The Philippine navy commissioned its first amphibious landing dock and three smaller landing craft yesterday as it continues to modernize its fleet amid a territorial row with China in the
Every day as Kamla dug through the mud and molded bricks for north Indian kiln, her two hungry children would cry out to her for food. The 200 rupees (USD3)
North Korea has sent an envoy to Beijing to brief Chinese officials on recent political developments amid a downturn in relations between the formerly close Communist neighbors. Ri Su Yong, chief
Ahead of a June 23 referendum on whether to quit the European Union, Britons are looking across the North Sea to Norway for clues on what life could be like
Donald Trump appears to be finding some friends in North Korea. The presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee has been getting good press this week in the North’s carefully controlled media, first
The United States has landed its first spacecraft on the Moon. Scientists were surprised and delighted that Surveyor 1 - America’s first attempt at a “soft” landing - succeeded. They had expected
Just hours into the trip, Cleary’s kayak started taking on water, and he was forced to abandon the vessel before being rescued at sea. Eighteen months later, the kayak has
Caught in a real-life win-or-lose challenge, football forward Alan Pulido overpowered a kidnapper, freed himself and then called police for help — a dramatic tale that shows how tough the
Professional boxers can compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, if they qualify. An overwhelming vote by the sport’s governing body, known as AIBA, yesterday allows any boxer to try
Gary Johnson and Bill Weld may be the Ralph Naders of 2016, though it’s not clear whether the casualty would be Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. Johnson and Weld, former Republican
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Bringing an end to a near six-year legal battle, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has agreed to pay more than "USD75 million to end a lawsuit by its former top Macau
The British pound has fallen sharply after two opinion polls for The Guardian newspaper indicated support for a British exit from the 28-country European Union in next month’s referendum. In both
CHINA A teenage boy sneaked into the cargo hold of an Emirates passenger plane in China and made it all the way to Dubai before being apprehended, the airline and
The bodies of 32 Australian service personnel and their dependents, many of them killed during the Vietnam War, were handed over by Malaysian soldiers to their Australian counterparts yesterday. Australian
We live in a world of causes, as opposed to a world of ideologies. From the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution throughout the 20th century, ideologies have marked, and marred,
“Since 80% of our expenditure is on salary payment and other staff costs, the only effective measure is to immediately lay off redundant staff and to effect a salary cut
The Macau Military Club marked its 146th anniversary yesterday with the opening ceremony of an exhibition of paintings by Portuguese artist Graça Morais: “Trás-os-Montes, Terra Mágica.” The anniversary will be celebrated
Visitors travelling on package tours to Macau totaled about 575,000 in April, according to new information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), down by 31.7 percent year-on-year, but up
The coordinator of the Policy Research Office, Lao Pun Lap, yesterday stressed the relevance of the culture and education sectors to Macau. “They are almost a business card of the
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