MGTO lifts tour group moratorium

Macau began welcoming back tour groups on Saturday after the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) requested a moratorium period following Typhoon Hato’s arrival in Macau last month.

Gaming | Macau casino revenue growth slows after typhoon disruptions

Macau’s casino revenue growth slowed in August after accelerating for three consecutive months as typhoons disrupted operations in the world’s biggest gambling hub. Gross gaming receipts

Ai Weiwei puts human face on migrant crisis in ‘Human Flow’

The United Nations says there are 65 million forcibly displaced people around the world — a number so huge it can be overwhelming to contemplate. Artist

Inner Harbor | Tidal barrier proposal secures ‘general support’ from Beijing

The Macau government received “general support” yesterday from the mainland’s State Council on a proposal for a cross-boundary flood control system that local authorities say could solve

Commissions record over 120 election complaints

The Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) and the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) have received over 120 complaints concerning unfair election activities, including suspected bribery during the two- week

Third HK pan-democrat barred from Macau

A third pan-democrat from Hong Kong has been denied entry into Macau, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. Civic Party district councilor Andy Yu was

Poetry | Dedicated Pessanha museum depends on public favor

Journalist and director of Portuguese-language newspaper Hoje Macau Carlos Morais José has long called for a museum dedicated to Camilo Pessanha, the Portuguese writer and symbolist

Ask the Vet | A Guide to Worms in Cats

Cat worms are 100 percent treatable and, in many cases, they are 100 percent preventable. Cat worms can be treated effectively once the type of worm

Anbang said to prepare new products as three-month ban ends

Anbang Insurance Group Co. is going back to basics. The acquisitive Chinese firm, which landed in Beijing’s crosshairs after funding a global buyout spree with sales of high-yield investment

As Uber drove into PR pot hole, Lyft stepped on the gas

When management upheaval, allegations of corporate espionage, and revelations of sexual harassment sent Uber into a public relations sinkhole, its long overshadowed rival Lyft shifted into overdrive.

Xi says BRICS nations should stand up against protectionism

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called for the world to reject protectionism even as American and European pressure mounts on Beijing to lower market barriers, speaking at

Temer in Beijing amid push for investment

Brazilian President Michel Temer is visiting China as his country seeks investments to shore up its flagging economy. Temer met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in

Federal panel opposes tech company sale to Chinese investors

A federal panel is recommending that President Donald Trump reject or suspend the pending USD1.3 billion sale of Portland, Oregon’s largest tech company to a Chinese-backed investment firm.

North Korea says sixth nuke test was H-bomb, ‘perfect success’

North Korea announced it detonated a thermonuclear device yesterday in its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date. The North called the test a “perfect success”

Cambodia arrests opposition leader, alleging treason

Cambodian authorities arrested the leader of the main opposition party yesterday, accusing him of treason in a move that sharply escalated political tensions in the Southeast

Myanmar | Rohingya pour over border into Bangladesh

Aid officials said relief camps were reaching full capacity as thousands of Rohingya refugees continued to pour into Bangladesh yesterday fleeing violence in western Myanmar. Some

Filipinos accused of links to Marawi siege ordered freed

Philippine prosecutors have dismissed rebellion complaints against 59 men who were stopped by police and army troops at two checkpoints in the south and accused of attempting

Briefs | Aid group calls on Libya to end refugee detention

An international medical aid group has called on Libyan authorities to end arbitrary detention of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers, slamming conditions inside detention facilities in the North

Feature | After Taiwan stop, fugitive Red Bull heir’s path a mystery

As a hit-and-run charge effectively expires, the whereabouts of an heir to the Red Bull energy-drink empire accused of killing a Bangkok police officer five years ago

US seizes control of Russian posts in San Fran, DC, NY

The United States seized control Saturday of three Russian diplomatic posts in the U.S. after confirming the Russians had complied with the Trump administration’s order to get

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