Briefs | Venezuela: Court orders protest-zone mayor jailed

Venezuela’s pro-government supreme court has ordered the removal and imprisonment of a Caracas area mayor at the center of protests against President Nicolas Maduro. The court has sentenced

Kenyans choose next president in fiercely contested vote

From the Indian Ocean coast to Rift Valley towns to Nairobi’s slums, Kenyans turned out in large numbers to vote yesterday in an election pitting President

Offbeat | Sinead O’Connor pleads for help, says she’s living in motel

Sinead O’Connor has emotionally pleaded for help and opened up about her struggles with mental illness in a rambling Facebook video. The 50-year-old Irish singer says in

This Day in History | 1999 – Kennedy wins Lib Dem leadership

Charles Kennedy has won the race to succeed Paddy Ashdown as leader of the Liberal Democrats. Mr Kennedy, who was the party’s rural affairs spokesman, won

Court told NZ Rugby waited to report alleged hotel bugging

New Zealand rugby officials only decided to alert police about a listening device found last year in the team’s Sydney hotel five days after the discovery

Football | Chapecoense crash survivor returns to pitch at Barcelona

Eight months after surviving the plane crash that killed most of his Chapecoense teammates, Alan Ruschel played his first minutes of football on Monday when his Brazilian

Mourinho: We’d chase Bale if Real Madrid loses interest

Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho issued a challenge to his former club, saying he’d be happy to pursue Real Madrid striker Gareth Bale if it no

World briefs

MALAYSIA’s government yesterday launched an inquiry into massive foreign exchange losses by the central bank more than two decades ago, in a probe that could lead to criminal

The Buzz | Life-saving drones used to rescue swimmers off French coast

It could be the “Baywatch” of the future. A cutting-edge lifesaving initiative — the rescue drone — is taking flight again this summer off France’s popular Atlantic

Taiwanese teen-star | Ou-yang Nana swings from Jackie Chan role to Disney album

Ou-yang Nana may be the new ‘it girl,’ with a starring role in the next Jackie Chan movie, but she’s returning to her roots and first love:

World Views | Google can’t bring itself to tolerate diversity

Over the weekend, a Google engineer named James Damore gained infamy for publishing a 10-page criticism of the company’s “authoritarian” approach to achieving gender diversity. By Monday,

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 – edition no. 2862

* Jim Murren, MGM | ‘I’m extremely excited about the future of Macau’ * Unusual rejection at the Legislative Assembly * Eight years of Pakeong Sequeira * Landslide kills 23 in Sichuan   DOWNLOAD

Electoral rules may breach Basic Law, experts and candidates say

Candidates and political analysts are criticizing the Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election (CAEAL), for creating confusion between the definitions of “propaganda activities” and the

Trump company applies for casino trademark in Macau

A Trump Organization company has applied for four new trademarks in the Asian gambling hub of Macau, including one for casinos, public records show. The

Macau linked by flight path to the Indonesian capital

Macau is once again connected to the Indonesian capital, following the termination of a direct link between the two cities when the carrier of the previous

Email scam affects CTM

The name of local telecommunications company CTM is being used in a fraudulent email. CTM issued a statement yesterday alerting the public to an email which

Malaysian food promoted in Macau

A diplomat and a senior representative of Malaysia’s tourism board were in Macau on Friday to launch an event which will promote Malaysian cuisine. Six top

Biefs | Judge tightens bail rules for Ng Lap Seng

A Macau billionaire convicted of bribing United Nations diplomats can stay out of jail for now. A federal judge in New York said yesterday he’ll let Ng Lap

AL Plenary | Developers paying property management fees stirs lawmakers

An article suggesting that real estate developers should be accountable for paying for property management fees triggered great dispute among the lawmakers, including those who rarely

Corporate bits | Melco supports the first Macau Edinburgh Exchange tour

Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited recently supported the first Macau Edinburgh Exchange Tour (MEET), enabling interaction between local Macau students and university students from Edinburgh as well as Cambodia.

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