SCIENCE | Macau contributes to progress in cancer treatment research

The State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine (QRCM Lab), Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences (ICMS), University of Macau (UM), and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes

Yahoo hack steals personal info from at least 500m accounts

Computer hackers swiped personal information from at least 500 million Yahoo accounts in what is believed to be the biggest digital break-in at an email provider. The massive security breakdown disclosed last week

China to slow green growth for first time after record boom

After installing more wind and solar farms than anywhere else on the planet, China is ratcheting back the pace of growth in an industry that’s helped lower the costs of

Corporate bits | MGM co-sponsors fourth ‘outstanding teenagers awards’

Organized by the Young Men’s Christian Association of Macau and sponsored by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau and MGM, the fourth ‘Macau Outstanding Teenagers Award’ presentation ceremony was held

China begins operating world’s largest radio telescope

The world’s largest radio telescope began searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life yesterday in a project demonstrating China’s rising ambitions in space and its pursuit

Leung pledges more land for cheaper Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying pledged to provide more land to build apartments for low-income people in a bid to lower housing prices in the world’s least-affordable city. Less than

Li Keqiang arrives in Cuba for official visit

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in Cuba’s capital for an official visit designed to deepen commercial and political ties between the two countries. Li was greeted at Jose Marti International

Ex-Thai PM Yingluck should pay USD1b fine, committee says

Former Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whose government was ousted in a military coup in 2014, should be fined about 35 billion baht (USD1 billion) for overseeing a program to

Philippines | Top diplomat says rights respected amid drug crackdown

Despite growing international criticism of his government’s bloody crackdown on illegal drugs, the Philippines top diplomat told world leaders Saturday that the rule of law governs the campaign to eradicate the illicit

North Korean defectors who became Chinese brides end silence

North Korean defectors who became brides for rural Chinese men, they faced another excruciating choice when they suffered abuse: to flee to South Korea and leave their children. Women who’ve made that choice

US | Police: Washington shooting suspect ‘zombie-like’ at arrest

The 20-year-old suspect in the deadly Washington state mall shooting said nothing and appeared “zombie-like” when he was arrested by authorities nearly 24 hours into an intense manhunt, authorities said. Island

Corbyn is re-elected as UK Labour leader, urges party unity

Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected as the leader of Britain’s Labour Party with an increased share of the vote and then urged the movement to heal its bitter divisions and unite

This Day in History | 1973 – Concorde slashes Atlantic flight time

Concorde has made its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time. The French model of the supersonic airliner flew from the US capital, Washington, to Orly airport in Paris

Offbeat | Al Capone letter written in prison shows mobster’s soft side

Did notorious gangster Al Capone have a soft spot? An intimate letter he penned from prison suggests the ruthless racketeer could handle tenderness almost as skillfully as his Tommy Gun. The

Football | Real Madrid dealing with poor results and unhappy Ronaldo

Real Madrid got off to a good start this season but setbacks against Villarreal and Las Palmas in the Spanish league, combined with Ronaldo’s angry reaction after being substituted on

The Buzz | Lang Lang playing Boston Symphony opener

A classical music superstar from China helped the Boston Symphony Orchestra kick off its new season this weekend. Piano virtuoso Lang Lang performed Prokofiev’s “Piano Concerto No. 3” as the orchestra

World briefs

SYRIA At least 23 civilians were killed in renewed government airstrikes on the contested city of Aleppo, Syrian activists said yesterday, as the United Nations Security Council convened an emergency

Motorsport | FIA declares support for Macau Grand Prix

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has declared its support for the Macau Grand Prix this year, just weeks after Motor Race Consultant’s Barry Bland distanced himself from the role. Speaking to

US election | NYT endorses ‘tenacious’ Clinton for president

The New York Times endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president, saying the Democrat’s “record of service and a raft of pragmatic ideas” represent the best choice to

World Views | Draghi wants fewer banks. Good luck with that!

Europe is over-banked. Mario Draghi knows it; John Cryan knows it; even Twitter knows it. So it’s a shame that euro zone bank mergers still look so painful. There’s clearly little

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