Japan Ex-leader backs sick US sailors who blame radiation

Several hundred American service personnel who say they became sick from radiation after participating in relief operations for the 2011 tsunami that set off the Fukushima nuclear disaster are now

Myanmar | Rohingya minority welcomes Kofi Annan mission

Members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority expressed hope yesterday that a visiting panel led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan will help end the discrimination and violence they face at

Briefs | Authorities say Hanjin to resume work

South Korea’s top economic policymaker said yesterday that he expected Hanjin Shipping vessels marooned offshore of Long Beach, California, will be able to offload cargo this week. Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho

Authoritarian streak | Asian club replete with strongmen welcomes ‘Duterte Harry’

As bodies continue to pile up in his war on illegal drugs, the Philippine president is making waves at his first summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations where

Germany | Merkel: Migrant situation is ‘many times better’

Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday strongly defended her government’s handling of the flood of migrants that crossed into Germany last year, but conceded that more still needs to be done and

EU get bashing as leaders of Poland and Hungary meet

The leaders of Poland and Hungary praised each others’ economic nationalism and Euroscepticism while calling for “revolutionary” changes in the European Union. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who won the Person

Brazil scientists: Culex mosquito not transmitting Zika

Brazilian researchers said they have concluded that the common Culex mosquito is not transmitting Zika, the rapidly spreading virus that has been linked to severe birth defects. Rio de Janeiro’s Fiocruz

Iran president: ‘Punish’ Saudi Arabia for 2015 hajj disaster

Iran’s president yesterday called on the Muslim world to “punish” Saudi Arabia following last year’s hajj crush and stampede that killed over 2,400 people — sharp criticism as multitudes poured

Offbeat | Probation for Ohio man accused of egging home 100-plus times

A man accused of pelting his former neighbor’s Ohio home with eggs more than 100 times over a year has been sentenced to 18 months of probation and fined USD1,000. A

This Day in History | 1983 – Hundreds die in Assam poll violence

Hundreds of people have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to the election. Villages have been set on fire and bridges and offices have been burnt amid

World Cup qualifiers | Business as usual European champion Portugal loses to Switzerland, runner-up France draw in Belarus

European champion Portugal failed to overcome the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo this time, and lost 2-0 to Switzerland in a World Cup qualifying match yesterday. For Portugal’s first competitive match since

World briefs

ASEAN A summit of Southeast Asian countries issued a mild rebuke of China yesterday over its expansionist activities in the disputed South China Sea, and indirectly urged it to show

VW plans electric car joint venture with Jianghuai

Volkswagen AG said it’s assessing the feasibility of an electric car joint venture with China’s  Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co., potentially adding a third partner in its largest market and advancing

Made in Macao | Does size matter when offering joss sticks?

In a city where Taoist and Buddhist rituals are part of the culture, we often see people carrying out Chinese religious rituals, whether or not they are religious. One such

Thursday, September 8, 2016 – edition no. 2639

* Q&A - Wilfred Wong | President and COO, Sands China: ‘In The Parisian we try to cater for the middle class, the MICE people’ * Bus-struck building repairs * Food festival

South China Sea on the agenda | Southeast Asian summit opens, overshadowed by Duterte flap

A summit of Southeast Asian leaders to discuss issues ranging from terrorism to South China Sea tensions opened testerday, overshadowed by the Philippine president’s intemperate comments in his debut appearance at

CTM expects future concession contracts to be ‘tougher’

CTM is expecting that, the government will demand more from telecom operators for future concession contracts, the company’s chief executive officer Vandy Poon stated when questioned by the Times on

Education | IPM students visit Australia’s Monash University

Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) organized an Overseas Study Program from 30 July to 21 August 2016, taking its students on a three week cultural exchange in Australia at Monash University. The

Mainland rebukes ‘Hong Kong independence’ activities

Mainland China authorities have underscored their “resolute opposition” to any form of “Hong Kong independence” activities inside or outside of the special administrative region’s (SAR) Legislative Council (LegCo), according to

Tourism | MIA: More frequent air routes bode well for tourist numbers

New and more frequent air routes linking the Macau International Airport (MIA) with destinations in countries such as Japan and Russia bode well for tourism numbers in the city, according

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