Taiwan | Outgoing leader, successor pledge smooth transition

Taiwan’s outgoing president and his successor yesterday emphasized the need for a smooth transition of power amid a slowdown in the island’s high-tech economy and uncertainty over sensitive relations with

North Korea threat compels security steps China won’t like

A senior U.S. diplomat said that if North Korea keeps advancing its weapons programs, the U.S. will be compelled to take defensive measures that China will not like. Deputy Secretary of

30 deals signed during Chinese president’s visit to Prague

Chinese President Xi Jinping has wrapped up his trip to the Czech Republic by overseeing the signing of 30 business deals that could bring almost USD4 billion of Chinese investment. The

Myanmar | Democracy takes momentous step with new president

  Myanmar’s slow transition to democracy took a momentous step yesterday as a trusted aide to ruling-party leader Aung Suu Kyi took over as the country’s president, officially ending more than

Vietnam | Court jails three women for waving flags of former South

A Vietnamese court has sentenced three women who held up the flags of the defeated U.S.-backed South Vietnam to up to four years in prison on charges of spreading anti-state

Thailand | Junta chief gives military broad new police-like powers

  Thailand’s junta chief has given the military broad new police-like powers to arrest and detain criminal suspects, in an unannounced move that rights groups criticized yesterday as a recipe for

Mongolia | Thousands rally in Ulaanbaatar over foreign mining concessions

A rare public protest in Mongolia’s capital yesterday drew thousands of demonstrators who criticized foreign mining concessions and demanded action to prop up the tottering economy. More than 2,000 demonstrators in

Belgium | Ninety remain hospitalized week after Brussels bombings

Belgian authorities say 90 people remain in hospital, 49 of them in intensive care, one week after suicide bombers killed 32 people at Brussels’ airport and a subway station. Belgium’s victims

Terrorism | French leader abandons plan to strengthen state of emergency

French President Francois Hollande has decided to abandon a bill that would have revoked citizenship for convicted terrorists and strengthened the state of emergency because of a deadlock in parliament. In

This Day in History | 1959 Dalai Lama escapes to India

There had been no news of his safety or whereabouts since he left Lhasa on 17 March with an entourage of 20 men, including six Cabinet ministers. Many thought he had

Offbeat | Smithsonian to include 2 Cosby items in new history museum

After facing criticism for an exhibit of works from Bill Cosby’s personal art collection, the Smithsonian plans to include two items related to him at its new African-American history museum.

Football | Malaysia draw against ‘stubborn’ Macau ‘very worrying’ – coach Ong

Following a draw against “lowly Macau,” the Malay coach Ong Kim Swee told players to accept the bitter truth that they are not good enough to go up against minnows. According

Football: Friendlies roundup | Security high as France returns to Paris stadium after bombs

More than 1,700 security personnel were on patrol yesterday as France beat Russia on its return to the Stade de France, four months after their last home game was

World Views | Curing cancer is within reach

One of the most frightening words a patient can hear from a doctor is “cancer.” We know it from the experience of our families and friends, and the millions of

Thursday, March 31, 2016 – edition no. 2528

* Macau parents not likely to rally behind ban on tackling * Beijing eases visas for travellers to macau, HK * Ng Lap Seng & friends lead to overhaul of un assembly

The Buzz | Archaeologists digging at Malcolm X’s boyhood home in Boston

Archeologists in Boston are digging at a boyhood home of Malcolm X in an effort to uncover more about the slain black rights activist’s early life. The two-week archaeological dig begins

China says no more foreign street names like ‘Manhattan’

China will clamp down on foreign-sounding and bizarre names after too many streets and developments called “Manhattan” or “Venice” have popped up amid decades of frenzied building, a government official

World Briefs

CHINA Yu Shaolei, a cultural editor at Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily, has announced his resignation through social media, saying that he could no longer follow the Communist Party line.

Macau junket named in hearing | Part of stolen Bangladeshi funds still in Philippine casinos

  Kim Wong Kam Sin, the Philippine gambling junket operator dubbed the “missing link” in the cyber heist of USD81 million in Bangladesh central bank reserves, said he’s willing to return

Free vaccines for residents only, blue card holders excluded

Only Macau residents are entitled to free vaccinations against the diseases offered under the "Vaccination/Immunization Programme," and Government-procured vaccines will not be given to visitors, the Health Bureau revealed in

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