Media | Netflix to boost original series, films in and from Asia

Netflix plans to expand its Asian offerings to subscribers around the world by tapping more creators in the region, including “Snowpiercer” director Bong Joon-ho, its chief said yesterday. CEO Reed Hastings

Real Estate Matters | The biggest property investment mistakes: Mistakes to avoid if you buy property – Part 4

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties

Analysis | How Brexit makes yuan a crucial thing for markets to watch

For markets, Brexit is not just a story of European disintegration. The financial market stresses that could emanate from the results of the U.K. referendum bear a close resemblance to what

South China Sea | Sensitive Philippine comments on sea feud aired partly on TV

The new Philippine foreign secretary has made sensitive remarks about territorial disputes in the South China Sea that were broadcast live by the state-run TV network before it abruptly cut

Courts | Two police officers charged over man’s death

Beijing prosecutors said they have arrested two police officers on charges of negligence nearly two months after a man’s death in their custody sparked nationwide concern over police abuse. The prosecutor’s

Philippines | Hope and fear as combative president takes office

Rodrigo Duterte was sworn yesterday as president of the Philippines, with many hoping his maverick style will energize the country but others fearing he could undercut one of Asia’s liveliest

Mongolia | Ruling party defeated in parliament elections

The opposition Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) has won a decisive victory in parliamentary elections in the landlocked nation where a fall in commodity prices has sent the economy into a

Turkey | Authorities identify suicide bombers; death toll 43

The three suicide bombers who attacked Istanbul airport were a Russian, an Uzbek and a Kyrgyz, a senior Turkish official said yesterday, hours after police carried out sweeping raids across

USA Elections | Trump gets rock-bottom ratings in international survey

A new multi-nation survey finds that confidence in Donald Trump’s ability to manage foreign policy should he become U.S. president is rock-bottom in a host of countries in Europe and

This Day in History | 1997 Hong Kong handed over to Chinese control

Hong Kong has been handed back to the Chinese authorities - ending more than 150 years of British control. The British flag was lowered over Government House - home to the

Offbeat | US: Man saved from blaze by son’s cackling chickens

A Pennsylvania fire chief says some cackling chickens turned out to be cock-a-doodle-do-gooders. Creekside Fire Chief Pete Yacovone says David Wells escaped from his burning Indiana County home at around 3:30

Glam-rock night sees return of the 80s

Over 200 members and friends of the British Business Association of Macau (BBAM) attended the institution’s 10th Anniversary Gala Ball on June 24 at StarWorld Macau Hotel. Guests were dressed as

Meanwhile in China… | Shanghai SIPG confirmed Hulk transfer from Zenit

Shanghai SIPG signed Hulk from Zenit St. Petersburg yesterday, making the Brazilian forward the first high- profile signing in what is expected to be a mega-spending transfer window in the Chinese

Iceland headlines European Championship last-8 lineup

Somehow, a classic encounter between Germany and Italy is not the main attraction of the quarterfinal-stage at the European Championship. Iceland’s next act in what is already one of the most

Euro 2016 | Preview: Germany vs Italy: Heavyweights collide in quarterfinals

Sunday, 3:00am Germany v Italy H 2.3, D 3.06, A 4.1 They’re Europe’s most successful soccer nations. They’re arguably the form teams at this European Championship. They’re the two countries that almost always

World Briefs

MONGOLIA The opposition Mongolian People’s Party has won a decisive victory in parliamentary elections in the landlocked nation where a fall in commodity prices has sent the economy into a

The Buzz | Vietnam sentences Australian to death for heroin trafficking

A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an Australian citizen to death for heroin trafficking. Tuoi Tre newspaper said Nguyen Thi Huong, 73, was convicted of trafficking 3.5 pounds of heroin

Union reaches deal with 3 of 5 Atlantic City casinos

Atlantic City’s main casino workers union reached agreement yesterday on a new contract with three of the five casinos it had been targeting for a strike this weekend. Local 54 of

Bizcuits | Join me: Plastic Free July

The Decisive Moment photograph on MDT’s back page last Monday showing mostly plastic debris strewn over Macau’s famous Hac Sa beach seems to have raised some ire and despondency. Documented

Friday, July 1, 2016 – edition no. 2590

* Bureau management | Copious rules and prohibitions spoil the fun at public pools * IFT’s new campus to open in August * ‘Macau needs a real strategy to rebrand itself’ * Duterte

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