Middle East | Official: Trump senior adviser Jared Kushner travels to Iraq

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is visiting Iraq with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an official said. Details

This Day in History | 1968 – Martin Luther King shot dead

The American black civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, has been assassinated. Dr King was shot dead in the southern US city of

Offbeat | Urban myth proves true: Grammar vigilante is fixing UK signs

It’s an urban myth come true — the presence of a man dedicated to ridding the English city of Bristol of grammatical errors in its shop signs.

Golf | Lexi Thompson’s penalty puts spotlight back on golf’s rules

Lexi Thompson heard fans chanting her name as she approached the 18th green, and it moved her to the brink of tears for the second time

Football | South Korean women arrive in North Korea for match

The South Korean women’s football team arrived in Pyongyang yesterday for an official game in the North Korean capital later this week. The two Koreas

World briefs

PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte threatened yesterday to unleash new attack aircraft and the “full power of the state” against communist rebels if a new round of peace

Piracy | 11 Indian sailors on small boat hijacked off Somali coast

Pirates have seized a small boat and kidnapped its 11 Indian crew members off the coast of Somalia, an investigator said yesterday, the latest vessel targeted by the region’s

The Buzz | German tourist raped in south India; police search for 2 men

Indian police searched yesterday for two men suspected of raping a German tourist in the beach town of Mamallapuram in southern India, the latest case of sexual violence

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 – edition no. 2777

* Terrorism | Russia: Blast in St. Petersburg’s busy subway station kills 10 * Tree burial garden * ‘Silence’ praised for historic realism * ‘New Shenzhen’ spurs investor frenzy   DOWNLOAD PDF  

World Views | Your brain wasn’t built to handle reality

Most Republicans - to be precise, 74 percent, according to a CBS News poll - think it’s very or somewhat likely Donald Trump’s offices were wiretapped, even though

Casino revenue maintains growth momentum as bettors return

Macau’s casino revenue growth in March accelerated at the fastest pace in eight months, as both high rollers and leisure gamblers return to the world’s largest

Environment | MIECF concludes with positive feedback

The three-day 2017 Macau International Environment Co-operation Forum and Exhibition (MIECF) came to a close on Saturday, marking the event’s first full decade as a “Green Platform”.

Joint exhibition at Anim’Arte launches

An exhibition, titled “Puzzle City x Comer – Double Solo Exhibition by Bunny Lai x Julia Lam”, was inaugurated on Saturday at Anim’Arte Nam Van.

‘Babel’ bookshelf to be exhibited in Milan

Local architect Rui Leão has been selected to participate in the 20th anniversary edition of the annual Italian exhibition, SaloneSatellite. Organized by the Salone del Mobile and

Macao Daily, Portuguese newspaper enter content-sharing agreement

Local Chinese-language newspaper Macao Daily News (Ou Mun Yat Po) has signed an agreement with a Portuguese economy newspaper (Jornal Económico) to share content. According to

Kim Jong Nam murder | Malaysia interviewed, cleared 3 North Koreans before they left

Malaysia’s police chief said Friday that three North Koreans who had been hiding out in their country’s embassy for weeks were allowed to fly home after investigators

Gaming | FBI makes arrest in connection with Saipan casino construction

The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested one person in connection with the death of a construction worker at Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd.’s casino on the remote

Briefs | MUST to open medical faculty

The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) hopes to open a Faculty of Medicine soon. Manson Fok, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at MUST, told

Festival showcases Asian puppets

Seventy puppets belonging to local collector Elisa Vilaça are now on display at the third Puppet Festival, along with several puppet shows being held over the weekend

FM backs group to promote ‘young patriotic talent’

Renato Marques The Macao Foundation (FM) launched yesterday a new group in Macau which, according to FM president Wu Zhiliang, aims to promote the exchange

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