CHINA STATE media say a powerful tornado has killed 78 people and destroyed a large number of buildings in the eastern province of Jiangsu. The reports said the tornado formed
Referenda can be divisive, very much so. And the vote over whether to remain in the European Union or not that is taking place in the United Kingdom at the
* Former UN General Assembly chief dies amid bribery case with links to Macau * Hend hopes to become first three-time winner * Live poultry sales suspended * Markets, bettors put money on Britons
It's the second such drive this year, and while outside economists doubt their effectiveness, they reflect leader Kim Jong Un's desire to energize the country's sputtering economy. That goal is
Flight of the Conchords" went off the air in 2009 but the beat has gone on in the films of Taika Waititi. Waititi, who was a writer and director of that
Last fall Hogarth Press published the first in a series of novels by contemporary writers reimagining Shakespeare's plays on the 400th anniversary of his death. So far we've had Jeanette
Longtime environmentalist Neil Young takes a hybrid approach on "Earth," a double disc compilation of live tracks loosely related to sharing our planet with the animal kingdom. The sounds of honking
The bright red slogans hang from buses, government buildings and even some restaurants and gas stations, urging North Koreans to work harder to make the country's 200-day "speed campaign" a
Due to gin’s classic combination with tonic and the prominent position it occupies in the realm of cocktail, it is tempting to assume that gin is a British invention from
For those who have never stayed at Conrad Macao, Cotai Central, they might think that it is just another hotel that offers a bed and a room to sleep in
The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) yesterday upheld the government’s decision in 2010 to reclaim the lands housing the upmarket residential project La Scala, which has been linked to the
Hong Kong has risen to become the world’s most expensive city for expatriates, according to a survey by international human resources consulting firm Mercer. Mercer, which operates internationally in more than
Property owners with a solid financial status prefer to keep properties empty than to rent them lower than the asking price, according to what several experts have told the Times.
Starting from next month, the public transport-only lane in the Inner Harbor area will become a permanent fixture, with considerations already in place over whether to extend it further toward
Overseas voting for the Australian Federal Election began on Monday, for the nationwide decision that will culminate in Election Day on July 2. Australians living in Macau who are intending to
Melco Crown Entertainment CEO Lawrence Ho said in an interview with Barron’s Asia that the poor quarterly performance of the company’s partly-owned property, Studio City, is due to a marketing
The Euro 2016 football tournament is contributing to a further slowing of Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR), according to Japanese brokerage Nomura. Previous instances of major footballing tournaments such as the
Three students from the University of Macau’s (UM) Department of Electromechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology received the Best Paper Award at the annual symposium of the Control, Automation
The “Roaming Vision + Digital: Exhibition of Ink Paintings by Leung Kui Ting” is now open at the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau’s (IACM) Temporary Exhibitions Gallery. 28 art pieces
The final round of the 2017 Pan-Pearl River Delta Region Universities IT Project Competition will be held on July 4 and 5 at the Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM). Fifty teams
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