Briefs | Two local men arrested for shooting air guns in the streets

Two local men were arrested for being in possession of multiple air guns, knives and other weapons, including a samurai sword, mountaineers and a rubber mace. The two

Lawrence Ho plans hotels beyond Macau

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd.’s billionaire chairman said he wants to be the first resort operator to use Macau as the launchpad for a global hotel brand, beginning with

MIA welcomes six millionth traveler

Macau International Airport (MIA) celebrated a record-breaking milestone yesterday when it welcomed its six millionth traveler from mainland China.  The local airport has brought in a number

Japan reopens debate on legislation to legalize casinos

Japanese lawmakers reopened debate yesterday on a bill to legalize casinos, opening the possibility the legislation will be passed as soon as next month. Prime Minister

Art | MAM announces ‘Solitude’ as photography theme

The Macao Museum of Art (MAM) has announced the theme of this year’s Macao Arts Window: “Solitude – Photography by Hong Vong Hoi.” The inauguration ceremony

Tourism | Group tours down despite National Day

Visitors on package tours totaled 677,000 in October 2016, according to information released yesterday by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), down by 19 percent year-on-year and

Gathering of the Macanese Communities | AJM calls on young Macanese in diaspora to have a more active role

The Macanese Youth Association (AJM in the Portuguese acronym) urges Macanese youth living abroad to take a more active role in leading local Associations (Casas de Macau) in

Motors | Electric car factory planned in Arizona to have 2000 workers

Electric car maker Lucid Motors said it will build a manufacturing plant in Arizona that will begin production in 2018 as it looks to compete in the

Lufthansa offers humility, higher pay to pacify pilot conflict

Deutsche Lufthansa AG sought to defuse an escalating pilots strike by offering an improved wage deal as well as a show of humility. The German airline proposed a

Corporate bits | Wynn and MGM launch joint shuttle bus route

  Wynn Resorts (Macau) and MGM China will launch a joint shuttle bus route connecting passengers to the Border Gate, Wynn Macau and MGM Macau in order to

Six more detained over platform collapse that killed 74

Six more people were detained by Chinese authorities over the deaths of 74 workers in the collapse of a platform in a cooling tower at a power plant,

Accident leaves 22 coal miners trapped in northeastern China

Rescuers in northeastern China searched yesterday for 22 miners trapped underground in the latest accident to befall China’s mining industry. State media reported that Tuesday night’s accident occurred

A Taiwan-born back in the U.S. government | Elaine Chao’s record suggests skepticism on new safety regs

Elaine Chao’s record as secretary of labor suggests she’d have a light hand when it comes to safety regulation as head of the Transportation Department and would

Malaysia deports 74 telecom fraud suspects to China

Malaysia deported 74 telecom fraud suspects — including 21 from Taiwan — to China, in the latest instance of Southeast Asian countries deferring to China’s claim to

Indonesia protests awaken fears for minority Chinese

The capital of Muslim-majority Indonesia is on edge ahead of what is expected to be a second massive protest by conservative Muslims against its Christian

Nepal | Government proposes constitution amendment to meet ethnic demands

Nepal’s government proposed amending its new constitution to carve out a new state to meet the demands of an ethnic group whose protests for bigger federal state

Vietnam grants amnesty to more than 4,000 prisoners

Vietnam has granted amnesty to more than 4,000 prisoners, including one sentenced to five years in jail for a national security-related crime. Giang Son, deputy chairman of the President’s

South Korea | Opposition struggles for clear impeachment plan

South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s conditional resignation offer appears to be causing cracks in what previously had been a strong push for her impeachment, with opponents

Brazil | Thousands squeeze into church, stadium to mourn tragic crash

Thousands squeezed into Chapeco’s cathedral and even more packed a stadium to mourn the death of 71 people in a plane crash, 19 of them members of

This day in history | 1990 – Tunnel links UK and Europe

Construction workers have drilled through the final wall of rock to join the two halves of the Channel Tunnel and link Britain to France.

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