UN bribery scandal | US prosecutors scrutinize Ng Lap Seng’s mysterious business affiliate believed to be a Chinese spy

Officials in the U.S. are investigating a Beijing businessman who they suspect might be operating as a Chinese intelligence agent linked to Macau billionaire Ng Lap Seng. The latest information

Clinton’s 1995 foray in Beijing

Flying across the Pacific on an Air Force jet bound for Beijing, first lady Hillary Clinton huddled deep into the night with a few aides and advisers, honing her speech

Groups call for ban on tour buses around St Paul’s Ruins

Local scholar and civil group leader Agnes Lam has stated her belief that tour coaches should be prevented from dropping off or picking up passengers in the area around St.

Gov’t to recommend more projects for Hengqin’s Industrial Park

The Macau government is currently preparing to recommend a second group of projects to be implemented at the Guangdong-Macau Industrial Cooperation Park located on Hengqin Island, Macauhub reported citing a

Terrorism | Young suicide bomber attacks Turkey wedding party; 51 dead

An Islamic State group suicide bomber as young as 12 years old attacked an outdoor Kurdish wedding party in southeastern Turkey, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens of others, the

Survey respondents read on average 6.6 books in 2015

The University of Macau released the results of a survey conducted during the months of November and December last year, which enquired about the reading habits of local residents in

Tourism-related spending falls by 4.5 percent in Q2

Spending by tourists decreased by 4.5 percent during the second quarter of this year when compared year-on-year with the same period of last year, as reported by the Statistics and

GAMING | Gloomy outlook for struggling Studio City

Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s Financial Services has issued a negative outlook for Studio City Casino Macau bonds and warned that the project could soon default on its loan. Studio City’s

M&A | The gold medal for buying up Brazilian assets goes to China inc.

China may be lagging behind in the medal count during this year’s Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, but it’s winning the competition for Brazilian assets. No country has done more

Corporate bits | Alan Tam holds concert at the Venetian

Cantopop legend Alan Tam held his latest “Alan Tam 40th Anniversary Concert Tour – Macau” at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena Saturday, delighting fans with his compositions, according to a

Chinese ships, planes hold war games in Sea of Japan

Chinese planes and ships held war games in the Sea of Japan last week, the military said, during which Beijing displayed its latest-generation frigate at a time of bitter territorial

Rio Games | A forgiving public embraces fewer gold medals

In a country long focused on bringing home as many Olympic gold medals as possible, this year’s haul isn’t what China expected. When China’s 416-athlete delegation set off for Rio, state

India | World’s largest Muslim bloc concerned by Kashmir violence

The world’s largest bloc of Muslim countries expressed concern over alleged human rights violations in Indian-controlled Kashmir, which has seen weeks of deadly clashes between Muslim protesters and police. Iyad Madani,

Philippines | Regular troops, rebels hold fire ahead of peace talks

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has reimposed an indefinite cease-fire after communist guerrillas declared their own truce as both sides set the stage for a resumption of talks aimed at ending

Duterte threatens to withdraw Philippines from UN, hits US

The Philippines’ brash-talking president threatened yesterday to withdraw his country from the United Nations and lashed out at U.S. police killings of black men in his latest outburst against critics

Iraq | Authorities execute 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre

Iraq yesterday executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group’s massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said. The men were hanged at the Nasiriyah prison

This Day in History | 1972 – Rhodesia out of Olympics

Rhodesia has been thrown out of the Olympic Games with just four days to go before the opening ceremony in Munich, Germany. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted by 36 to

Offbeat | Ohio woman who missed bus is charged with stealing ambulance

Police say a woman who missed the last bus for the night is accused of stealing an ambulance to get home from a hospital in Ohio. Court documents filed in Hamilton

Olympics 2016 | The good, the bad and the ugly of the Rio Games

Michael Phelps won more medals than anyone else, again. And then he said farewell, also again. Usain Bolt kissed the finish line goodbye after enhancing his Olympic legacy. Simone Biles

Selecting six numbers turned Britain into Olympic superpower

The path to the Olympic podium for British athletes begins with the selection of six numbers. Every time a Briton fills in a lottery slip and hands over two pounds

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