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CHINA is facing a one-year ban from weightlifting over repeated doping cases in a move that threatens to stop some of the world’s top athletes from competing internationally. MYANMAR Using brooms

Good luck, indeed! For 10 years, possibly biggest pearl was hidden under bed

  A Filipino fisherman in western Palawan island has found possibly the world’s biggest pearl, but he didn’t know it. For 10 years, the 34-kilogram pearl was hidden in a bag under

Bizcuits | Makes a lot of scents

Smell is dreadfully under-rated. We are reminded of its value when it is lost or when assailed by reeking odours, touched by floral caresses or enticed by kitchen bouquets. Without this

Friday, August 26, 2016 – edition no. 2630

* Ride-hailing app controversy | Andrew Scott says ‘someone else will fill the void’ after Uber * Real estate tops consumers’ complaints * Zhuhai port opens route to brazil this year * Duterte

Bonnie & Clyde letter goes to auction

I should have killed you then I would have saved myself much bother and money looking for you READ MORE * Movies: Don't Breathe * Books: The One Man by Andrew

‘Don’t Breathe’ is a well-plotted, thrilling trap

To all you Detroit-area robbery crews, we should probably warn you right away: It’s just not a good idea to pick 1837 Buena Vista Street for your big — and

‘The One Man’ is heartfelt and compelling

Andrew Gross, known for his contemporary thrillers, takes the reader back to World War II and the brutality that Jews faced in the concentration camps in his novel, "The One

Amos Lee hones sweet spot he found a long time ago

Amos Lee continues to deliver the kind of laid-back, soulful sound that has set his work apart for years. He just keeps getting better at it. On his latest album, "Spirit," Lee

News of the World | Sour letter from Bonnie and Clyde to ex-ally up for auction

Bonnie and Clyde made it quite clear how they felt about a former member of their gang in a letter they sent to him as he sat in the Dallas

News of the World | NOT SECRET: Documents reveal Soviets worried about detente after Nixon quit

The CIA is releasing 2,500 newly declassified intelligence briefs provided to President Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Yesterday’s release includes mixed reaction from overseas to Nixon’s resignation in 1974. The briefs indicate

The Siamese Adventure

Situated in the western half of the Indochinese Peninsula, the Kingdom of Thailand covers some 510,000 sqkm, slightly larger than Spain, and has a population of about 68 million, slightly

Food & Drink | Only in America ramen noodles supplanting cigarettes as currency among prisoners

Ramen noodles are supplanting the once popular cigarettes as a form of currency among state prisoners, but not in response to bans on tobacco products within prison systems, finds a

High rollers turned small Saipan casino more profitable than some Macau peers

Best Sunshine Live, “a small temporary casino with 48 gaming tables that opened last year in a duty-free mall on the U.S. Pacific territory of Saipan, generated more profit in

Q&A – Rishi Tirupari | Director of Sustainability, Sands China: ‘Being sustainable is a matter of education’

When it opens on September 13 The Parisian Macao will be one of the most efficient integrated resorts in the world, setting a new base line for resort construction and

IFT hosts seminar for hospitality industry members

The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) and Lausanne Hospitality Consulting co-organized a two-day “Executive Development Programme on Strategic Resilience” for professionals in the hospitality sector. The 18 participants were taught to

Briefs | Gold for gold: China team to visit Macau after Hong Kong

China’s Olympic gold medalists will visit Macau next week, from Monday to Thursday, the government announced. The Sports Bureau (ID) President Pu Weng Kun, said the medalists will visit the

Retail sales fall by 8.7 percent in second quarter

The value of retail sales in the second quarter of 2016 amounted to MOP13.17 billion, down by 8.7 percent year-on-year and by 11.1 percent compared with the revised figure of

Last show on Sunday | Blue Man Group unveils new elements at its gig at The Venetian Macao

Theatrical production company Blue Man Group will present new performance elements in its first tour of Asia, some of which will be introduced in Macau. During Tuesday’s exclusive backstage media tour,

Corporate bits | Banyan Tree Spa celebrates fifth anniversary

Banyan Tree Spa Macau is celebrating its fifth anniversary by offering all guests a Banyan Tree Gallery shopping voucher worth MOP500 with any purchase of ‘Tropical Rainmist’ spa treatment, from Sept.1

Yuan funds abroad see 2016 pickup after luring USD604 million

Revived appetite for emerging market stocks and bonds is starting to include China - and even its embattled currency. China Asset Management Co. has seen more inflows into equity funds that invest

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