve never met Steve Wynn, but I’ve had a soft spot for the guy ever since reading Nora Ephron’s account of the fateful encounter between his right elbow and

Monday, March 30, 2015 – edition no. 2280

* Lee Kuan Yew remembered as Singapore’s ‘father’ at funeral * MIECF 2015 draws over 9,600 visitors * Sonia Chan pledges to create ‘healthy election culture’ * Xi Jinping promotes regional vision at

World Briefs

VIETNAM’s prime minister orders a swift investigation into a scaffolding collapse that killed 13 workers and injured dozens, while a unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group involved in the construction

The Buzz: Kenya’s president apologizes for government’s past wrongs

Kenya’s president has apologized to the Kenyan people for past wrongs committed both by his government and past regimes. President Uhuru Kenyatta told parliament during his state of the nation address

Illegal logging, fear haunt remote Peru village

Illegal logging persists unabated in this remote Amazon community where four indigenous leaders who resisted it were slain in September, and the fear remains palpable. Even a police post the government

MIECF 2015 | Gov’t advised to change development patterns and energy use

Environmental experts and practitioners have called for local governments to make new plans and take action  in terms of transforming urban development patterns and energy use into a greener and

Melco booth showcases recycled electronic devices

Participating in MIECF for the fourth time, the company set up its booth with used and obsolete electronic devices including electronic chips, computer hard disks and CDs on the façade,

EU trade commissioners ‘ready to work with Macau’

With industrial diversification becoming an inevitable direction for Macau’s economic breakthrough, the European Union’s trade commissioners have seen great potential in local markets implied by the city’s transformation. Over ten of

DSEJ responds to alleged embezzlement case

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) has issued a statement following the alleged embezzlement of educational grants committed by a high-ranking official from a school in the São Lourenço

Policy Address | Sonia Chan: Restructuring of public services ‘is a complex task’

The restructuring and reshuffling of public services is yet again a priority for the Secretary for Administration and Justice’s Office. Sonia Chan presented her cabinet’s action plan for 2015 yesterday,

Gov’t plans mechanism to perfect legal systema

Sonia Chan revealed that her cabinet plans to implement a mechanism to better coordinate the legislative process. Unveiling further details of her action plan at the Legislative Assembly (AL), Ms

Tourism capacity | Gov’t commissioned study welcomes more visitors

Many complain that the city has reached the limits of its capacity to receive tourists, but a research study commissioned by the government indicates that, although the region faces “capacity

Young entrepreneurs launch local federation

About 20 entrepreneurs’ associations and chambers of commerce have joined forces to establish a federation in Macau, the president of the Young Entrepreneurs Association Portugal-China (AJEPC), Alberto Carvalho Neto, revealed

CRIME | 27 helpers kept under house detention

The Judiciary Police apprehended a man and a foreign domestic helper for being accomplices in an illegal detention scheme conducted by a Hong Kong-based company offering private household employment services. According

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