Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets

WikiLeaks’ global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse, sick children and the mentally ill,

Report: More migrants die in Mediterranean as risks increase

New and more dangerous smuggling practices and attempts to reach Europe by riskier routes have led to a spike in the number of migrants dying as they attempt to cross

This Day in History | 1991 – Gorbachev punishes coup plotters

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has begun his purge of cabinet members and officials involved in the failed coup four days ago. Two of the three ministers who signed the committee’s takeover

Offbeat | Man kicked out of bar bites off bartender’s finger in fight

Police are searching for a man who bit off a bartender’s finger after being kicked out of a San Francisco bar at closing time. Officer Carlos Manfredi said yesterday that the

Asian Champions League | Eriksson’s Shanghai held 0-0 in ACL quarterfinal first leg

Sven-Goran Eriksson’s Shanghai SIPG could only manage a 0-0 draw in the first leg of its Asian Champions League quarterfinal against Jeonbuk Hyundai yesterday. Shanghai invested heavily since securing its place

Football – UEFA | Top European clubs set to win in new Champions League deal

The richest clubs and biggest leagues in Europe are set to tighten their grip on the Champions League’s future format and prize money this week. A deal being prepared by

Mongolia’s Olympic wrestling strip gets public backing

A skin-baring protest by a pair of Mongolian wrestling coaches at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics might have struck some observers as slightly bizarre. Back home in their landlocked Asian

Sports court confirms Russia ban from Rio Paralympics

Russia is banned from the Paralympic Games as punishment for a state-backed doping program, after losing an appeal at sport’s highest court. The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced its urgent

The Buzz | Swiss charge 3 suspects in global phishing case

Swiss prosecutors say they’ve charged three people accused of illegally obtaining data on at least 133,600 credit cards with computer fraud following their extradition from Thailand. The Swiss attorney general’s office

Word briefs

CHINA’s efforts to reduce poverty have improved the lives of hundreds of millions of people, but they could be undermined in the future without efforts to root out corruption and

Kim’s latest | Lions, tigers and poodles? Dogs a big draw at Pyongyang zoo

Lions, tigers and poodles? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s latest gift to the residents of Pyongyang, the renovated central zoo, is pulling in thousands of visitors a day with a

Macau Matters | Electric Taxis

Every so often my wife drags me to Zhuhai to see what is new there. I do not mind because progress in Zhuhai is a good benchmark for improvements here,

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 – edition no. 2628

* MDT Exclusive | Elvis Costello looking forward to Macau casino residency * Sands China kicks off arts competition * Hengqin slides door to Macau, overseas talent * Dark clouds loom for oil

Wynn Palace opens its doors to fountain show spectacle

Wynn Palace opened its doors to the public last night at 8 p.m. following a ceremony officiated by CEO of Wynn Resorts, Steve Wynn, and Macau Chief Executive Chui Sai

Analysis | Macau’s gamblers are coming back. You can bet on it

Things seem to be going pretty well in Macau right now. Shares in Galaxy Entertainment, Sands China and SJM Holdings have all risen more than 10 percent over the past month.

Beijing envoy visits Taiwan amid protests

A Chinese envoy arrived in Taiwan yesterday for a city-to-city dialogue, amid a chill in relations between the sides following the inauguration of the island’s independence-leaning president Tsai ing-wen in

Gaming | Brokers optimistic about region’s mass GGR growth

As Wynn Palace opened yesterday, gaming analysts’ consensus is that the region’s gross gaming revenue will grow by 7 percent yearly, Deutsche Bank reported. Sands China has announced that the ratio

Briefs | Region ranks fifth in Asia-Pac broadband access

Macau has ranked fifth for access to fixed broadband services in 2015 in the new report of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). 

Crime | If you drink don’t drive… Or ask someone else to drive you

A local resident and car owner was the victim of an unusual theft after he was driven by an unknown person, the Judiciary Police (PJ) informed in a press conference

Cultural heritage councillor criticizes government for demolishing historical buildings

Cheang Kok Keong, member of the Cultural Heritage Council, has criticized top officials of Macau’s cultural affairs, saying that they are childish and ignore public opinion. The comments followed the

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