The Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) held its graduation ceremony for the 2015/16 academic year at its Sports Pavilion yesterday, where over 600 graduates were conferred their bachelor degrees or senior
MGM China hosted its third quarterly small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) Business Matching Session last week, welcoming over 120 local SME vendors from the creative and food and beverage industries. According
James Packer’s Crown casino and hotel in Sydney has been approved by the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission, with the authority broadly accepting changes recommended by a critical independent
Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is in the midst of its three-day Annual Marketing Meeting 2016, which started on Monday, gathering some 50 participants including the MSAR’s delegations from different
Chinese scholar Yao Jingming will head University of Macau’s (UM) Department of Portuguese. The scholar, poet and translator will replace Fernanda Gil Costa from September 1. Yao, who currently serves
Diet Pepsi made with aspartame is returning to shelves in the U.S., after PepsiCo saw sales plummet following its reformulation of the drink last summer to remove the artificial sweetener. PepsiCo
Within weeks of India easing aviation rules, Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s local venture is charting a course to take on carriers from the Middle East. It’s counting on a surge in
China’s ambassador to Portugal said in Lisbon that the Portuguese government is waiting for Chinese companies to get involved in the country’s energy, services, financial, insurance, medical, health, maritime business,
The first regional jet produced in China’s initiative to compete in the commercial aircraft market made its debut flight yesterday carrying 70 passengers. The ARJ21-700 jet is one of a series of initiatives
Adidas AG signed an agreement with billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group Co. to help develop soccer and basketball in China as the German company seeks to capitalize on increasing interest
Mongolians vote in parliamentary elections today with sentiment weighed by a sharp downturn in the landlocked Asian nation’s crucial mining sector, rising unemployment and political disillusionment. The Democratic Party could lose
Tests have confirmed that a wooden boat found buried in a dry riverbed near Cambodia’s famous Angkor Wat temple complex is from the early 13th century, an official at the agency overseeing
South Korea’s government lowered growth outlook for Asia’s fourth-largest economy and planned a supplementary budget for a second year in a row as the global economy faces heightened uncertainty. The Finance Ministry said
An Indonesian court decided yesterday to proceed with the trial of a former resident of Australia accused of murdering a friend by lacing her coffee with cyanide. The 27-year-old defendant, Jessica
A court in Singapore yesterday sentenced the founder of a website that published anti-foreign content to eight months in jail after he pleaded guilty to sedition. Yang Kaiheng, 27, set up
European Union leaders began plotting a future without Britain yesterday, urging the island nation and economic powerhouse to disentangle itself as fast as possible from the other 27 nations in
The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday it will take time to mend ties with Turkey after the November downing of a Russian military jet. Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent
French authorities opened a manslaughter inquiry Monday into the May crash of an EgyptAir plane that killed 66 people, saying there is no evidence so far to link it to
Supporters of an activist detained in Bahrain as part of an intensifying crackdown on dissent say he’s been taken to the hospital with an irregular heartbeat. Sayed Alwadaei, of the
The £3m fountain will be built on the site of a derelict pump house and chlorination plant on the banks of the Serpentine - the 40-acre artificial lake in the
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