This Day in History | 1953 UN and Korea begin prisoner exchange

One hundred United Nations prisoners were freed today under Operation “Little Switch”. They included 12 Britons, 30 Americans, 50 South Koreans, four Turks, one Canadian, one South African, one Greek

Offbeat | Madrid mayor: Dog poop culprits may have to clean streets

Dog owners in Madrid beware: Pick up after your pooch or face working as a street cleaner. Madrid Mayor Manuela Carmena is warning dog owners they’ll face stiff fines or possibly

Olympics | Sports federations concerned about Rio venues

International sports federations expressed concern yesterday over problems with venues for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, including power failures at the gymnastics arena this week. Members of the Association of

Football | English Premier League: Leicester’s Vardy charged by FA over reaction to red card

Jamie Vardy faces having his mandatory one-match ban lengthened, potentially ruling the striker out of more of Leicester’s title run-in, after he was charged on Monday by the English Football

Turkey: 38 arrested for ‘framing’ Fenerbahce officials

Turkish authorities yesterday detained 38 people suspected of “framing” soccer team Fenerbahce’s players and directors in a match-fixing investigation in 2011, as the government pressed ahead with a crackdown on

Macau Matters | Water Woes

Here in Macau we have very inexpensive and very plentiful water, even if the quality is not so good - too many chemicals added to condition the water. But, in

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 – edition no. 2541

* Aftershocks rattle Japan as deaths from quakes rise to 45 * Zhang bin’s exhibition opens * Protest over tuition fee hike * China’s crowded smartphone market   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | Brazil: Rousseff loses lower house impeachment vote

Parliament in Brazil yesterday has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts. The “yes” camp comfortably won the required two-thirds majority in the

The Science of Lying | We all lie, scientists say, but politicians even more so

This is the season of lies. We watch with fascination as candidates for the world’s most powerful job trade falsehoods and allegations of dishonesty. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump routinely calls rival

World Briefs

CHINA The Defense Ministry says a military plane was dispatched to one of China’s new man-made islands in a disputed area of the South China Sea in what is believed

Fiber optic broadband usage doubles

Total internet penetration in 2015 amounted to 77.6 percent, up by 7.8 percentage points year-­on-year, and that figure was proportional to around 470,800 internet users aged three and above. As

Aviation maintenance center slated for August

Zurich-based Jet Aviation has announced that it is close to opening its new business jet maintenance, repair and overhaul services (MRO) facility at the Macau International Airport. The facility is

Scholar | Macau could become ‘a regional financial center’

A public lecture entitled ‘The Financial Markets in China and Hong Kong,’ hosted by the Faculty of Business Administration of the University of Saint Joseph, was held yesterday at the

Legal cooperation with Portugal depends ‘mostly’ on MSAR’s request

The Portuguese Public Prosecutions Office is open to maintaining cooperation with Macau in judiciary matters and more specifically to maintaining Portuguese magistrates in the territory, said the Portuguese Attorney General,

‘Judicial independence is important for both Portugal and Macau’

The Portuguese Attorney General met yesterday with MSAR Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On at the government headquarters, Joana Marques Vidal said “the fundamental value of judicial independence is important

Joana Marques Vidal | Portugal’s Attorney General: ‘We cannot allow a large number of magistrates to come’

- That number was not defined clearly. But it is certain that for the time being and with consideration to the short number of staff that the Portuguese Prosecutions Office

Tourism | Sports Bureau promotes Grand Prix in Shanghai

ID was invited by the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix organizers to conduct promotional activities at the Shanghai International Circuit’s Fountain Plaza during the F1 race that was held on

Health | Medical forum gathers local and international experts

The 30th Sino-Luso International Medical Forum finished on Sunday after a three-day international medical symposium at the Landmark ICBC Centre. The event was organized by the Macau University of Science and

Environment | Macau and Taipa record air improvement in 2015

The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released a statement yesterday detailing the state of the local environment in 2015. The DSEC concluded that there had been marginal change from the

UM students awarded in 2016 ‘Model European Union’

As part of the event, students were required to discuss proposals and negotiate with each other, all the while staying as close to their designated country’s foreign policy as possible

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