Paris attacks | Suspect quizzed, Brussels still in lockdown

French authorities yesterday questioned a top suspect linked to attackers who terrorized Paris, while Belgium’s capital remained locked down under threat of a possible similar attack. Jawad Bendaoud, the only person

This Day in History | 1998 – ‘Corrupt’ Turkish government falls

The Turkish assembly voted by an absolute majority - 314 votes to 214 - in favour of an opposition motion of no confidence in the coalition government of Prime Minister

Offbeat | Rapper throws wads of money over balcony to fans at mall

Videos posted to social media show the Paterson native throwing money Saturday as he walked through the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus. The rapper posted on Twitter that he was

Football | FIFA ethics committee seeks life ban against Michel Platini

The FIFA ethics committee has requested a life ban for Michel Platini, the Frenchman's lawyer said yesterday, a move that would rule the UEFA president out of the race to

Golf | Spieth gets all the tough questions at the Australian Open

Jordan Spieth must have thought he answered all the tough questions during a 30-minute media conference yesterday that had to be cut off by Australian Open organizers. The most prying questions,

Boxing | David Haye announces comeback with bout against Mark de Mori

Former heavyweight champion David Haye is going to return to boxing with a bout against Mark de Mori of Australia at London’s O2 arena next year. Haye will take on the

Macau Matters | Hengqin campus failed Macau

It is now a few years since Macau people spent many billions of patacas to build the Hengqin campus of the University of Macau. As I have only recently had

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 – edition no. 2446

* Syrian conflict | Russia confirms its jet shot down near Turkish border * Tam wants to move schools from housing complexes * Chow Tai Fook net falls 42 percent * Beijing pulled

The Buzz | Prosecutors say jewel heist was largest in British history

A prosecutor said yesterday that an Easter weekend break-in to a vault in London’s Hatton Garden diamond district was the largest burglary in English legal history, with a haul estimated

How to fly free forever: Put USD170 million on your AmEx

Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian, who doesn’t exactly struggle to afford a plane ticket, can now likely fly free, in first class, with his whole family, anywhere in the world, for

World Briefs

JAPANESE media are reporting an explosion in a public restroom at Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including those executed as war criminals. No one was injured. More

Rita Machado and João Ó | Architects Bamboo, a statement on local identity

As part of the Macau Architecture Promenade (MAP) program organized by the Babel association, the pavilion named “Treeplets” was installed in the University of Macau’s garden area, transforming the landscape. 

Policy Address | Sonia Chan | Authorities strive to make administration less bureaucratic

Efforts to accelerate bureaucratic procedures within public services and across departments for the general public once again dominated Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan’s Policy Address yesterday at the

Tourism | Visitor arrivals up 9.2pct in October

Visitor arrivals to Macau totaled 2,637,106 for October 2015, signaling a decrease of 0.6 percent year-on- year, but an increase of 9.2 percent from the previous month, according to information released

Blood Donation Day registers 40 donors

CRIME | Group caught pickpocketing in Senado Square

A group of three men, all Mongolian nationals, were caught operating a pickpocketing scheme around the Senado Square area, the Public Security Police Force announced yesterday in a press conference. The

Gov’t responds to CAT questioning over domestic violence law

Director of the Legal Reform and International Law Affairs Bureau, Chu Lam Lam, responded to the questions raised by CAT members about the removal of same-sex relationships from domestic violence

Canidrome contract renewed for another year

As the Times reported yesterday, Ms Leong said on Sunday that she expected the contract to be renewed for “two or three years,” promising to introduce cultural and sporting activities

Pfizer, Allergan USD160b deal forms world’s largest drugmaker

Pfizer and Allergan are joining in the biggest buyout of the year, a USD160 billion stock deal that will create the world’s largest drugmaker. It’s also the largest so-called inversion, where

KPMG full smoking ban report released

The KPMG report that earlier this year suggested that a full smoking ban in casinos would negatively impact GDP and compromise social welfare has been officially released in full. The

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