Britain | Gove attacks Cameron’s case for EU as party splits deepen

U.K. Justice Secretary Michael Gove attacked Prime Minister David Cameron’s case for Britain staying in the European Union, demonstrating the depth of divisions in the governing Conservative Party. Gove, one of

Brazil | President defiant after impeachment vote, won’t quit

Expressing outrage over the congressional vote to open impeachment proceedings against her, President Dilma Rousseff says she will not resign and vows to keep fighting the forces arrayed against her. The

Zambia | Anti-foreigner riots claim five lives as looting spreads

Riots in Zambia’s capital spread to other parts of Lusaka yesterday as looters ransacked shops owned by immigrants, particularly Rwandans, and the ruling Patriotic Front party said five people may

Iraq | Parliament fails to vote on fate of its speaker

Iraqi lawmakers have failed to vote on whether they will oust or keep the incumbent parliament speaker, prolonging the country’s simmering political crisis. Shiite lawmaker, Hassan Salim, says after the session

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

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