USA | Obama administration loosens rules on Cuba travel, dollar

  The Obama administration yesterday loosened rules on travel to Cuba and the Cuban government’s use of the dollar, removing obstacles to closer ties between the two countries five days before

Turkey | Military says 45 Kurdish rebels killed in air strikes

  At least 45 Kurdish rebels were killed in Turkish air strikes against suspected militant targets in northern Iraq following the suicide car bombing in Ankara, the military said yesterday, while

This Day in History | 1953 Marshal Tito makes historic visit to London

The Duke of Edinburgh, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden greeted him at Westminster at the start of his five-day visit. He arrived by sea from Yugoslavia in

Offbeat | Etisalat removes iconic building ‘golf balls’ after storm

The iconic “golf balls” on Etisalat buildings are coming down. The Emirati telecommunications company has taken down the spheres atop their buildings at their headquarters in Abu Dhabi and in Dubai. The

Olympics | From Syria to Sudan: Refugee athletes train for the Refugee team

  They’ve fled war and violence in the Middle East and Africa. They’ve crossed treacherous seas in small dinghies and lived in dusty refugee camps. They include a teenage swimmer from Syria,

Made in Macao | Villain Hitting

Lately, if you pass Kun Iam Temple, you may bump into some middle-aged or elderly ladies squatting at a corner outside the temple, hitting a paper on the ground as

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The Buzz | Wrong character: Official media typo calls President Xi Jinping the ‘last leader’

China’s state news agency has had to issue a correction after it referred to President Xi Jinping as “China’s last leader”, an apparent copyediting error, BBC reported yesterday. Xinhua later amended

Turkey | Military carries out airstrikes after deadly bombing in Ankara

  Turkey’s air force hit Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq yesterday, hours after a suicide car bombing in the capital killed 37 people and heightened tensions with the militants. Nine F-16s

World Briefs

CHINAWhen legislators head back to their provinces once Beijing’s annual parliamentary gathering concludes today, they’ll be tasked with implementing the eight specific policies outlined and the less tangible philosophies of

CRIME | Thievery in hotel rooms hits city over the weekend

Several thefts in different hotel rooms occurred in the territory over the weekend, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed yesterday during a press conference. The unrelated cases took place in hotel units

Poe rebuffs alleged ‘political donations’ from Suncity Group

Philippines’ independent presidential candidate Senator Grace Poe has allegedly accepted campaign contributions to a total of PHP150 million from a Macau-based junket operator, Suncity Group. A Daily Tribune report claimed that

Transnational divorces in Taiwan decline

Statistics show that an annual increase of 0.5 percent in the overall number of divorces in Taiwan last year has led to a total of 53,000 divorces. Among those, 11,000 involved

Aecom wins bid to supervise hospital construction

The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, said last year that he does not know when Macau’s second public hospital will be ready to open, adding that he

Survey | Average earnings increase in Q4

At the end of the fourth quarter of 2015, the “Wholesale & Retail Trade” sector had engaged 55,812 people, up by 12 percent year-on-year, with 35,446 working in retail trade. According

New organizers to sell Grand Prix as a local brand

“In this new committee we are now going to have a subcommittee of branding with the aim of providing support to the development of the creative and cultural industries and

Human resources | Region in need of medical professionals

The president of the Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau (KWNC), Van Iat Kio, argues that hospitals in Macau are facing a shortage of health care professionals. During a lecture last

Consulate issued travel security alert to Turkey

Given the terrorist attack that took place in the center of Ankara on Sunday, the Consulate-General of China in Istanbul issued a travel security alert to Chinese citizens. “In the

Gaming industry dominates MUST Career Day

  The MUST Career Day, held by the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), has reached its sixth year, with over 140 employers looking for qualified graduates to join their

CNN dubs Macau economy ‘worst performing’ globally

U.S. broadcaster CNN has dubbed Macau’s economy “the worst performing in the world” in reference to the one-fifth contraction in gross domestic product (GDP) last year. The report claimed that “these

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