Cambodia deports 63 Chinese, Taiwanese over alleged web scam

Cambodia has deported 50 Chinese and 13 Taiwanese citizens to China over an alleged internet scam, complying with demands from Beijing, a senior police official said yesterday. The suspects were flown

Seoul questions ‘serial offender’ | North Korea’s UN membership

North Korea’s repeated flouting of U.N. Security Council resolutions by conducting nuclear and missile tests calls into question its suitability for membership of the world body, South Korea’s top diplomat

US flies bombers over South Korea again in show of force

The United States yesterday flew a pair of supersonic bombers over ally South Korea for the second time in as many weeks in a show of force following North Korea’s latest nuclear test earlier this month. U.S.

Terrorism | Court papers: Suspect vowed ‘bombs will be heard’ in streets

Ahmad Khan Rahami vowed to martyr himself rather than be caught after setting off explosives in New York and New Jersey, and he’d hoped in a handwritten journal championing jihad

USA | Protesters in police shooting injure officers, shut highway

Authorities used tear gas to disperse protesters in an overnight demonstration that left about a dozen officers injured in North Carolina’s largest city and shut down a highway after the

Syria | Aid group: Strike hit mobile unit not medical facility

An airstrike in northern Syria that killed five members of medical staff hit a mobile emergency unit and not a medical facility, a relief organization said yesterday. The mobile medical team

This Day in History | 2001 Simpson smuggled into Afghanistan

The BBC’s world affairs editor has become the only television reporter to broadcast from Taleban-held Afghanistan as the country prepares for an American attack. John Simpson and a cameraman were smuggled

Offbeat | Danish Elvis fan loses ‘Graceland’ trademark dispute

A court in Denmark has ordered the owner of a museum modeled after Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion to pay 500,000 kroner (USD75,000) in damages to a U.S. company that owns

Chelsea, Liverpool stay on course in English League Cup

With no European competitions clogging up their schedules, Chelsea and Liverpool are placing more importance on the English League Cup than usual this season. They both advanced to the last 16

Ice Hockey | Early World Cup exit may lead to big changes for USA Hockey

Phil Kessel was quick to note he wasn’t on the United States’ roster for a disappointing World Cup of Hockey. He wasn’t the only one to point out problems with the

Made in Macao | Work-travel-balance

A non-resident of  Macao once commented with envy on the many public holidays we enjoy in this Special Administrative Region. I remember that when he wondered aloud what we “Macaoians”

World leaders kick off second day at UN General Assembly

Forty-two world leaders kick off the second day of the 71st United Nations General Assembly. Leaders representing China, Afghanistan, the EU, Pakistan, Japan and Ukraine are among those slated to deliver

Trump skips swing-state cities; opts for rural town instead

Donald Trump is spending a lot of time in this critical presidential swing state, but he campaigned yesterday far from cities like Charlotte and Raleigh where many candidates have

World Briefs

CAMBODIA has deported 50 Chinese and 13 Taiwanese citizens to China over an alleged internet scam, complying with demands from Beijing, a senior police official said yesterday. Cambodian General Ouk

Thursday, September 22, 2016 – edition no. 2649

* Privacy watchdog wants to fine 2014 ‘referendum’ organizers * Parisian crowds during mid-autumn festival * ‘Little rabbit lanterns’ inaugurated * Samsung suffers backlash in China   DOWNLOAD

Hong Kong | Outsider lawmaker vows shakeup of vested interests

The death threats began arriving soon after pro-democracy candidate and environmentalist Eddie Chu won a stunning Hong Kong legislative election victory earlier this month. Middlemen, Chu won’t name them so as to

Sea rescue drill | Marine Bureau representative says ‘accidents have always happened’

The Marine and Water Bureau, along with several local governmental departments, yesterday conducted a sea rescue drill at the entrance of the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal. The Customs Service, Public Security

GTEF to discuss new generation of tourists

This year’s edition of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) has established special bonds with both France and Beijing, which will serve as Macau’s country and city partners, respectively. The theme

MGTO researching ways to reduce number of buses around St Paul’s

The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is researching possible solutions to the traffic congestion caused by the number of tour buses in the St Paul’s Ruins area, together with other

Former leper colony to be revamped

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has announced that at least MOP6 million will be diverted toward restoring five of the six former leper colony buildings in Coloane. The work, which

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