South China Sea | Philippine diplomat to Beijing: Don’t turn shoal into island

A Philippine diplomat warned yesterday that any Chinese move to turn a disputed shoal, where the U.S. Navy recently spotted a suspected Chinese survey ship, into an island will escalate

Internet | Why you might soon text robots as often as your friends

The robots are coming — to help run your life or sell you stuff — at an online texting service near you. In coming months, users of Facebook's Messenger app, Microsoft's

Media | Al-Jazeera America network shuts down today

Al-Jazeera America, which couldn’t attract an audience to another cable news network in the United States, signs off this morning following a three-hour live farewell designed to highlight its

White House | Blame to share for failed Libya aftermath

  The White House sought to share the blame for the failed aftermath of the 2011 intervention in Libya, arguing the U.S. and its NATO allies asked too few questions about

This Day in History | 1975 Beirut street battle leaves 17 dead

Reports are confused but it appears the Lebanese Phalangist gunmen attacked the bus, killing at least 14 and injuring about 20 more, as it drove through a Christian suburb of

Offbeat | US: Goat wanders away from home, goes on Starbucks run

Rohnert Park police Sgt. Rick Bates says dispatchers received several calls Sunday morning about a goat named Millie wandering around a strip mall on the city’s eastern edge. Bates says employees

Australia, Japan in Group B for Asian World Cup qualifying

  Asian Cup champion Australia and Japan have been grouped together in the last round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The Socceroos and Japan were drawn into Group

Football | China development plan envisions 50 million players

Seeking to close a glaring gap in its international sporting prowess, China has announced an ambitious football development plan that envisions 50 million players joining in the game by the

Champions League | Simeone needs a win over Luis Enrique to oust Barcelona

  Diego Simeone needs to find a way to beat Luis Enrique, because only a win will be enough. Atletico Madrid will face Barcelona in the quarterfinals of the Champions League today,

Made in Macao | Exploring new ways of making a living

Months ago, a quite successful small restaurant closed down, to the disappointment of customers in the neighbourhood. That place was one of the favorites of many living in the area

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 – edition no. 2536

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The Buzz | Harry Potter: GCHQ ‘intervened over ‘Half-Blood Prince’ leak’

GCHQ, the UK’s surveillance agency, intervened to help prevent the sixth Harry Potter installment leaking online, the book’s publisher has said. Bloomsbury’s Nigel Newton said GCHQ contacted him in 2005 after

Royal tour | Prince William, wife Kate meet young entrepreneurs in Mumbai

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met with young entrepreneurs in India’s financial capital of Mumbai yesterday to speak with the country’s next generation of business leaders about their start-up

World Briefs

HIROSHIMA Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries, meeting yesterday in the atomic-bombed Japanese city of Hiroshima, called for a renewed push for flagging nuclear disarmament efforts as

IPM art student wins British prize

A survey aiming to assess the local population’s health status will take place between April and June. The evaluation will include two parts, namely a household survey and, in some

Protest against tighter regulations gathers few taxi drivers

Approximately 20 taxi drivers gathered yesterday morning around the Border Gate area to protest against the new government-proposed policies that aim to regulate the taxi industry. In a demonstration that ultimately

Cooperation | Lisbon, Bissau visits promote Lusophony trade link

A delegation from Macau, organized by the Institute for Trade and Investment Promotion (IPIM), last week took part in the “Business Opportunities Forum between China, Portugal and the MSAR,” held

Electoral Law consultation this month

The government will launch a public consultation on planned revisions to the Legislative Assembly (AL) Electoral Law by the end of the month, the Secretary for Administration and Justice, Chan

Hong Kong scholars investigate Fujianese connection to gaming

An article examining the influence and relationship between the Fujian Tongxianghui (association of people from the same hometown), electoral politics and casino interests in Macau was recently published in the

Firemen busier than last year

This quarter, 11,692 incidents were lodged, up 3.54 percent from last year. In 297 of the cases, firefighters were called, but only 12 of those instances required the use of

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