The Buzz | Atlantic City pays interests as mayor averts a default

Atlantic City made USD1.8 million in interest payments, averting what would have been New Jersey’s first municipal default since the Great Depression as state lawmakers bicker over how to assist

Solar plane arrives in Arizona on latest leg of global trip

An airplane powered only by sunlight has arrived in a Phoenix suburb after completing the latest leg of its global trip. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 landed shortly before 9 p.m.

World Briefs

IRAQ The Turkish military says its warplanes have pounded Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, killing 18 militants. The airstrikes targeted Qandil, the mountainous stronghold of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party,

Transmac buys 25 new buses

The University of Macau (UM) is commemorating the 97th anniversary of the Chinese May Fourth Movement with a series of events, which will end tomorrow, according to a report by

Environment | Study finds residents have ‘positive attitude’ toward recycling

A recent study exploring local residents’ attitudes toward solid waste management has found that a significant majority of Macau locals have a robust awareness of good environmental practices, a positive

Graham Colclough: City planning specialist | Macau ‘could be capital for autonomous cars’

Graham Colclough is a British city planning specialist and city transformation expert, who was invited last week by the Macau government to be the keynote speaker at the Smart City

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge | Officials reveal serious artificial island drift

The Hong Kong Highways Department admitted on Friday that the huge 22 steel cells used to fix seawalls around an artificial island created for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge facilities have

Historic junk boat available for private cruises

Macau Sailing has announced that its historic sailing junk is now available for bookings for private cruises departing Macau. The boat is the one of the oldest, and the last

Animal Welfare | Macau: Anima slams Canidrome management for avoiding debate

The Society for the Protection of Animals (Anima) criticized the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome, for failing to respond to Anima’s call for a televised public debate over the closure of

Animal welfare | World trends: Last dance: Final performance for Ringling Bros. elephants

The curtain fell a final time for elephants performing at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as the circus ended a practice that enthralled audiences for two centuries but became caught

Statistics | Motor registration in decline

year. At the end of the first quarter of 2016, new registration of motor vehicles fell 27.6 percent year-on-year to 4,001, with that of motorcycles (2,241) and light private cars (1,299)

Education | Parents ‘panicked’ by waiting list interval

The publication of those children who have made waiting lists as prospective students was published over the weekend however the publication of the names of students who were admitted and

Uber, China’s Alipay expand cooperation to foreign markets

Ride-hailing service Uber and the payment service of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group are expanding a partnership to allow Chinese travelers to summon and pay for a car in any country

Automaker | BMW enjoys strong Europe, Asia sales but cautious on outlook

Profit rose to 1.64 billion euros (USD1.88 billion) from 1.52 billion euros a year earlier. The figure, however, was short of the consensus estimate for 1.68 billion euros as compiled

PMI | China manufacturing slowed in April

The Caixin magazine purchasing managers’ index (PMI) declined to 49.4 from March’s 49.7 on a 100-point scale on which numbers below 50 show activity contracting. It said conditions have worsened

Banking | HSBC profit lower in volatile market

The London-based bank said yesterday it earned USD5.4 billion in the three months ending March 31 on revenue of $15 billion. It said revenue was down from $15.9 billion the

Corporate Bits | Sheraton to offer mother’s day feast

The Mother’s Day Brunch at Bene will feature a selection of imported Italian cheeses and salami, succulent roasted meats, as well as artisanal plates of pastas, seafood, and meat. In addition,

Cape Verde | A ‘safe haven’ among Portuguese-speaking countries

Cape Verde, which is seen by analysts and the international community as a “safe haven” among Portuguese-speaking countries due to economic and political stability, is now at the beginning of

North Korea says waitresses working in China tricked into going to South

North Korea stepped up its calls yesterday for South Korea to return 12 waitresses whom Pyongyang says Seoul abducted from a restaurant in China. Seoul says the waitresses willingly defected to

Dissent | Communist Party places outspoken property tycoon on probation

China’s Communist Party has placed a property mogul and outspoken government critic on probation for a year after he criticized state media for pledging absolute loyalty to the party. The punishment

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