This Day in History | 1985 Beirut ordeal ends for US hostages

All 39 Americans being held captive by the Shia Muslim Amal militia in Lebanon have been released, after almost three weeks in captivity. Their freedom was

Football – Confederations Cup | Chile crush Portugal on penalties to reach final

Claudio Bravo made three penalty saves as Chile crushed Portugal 3-0 in a penalty shootout to reach the Confederations Cup final yesterday . Bravo, who missed the

Boxing | The Battle of Brisbane: Pacquiao keeps low profile; Horn gets louder ahead of fight

Manny Pacquiao kept a low profile, apparently at the insistence of local police, leaving opponent Jeff Horn to entertain a bigger crowd at his downtown practice

World briefs

CHINA-PHILIPPINES China’s foreign minister told his Philippine counterpart yesterday that Beijing is ready to provide more aid to the Southeast Asian country, as ties between the former antagonists

The Buzz | Canada extends mission in Iraq to March 2019

Canada is extending its military mission against the Islamic State group in Iraq for another two years. Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan said yesterday that Canada is renewing

USA | President ridicules female TV host’s looks, calls her crazy

President Donald Trump ridiculed the looks and temperament of a female cable television host whose show he says he has stopped watching.

Bizcuits | Give us this day our Daily Rag

Congratulations to Macau Daily Times upon its Tenth Anniversary, and especially to the current management and editorial team – the longest serving at the paper; you do us

Friday, June 30, 2017 – edition no. 2834

* Kwan Tsui Hang confirms retirement from politics * Melinda Chan prioritizes housing * ‘Minority report’ style ATMs * 13 holdings with debt problems   DOWNLOAD

Hong Kong 2017 | The City That Never Eases

  * Movies: Cars 3 * Books:  the Accomplished Guest by Ann Beattie * Music: so you wannabe an outlaw by Steve Earle and

‘Cars 3’ steers a welcome if imperfect gender shift

Three films in, it's time to ask some hard questions about the world of "Cars." What are their interiors like? Brains and a heart or plush

Characters get better with age in ‘The Accomplished Guest’

A  woman drinks iced tea on the veranda with her weary parents. A husband and wife select attire for an out-of-town wedding. An uncle drives his niece

Steve Earle revisits his roots in all the best ways

Steve Earle bills his new album as the philosophical heir to "Guitar Town," and the DNA connecting it to that landmark 1986 record can't be missed. Texas-

News of the World | After UK handover, Hong Kong in uneasy transition

With a new "Basic Law" constitution and a framework known as "one country, two systems," Hong Kongers were promised that they could keep their capitalist way of life, including western-style civil

Wine Storage

Allow me to start with what might be breaking news, and which took me several years to convince my dad: a wine that is older does not necessarily

Travelog | Finding comfort, and North Korea, in a tiny restaurant

The little restaurant isn't much to look at. It's across the street from an empty lot in a city where bland high-rise apartment buildings sprawl in every direction.

US Department of State | Local authorities fail to protect trafficking victims

Local authorities have decreased efforts to identify and protect trafficking victims, according to the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report issued by the United States Department of State. 

Eco-conscious TrailHiker 2017 expects record-high participation

This year’s edition of the Eco TrailHiker was presented yesterday in a press conference by the organizers at the MGM Macau Ballroom. This year’s

Q&A | Janice Wong, Chef: ‘The Janice Wong brand is something very unique’

Janice Wong is a native Singaporean who was voted Asia’s Best Pastry Chef in 2013 and 2014 at the prestigious San Pellegrino Asia Top 50, as well as

Taiwan to simplify SAR residents’ single entry visa

Starting from July 1, residents of Hong Kong and Macau will only be able to apply online for a single entry visa permit to Taiwan through

CTM takes measures to tackle ransomware attack

A new, highly virulent strain of malicious software that is crippling computers globally appears to have been sown in Ukraine. Leveraging the same intrusion tool as the

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