Transportation | 248,680 licensed motor vehicles by end of June

The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) yesterday released the transportation statistics for the first half of 2016. The statement documented increased motor vehicle registration and airplane transportation in Macau, while

Casino rally seen overdone as Pictet questions valuations

Just because Macau’s gambling industry is stabilizing doesn’t mean the city’s casino shares are worth buying. That’s according to Pictet Asset Management, which says valuations are too high relative to

Gaming | Study shows improvements in some services

The Macau Gaming Research Association’s (MGRA) recent survey, conducted by a Hong Kong research company, showed a three percent year-on-year decline on the region’s customer service level, TDM reported. “Mystery clients”

Mitsubishi scandal probe finds unrealistic goals, conflicts

A group of lawyers asked by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. to investigate mileage cheating at the Japanese automaker found a divided company that had set unrealistic goals, to which employees simply

Lufthansa profits up on lower costs but tougher times ahead

German airline Lufthansa repeated a warning that terrorism fears would weigh on bookings and profits in the second half of the year as it reported a solid increase in underlying

Opinion | Mark Zuckerberg seizes fresh ground in battle over media

Facebook and Google are the 800-pound gorillas in online advertising because of audience reach and superior targeting. They enjoy another lesser-known advantage: they’re largely immune to ad blocking. People install ad

Guinea-Bissau | Gov’t delivers China-donated seeds and fertilizer

The government of Guinea-Bissau has begun distributing to farmers the agricultural production resources, namely seeds and fertilizer, donated by China at a ceremony last weekend in Bafatá. Official information indicates that

Cross-border platform to link Angola to DRC and Zambia

A cross-border logistics platform will be built in Luau municipality, Moxico province, to link Angola to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia via the Benguela railway, Angolan Transport Minister

Chinese human rights activist gets suspended sentence

A Chinese court issued a suspended three-year prison sentence to a human rights activist charged with subversion of state power after a brief trial yesterday, the first publicly acknowledged hearing

Live-fire navy drills held in East China Sea

China’s navy has fired dozens of missiles and torpedoes during exercises in the East China Sea that come amid heightened maritime tensions in the region, underscoring Beijing’s determination to back up its sovereignty

Terrorism | Bangladeshi struggles with son’s fatal fall into militancy

He has seen the body, and authorities say the fingerprints match. But Towhid Rouf is having trouble believing that this skinny, bearded man — killed with eight other suspected Islamist

Shoppers walk next to a clothing shop in Tokyo

Japan’s Cabinet approved a fresh economic stimulus package yesterday worth more than 28 trillion yen (USD275 billion), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s latest effort to get the stalling recovery back on

Singaporean PM meets Obama, asks U.S. to ratify trade pact

President Barack Obama found common cause with the leader of Singapore in the face of growing political headwinds against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, warning that to “pull up a drawbridge” on trade would

U.S. man cleared of rape after 5 years in Philippine jail

An American man jailed in the Philippines for more than five years was freed yesterday after being acquitted of rape. A court in metropolitan Manila cleared Scott McMahon, of Seattle, after finding no

Snapping up cheap spy tools, nations ‘monitoring everyone’

It was a national scandal. Peru’s then-vice president accused two domestic intelligence agents of staking her out. Then, a top congressman blamed the spy agency for a break-in at his

‘Who will guard the guards?’

Three years after Peru acquired the Verint package, it’s not yet up and running, Carlos Basombrio, the incoming interior minister said just before taking office last week. “When it becomes

This Day in History | 2003 – Anglican Church approves gay bishop

The Anglican Church in America has voted to approve the appointment of an openly gay bishop. The Reverend Canon Gene Robinson, of New Hampshire, was approved by a substantial majority of

Offbeat | Iranian official acknowledges porn actress visited country

A semi-official news agency in Iran is quoting a government official acknowledging that a British-American porn actress recently visited the Islamic Republic following a social media outcry. ISNA on Tuesday quoted

Afghanistan’s extreme geography attracts extreme sports

On a recent sunny morning in northern Afghanistan, excited children and bemused policemen lined the banks of a fast-flowing river to watch a group of Europeans in multicolored kayaks navigate

Football | Germany forward Leroy Sane joins Man City

Manchester City took its offseason spending close to USD100 million under coach Pep Guardiola by signing Germany winger Leroy Sane from Schalke yesterday. The 20-year-old Sane joined City for a reported

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