‘Go-slow’ protest aiming for ‘secretary’s resignation’

The “Go-slow” protest aims to “call for the secretary’s resignation” said lawmaker Pereira Coutinho in a press conference held yesterday at the Macau Civil Servants

Briefs | Feb GGR could grow by 10pct

Gaming analysts that have examined Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) trends expect February to show on average a 7 percent year-on-year growth. Bloomberg reported that the forecasts

Corporate bits | The Parisian to present three phantoms

The Parisian Macao is set to present Three Phantoms, a musical theatre show, from February 28 to March 26. Three Phantoms is a production featuring three singers

Icahn plans to sell shuttered Trump Taj Mahal

Investor Carl Icahn plans to sell his shuttered Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, even after Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill that

Hermes sales advance, adding evidence of luxury recovery

Hermes International SCA added to evidence of a luxury rebound as shoppers in Asia buy more silk scarves and Birkin handbags while tourists who were deterred

Barcelona rejects Airbnb plan to limit rentals

Barcelona’s city hall rejected a proposal by Airbnb Inc. to limit the number of home rentals in the city, setting off a fresh clash between the

Strait politics | Amid tensions, Beijing planning polices to attract Taiwanese

China is drafting policies to attract Taiwanese to live and work on the mainland, a government spokesman said yestersday, in a direct appeal to the island’s

US panel warns Trump change on one-China policy ‘dangerous’

The Trump administration shouldn’t abandon long-standing U.S. policy on the status of Taiwan, a prominent panel of China specialists said, calling such a move “exceedingly dangerous.”

A 360-degree view of China’s deadly smog

When the smog descends over northern China, turning blue skies gray and thickening the air, Cai Fujian can feel his lungs tightening and he begins to cough.

Chinese developers priced for disaster are bargain to Goldman, Citi

China’s property developers are in far better shape than their rock-bottom stock valuations would have you believe. So say top analysts from firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Analysis | Visa changes could stunt budding US-India ties under Trump

The U.S. and India seem like a natural fit in the Trump era: rambunctious democracies, led by populists, focused on economic growth and fighting radical Islam. It’s

Malaysia | Authorities seize pig-hair brushes after Muslims complain

Malaysian authorities have seized thousands of paint brushes suspected of containing pig bristles after consumers in this Muslim-majority nation demanded a crackdown, officials said yesterday. Pigs and dogs

Australia | Mail chief makes ten times more than the PM

An Australian Senate committee has revealed that that country’s mail chief is the nation’s highest paid public servant and made 5.6 million Australian dollars (USD4.3 million) last

Japan-US | With golf and gifts, Japan’s Abe cuts own path with Trump

Japan is charting its own course to deal with a radically different U.S. president, an approach that will be tested at the end of this week when

Haiti | Jovenel Moise sworn in as new president

Jovenel Moise was sworn in yesterday as Haiti’s president for the next five years after a bruising two-year election cycle, inheriting a chronically struggling economy and a deeply

France | 17 charged after violent protest rages in Paris suburb

Protesters burned cars and menaced security forces in an eruption of violence in a Paris suburb over a young black man allegedly being raped by a police

UN urges more airline passenger info in anti-terror fight

The U.N. political chief urged the world’s nations to share information about airline passengers as part of a stepped up response to the growth of “transnational

This day in history | 1950 McCarthy launches anti-red crusade

United States Senator Joe McCarthy has accused more than 200 staff in the State Department of being members of the Communist Party. He made

Offbeat | Guangdong awards cities for ‘toilet revolution’ in tourism sector

The China National Tourism Administration recently held a discussion of the country’s “toilet revolution” in the tourism sector this year. The meeting took place in the city of Guangzhou

Ski | Kenyan Simader on fast track to 2018 Olympic downhill

Kenyan skier Sabrina Simader’s ambitious path to the 2018 Olympic downhill went through St. Moritz yesterday . The 18-year-old Simader was the only African starter

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