Double-plated car owners can pay mainland tolls with Macau Pass

The China Guangfa Bank Macau Branch, together with Macau Pass and E-Serve launched a rechargeable card which allows Macau’s double- plated vehicles to pay mainland tolls and

Festival promotes region’s maritime history

The first Macau Ocean Culture Festival, which will be running until September, will feature 11 events including short tours at the Sai Van Lake highlighting the

Briefs | IACM says there are no eggs imported from Korea

Eggs produced in Korea were reportedly contaminated with the insecticide fipronil. The Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) released a statement clarifying that Macau has not yet imported

Education | IPM welcomes 900 new students this academic year

The Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) is welcoming 900 new students this academic year. Over 6,600 students applied  for admission to IPM in the 2017/2018 academic year

Former Uber drivers reportedly operating again

Former Uber drivers have reportedly united and returned to work by using a social network to provide taxi services, according to a report by a local Chinese newspaper.

101 athletes awarded BOC scholarship

The Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China (SOCMC) held the Award Giving Ceremony of the 2016-2017 BOC (Bank of China) Scholarship for Outstanding Athletes in Macau

Young Entrepreneurs Aid Scheme with new features

Launched for the first time in 2013, the government’s Young Entrepreneurs Aid Scheme has now been updated to be more targeted as a result of several

Corporate responsibility | 35,000 hygiene kits assembled for Clean the World

Around 400 volunteers gathered at The Venetian Macao this week to help assemble 35,000 hygiene kits as part of Las Vegas Sands’ (LVS) volunteer effort

Alibaba, China Life join Unicom’s USD11.7b stake sale

Companies from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to China Life Insurance Co. will participate in a 78 billion yuan (USD11.7 billion) share sale by China’s second-largest wireless carrier

Cathay posts USD262m half-year loss on fierce competition

Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific reported a loss in the first half of the year on Wednesday, blaming the severe toll from fierce competition. The

Zinc breaks USD3,000 barrier as metals rally gathers pace

Zinc surged above USD3,000 a metric ton amid persistent global deficits, and aluminum climbed as China reined in illegal capacity, adding fresh impetus to the rally

Missing mogul returns with USD1 billion for brain research

A dozen years ago, the largest internet company in China wasn’t Alibaba or Tencent, but game developer Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. Its founder was a young man named

China, India soldiers hurl stones at each other in Kashmir

Indian and Chinese soldiers yelled and hurled stones at one another high in the Himalayas in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Indian officials said yesterday, potentially escalating tensions between two

Indonesia | Clinic gives relief to Muslims with tattoo regrets

Each staccato rat-a-tat-tat of the laser firing an intense beam at the elaborate red, green and black dragon on Taufiq Hidayat’s arm is, he prays, bringing him closer

North Korea threat prompts Guam natives to assert rights

The threatened missile attack by North Korea on Guam has prompted calls for peace from the island’s indigenous people, who are weary of yet another conflict after

Scientists potentially narrow MH370 search area to 3 spots

Scientists have potentially narrowed the search area for the missing Malaysian airliner to three specific locations in the southern Indian Ocean through new satellite and drift analysis

Violence adds momentum to removal of Confederate statues

Cities and states accelerated their plans to remove Confederate monuments from public property Tuesday as the violence over a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, moved

Portugal | Baby, 2 women among 13 killed by tree

A 12-month-old baby and two foreign women were among the 13 people killed when a huge oak tree crashed down on an outdoor religious festival in

Briefs | Egypt: Archaeologists discover tombs dating back 2,000 years

Egypt’s antiquities ministry says that archaeologists have discovered three tombs dating back more than 2,000 years, from the Ptolemaic Period. The discovery was made in the Nile Valley

South Africa | Five years after 34 miners shot dead, no arrests

Five years after South African police shot dead 34 striking mine workers, recalling police brutality under apartheid, rights groups say no one has been prosecuted and

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