Russia | Putin sends air defense missiles to Syria to deter Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday ordered state-of-the art air defense missile systems to be deployed at a Russian air base in Syria following the downing of a Russian warplane by

USA | Chicago police officer charged with murder; video released

A white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times last year was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, hours before the city released a video of the killing

This Day in History | 1972 – Police foil IRA hospital rescue attempt

MacStiofain - who has refused to eat or drink for nine days - was sentenced to six months imprisonment yesterday for being a member of the IRA. Four men, two of

Offbeat | Despite warnings about West, 007 finds his way into Iran ad

Even amid warnings about Western infiltration, the famed fictional British spy James Bond still found a way to get into Iran. An ad hawking Omega watches appeared in the daily newspaper

Golf | Scott’s 14-year title streak under threat as 2015 winds down

Adam Scott is without a tournament victory thus far in 2015, putting his 14-year record of winning at least one tournament a year in jeopardy going into this week’s Australian

Champions League roundup | Goals galore as Barcelona and Bayern advance

Lionel Messi is back and scoring netting a double in Barcelona’s 6-1 win over Roma that put the titleholders into the knockout round for a 12th consecutive season. Messi showed no

HK Observer | Shifting Sands

Isn’t it great to have a new force in politics here after so many years of stalemate; in this case the youth? For so long voters have been mainly divided

Thursday, November 26, 2015 – edition no. 2447

* Gov’t expects to spend more despite slumping income next year * Galway to make local debut * Singapore to trump HK in millionaire growth * Putin sends air-defense missiles to Syria   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | First Japanese rocket with commercial payload launched

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries rocket took off at 3:50 p.m. from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launch pad on the island of Tanegashima, off Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu. It

Portugal’s Socialists to take power, backed by radicals

Portugal’s president announced yesterday he is inviting Socialist Party leader Antonio Costa to form a government backed by the Communist Party and radical Left Bloc, despite doubts over those parties’

World Briefs

NEW ZEALAND A court hearing in New Zealand on whether to extradite Kim Dotcom and three others who helped run the website Megaupload to the United States ends after nine

2016 Policy Address | Sonia Chan asked to introduce measures to lift civil servant morale

A letter by the late Commission Against Corruption investigator’s wife was brought into the legislature’s debate yesterday afternoon by lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho, shining the spotlight on the alleged pressure

Widow’s letter denounces management, CCAC reiterates suicide thesis

“In the report, the only persons that were investigated were the ones in contact with my deceased husband during the week prior to his death. (…) Why weren’t other persons

Extended working hours and more staff for public healthcare

Alexis Tam also revealed some of the plans related to health, namely regarding the new Islands Hospital and the expansion of services in the current public hospital. According to the Secretary

Alexis Tam says moving schools from housing complexes is priority

The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, says that it is a priority to move schools from housing building podiums to specific “open space” locations built specifically for

USJ delegation visits Foreign Affairs Ministry

A delegation of over 60 professors, staff and students from the University of St. Joseph (USJ) visited the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China

Int’l clean energy forum this Dec

The International Forum for Clean Energy (IFCE) will host its fourth session in Macau from Dec. 15 to Dec. 17. Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chinese Academy of

Chow Tai Fook net falls 42 percent as China slowdown hurts luxury

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd., the world’s largest publicly traded jewelry chain, reported first- half profit plunged 42 percent amid weak demand in Hong Kong and Macau as China’s economic slowdown

European Chamber of Commerce to steer away from just trading

The Macau European Chamber of Commerce (MECC) will begin a “new phase of cooperation between China-Macau-EU, giving more importance to a Legal Cooperation Program and step up cooperation in research

Union Gaming says casinos ‘unlikely’ to offer Alipay

“We would not expect them to offer Alipay Wallet in-person payments on casino floors given how contentious that would be – not to mention potential legal ramifications,” said Govertsen. Third-party

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