Indonesia | Australian gets 15 years prison for abusing girls in Bali

An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced an Australian retiree to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing girls on the tourist island of Bali. Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis was arrested in January

South Korea | President Park acknowledges ties to woman in scandal

South Korea’s president offered a surprise public apology yesterday after acknowledging her close ties to a mysterious woman at the center of a corruption scandal. President Park Geun-hye’s apology came a day

Will he chew gum? Japan wary of Philippine leader’s visit

The outspoken Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte worries his Japanese hosts. Not just his policy toward the U.S. but also his informal style: Will he chew gum in front of the

Pakistan | Militants attack police academy, killing 61

Militants wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police academy in the southwestern city of Quetta overnight, killing 61 people, mostly police cadets and recruits, and waging a ferocious gun battle

Offbeat | RV containing pot-laced candy catches fire on bridge

Police say a pot advocacy company’s RV carrying marijuana-laced candy burst into flames on a bridge that connects New Jersey and Delaware, causing lane closures and tying up traffic for

This Day in History | 1979 – South Korean President killed

The President of South Korea, Park Chung Hee, has been “accidentally” shot dead by the chief of his intelligence service, Kim Jea Kyu. Five other people, including the president’s bodyguard, were

Football | Messi off to great start, already outshining Madrid trio

By himself, Lionel Messi has already scored more than Real Madrid’s top three forwards combined. The Barcelona star is off to one of the best starts of his career with 14

Motorsport | Sepang circuit, government urge end to F1 in Malaysia

Formula One could be on its way out of Malaysia after the country’s sports minister said “we should stop hosting” the grand prix and the chief of the Sepang International

The Buzz | Israel court says lawmaker Hazan did drugs as casino manager

An Israeli court has ruled that a lawmaker from the ruling Likud party had used hard drugs when he ran a casino in Bulgaria, before entering politics. Yesterday’s ruling marks another

World briefs

HONG KONG  A jury watched chilling video of a British banker Rurik Jutting torturing an Indonesian woman and then talking for hours about how he repeatedly raped her and then

Rihanna seeks information about missing backup dancer

Rihanna posted an emotional plea online for information leading to the whereabouts of a missing dancer from New Jersey who also performed with Beyonce’ and Missy Elliot. Shirlene Quigley, 32, was

Macau Matters | Buying by app

I am currently teaching a course in research methods but the traditional content, which emphasizes philosophical approaches to research and statistical analysis of research data, is very dry, boring and

Wednesday, October 26, 2016 – edition 2671

* Four die on river rapids ride at Australian theme park * Urban expected renewal to enter new phase * ‘We keep on pushing young artists’ * Militants attack Pakistan police academy, killing

FSS contributions increase to MOP90 next year

The contributions made by employers and employees to the social welfare system will be increased next year. The monthly fund contribution to the Social Security Fund (FSS) will raise to

Hong Kong | British banker tortured, killed victim, court told

A British banker accused of killing two Indonesian women in his Hong Kong apartment had tortured one of the victims for three days while using cocaine, a prosecutor said at

AL Plenary | Illegal workers and holiday compensation dominate parliamentary debate

Labor issues dominated the floor yesterday at the Legislative Assembly (AL), when several spoken inquiries were presented and debated. Lawmaker Ella Lei once again raised the problem of the high number

‘Blue Avenue’ to kick off Macau e-payment services

Blue Avenue’ is the first project from the Macau Economic Service (DSE) to boost e-payment services in the region and will kick off in December this year at S Domingos

UM holds international conference on historiography

The University of Macau’s Department of Portuguese and Research Centre for Luso-Asian Studies (CIELA) is hoisting the International Conference on Memorialist Discourses and the Building of History (Africa and Macau)

Education | IFT co-organizes program on ’strategic thinking’

The Institute for Tourism Studies and Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration have co-organized another installment of the Executive Development Program, this time on “strategic thinking.” Running for two days

Felix da Costa returns to Macau

António Felix da Costa, who won the 2012 Macau Grand Prix, will return to the Guia Circuit with the British team Carlin. The 25-year-old Portuguese driver made four Macau appearances between

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