Ski-obsessed China presents opening for Austria’s Skidata

It’s a long way from Austria’s iconic Hahnenkamm downhill course to the gentler pistes of northeastern China, but Hugo Rohner is returning to tap into Beijing’s new-found fixation

N. Korea’s death plot accusations mimic its own misdeeds

In the paranoid universe of North Korea, the feverish accusations it makes against its sworn enemies bear a creepy resemblance to its own misdeeds. Its latest claim of a

Brexit holds the cards to Gibraltar’s gambling future

Deep inside the Rock of Gibraltar is a room known as The Vault. Dug by the British army in World War II, it now houses servers that power

Protesters march in Venezuela, destroy Chavez statue 

Women banged on pans and some stripped off their white shirts Saturday as they protested Venezuela's socialist government in an event the opposition billed as a "women's march against repression." As

Nature | US still in climate talks with no decision on Paris pullout

The United States says it will continue attending United Nations climate change meetings, even as President Donald Trump considers pulling the U.S. out of a global

Feature – Tourism | Hotels plan lobbying push over priceline-Expedia ‘monopoly’

The U.S. hotel industry plans to step up a lobbying and public relations attack on Expedia Inc. and Priceline Group Inc., hoping to convince consumers

Euro seen advancing as Le Pen concedes defeat

The euro may open higher after Marine Le Pen conceded victory to centrist Emmanuel Macron in France’s Presidential elections. Macron is set to beat the anti-euro candidate Le

Offbeat | Priest pleads guilty to stealing USD500k for casinos, concerts 

The rector of a church-owned retirement home for Roman Catholic priests has admitted embezzling a half-million dollars to pay for casinovisits, high-end dinners and Philadelphia Pops concerts. Monsignor William

This Day in History | 1984 – Moscow pulls out of US Olympics

Twelve weeks before the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, the USSR has announced it is boycotting them. It is expected most of the Eastern Bloc will

Athletics | Kipchoge falls 26 seconds short of first sub 2-hour marathon

Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge was 26 seconds short of running the first marathon in under two hours on Saturday. Kipchoge ran the 42.2 kilometers around an oval track in an impressive 2

Mike Tyson lauds Dubai while promoting boxing gym franchise

On his first trip to Dubai, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson recalls getting off a plane wearing a traditional Muslim cap and robes, carrying a Quran and expecting

World briefs

CHINA-US The sister of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been courting Chinese investors using a much-criticized federal visa program that provides a path toward obtaining green

Nigeria | 82 freed Chibok school-girls arrive in Abuja

Five Boko Haram commanders have been released in exchange for the freedom of 82 Chibok schoolgirls, says a Nigerian government official. The confirmation of the prisoner swap yesterday comes

The Buzz | UN office decries reports that Chinese police seized lawyer 

The U.N. human rights office is calling on China's government to "halt the harassment" of lawyers and their relatives after police in southwestern Yunnan province reportedly took into custody a defense

Rear Window | Unintended consequences

To the dismay of many a “mind your own business and nothing bad will happen to you” type of responsible citizen, political confrontation in the sister SAR of Hong

Monday, May 8, 2017 – edition no. 2796

* By-census: Average annual growth rate of Macau population surges * Group sues Beijing Imperial Palace hotel * Around 100k helmets expected to be binned * Hong Kong retail sales rise for 1st

Lawyer advocates termination of gaming sub-concessions

Lawyer Sérgio de Almeida Correia has addressed the issue of gaming sub-concessions in Macau, and suggested that the government should put an end to the system as

Gov’t announces debt ratio curbs for property loans

The government announced measures to “cool down” the real estate market yesterday. Such measures, enforceable from today, will result in an adjustment of approximately 10 percent

Residents deposits increased 1.3 percent

According to statistics released by the Monetary Authority of Macao, money supply sustained growth in March with a stable share of patacas. Currency in circulation

Public housing development under tender

The public housing development at the Rua Central de Toi San has been reopened for public tender after a four-year halt. The 34-story building will comprise 510

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