Statistics | Securities investments reach record high

The Monetary Authority of Macau has published the results of the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey – a collection of information regarding Macau residents’ investment in foreign-issued securities. As of June

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

Alibaba’s Jack Ma said to be in discussions to buy SCMP stake

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s founder Jack Ma is in talks to buy a stake in the publisher of Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, according to people familiar with the matter, in what

Corporate Bits | MGM China gives Hotel tour and career development talk to UMAC students

MGM Macau’s Human Resources Learning and Talent Development team made an introduction of the company before proceeding to the hotel tour. In addition, the five scholarship recipients presented a Thank

Analysis | Who’s blocking the yuan’s emergence?

In its ongoing quest for glory and global influence, China appears to have won a notable victory. The International Monetary Fund is set to anoint the renminbi - the “people’s

South China Sea | Beijing says distant reefs need its protection

China refuted claims it is militarizing the disputed South China Sea, saying it needs to build facilities on artificial islands and reefs to protect them. “As the islands and reefs are

Hong Kong | Record turnout in District Council poll

The results of Hong Kong’s fifth District Council election were unveiled yesterday. The South China Morning Post reported that a pair of pro-democracy heavyweights were marginally unseated in a District Council

Japan | Blast at controversial war shrine injures no one

An explosion yesterday damaged a public restroom at a controversial shrine in Tokyo that honors Japanese war dead, with police suspecting foul play. No one was injured. The Yasukuni shrine, which

Australia | Gov’t says checks on Syrian refugees could take a year

The Australian government remained committed to resettling 12,000 Syrian refugees, but security checks could take more than a year, officials said yesterday. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in September that

Bangladesh | Country on high alert after 2 opposition leaders executed

Bangladesh was on high alert yesterday after executing two opposition leaders for war crimes during the country’s 1971 independence war, despite threats of violence by their supporters and international concerns

Myanmar | Searchers pull bodies from rubble after landslide

Soldiers, police and volunteers pulled body after body from the rubble in northern Myanmar yesterday, as the death toll from a landslide near several jade mines reached at least 113, a

Australia | MH370 hunt moves to where British pilot believes it crashed

The deep sea hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner has shifted to a remote part of the Indian Ocean where a British pilot has calculated that the Boeing 777 made

Argentina | ‘Kirchner era’ ends with opposition win

President-elect Mauricio Macri’s promises to revitalize Argentina’s sagging economy with free-market reforms and improve strained relations with the United States resonated with voters, carrying him to a historic win that ended 12

USA | Shooting at New Orleans playground wounds 16

Hundreds of people were gathered at a New Orleans playground for a music video shoot when two groups in the crowd opened fire on each other, wounding 16 people in the shocking Sunday

Paris attacks | Belgian police arrest 16, one fugitive still at large

Belgian police carried out raids throughout the tense capital, detaining 16 people as the city remained locked down under high alert yesterday. In Paris, British Prime Minister David Cameron said

Cameron pledges to outline strategy against IS this week 

British Prime Minister David Cameron will begin to lay out his case this week for the Royal Air Force to start hitting Islamic State targets in Syria, something he has

This Day in History | 1991 Giant of rock dies

The lead singer for rock group Queen died quietly at his home in west London of bronchio-pneumonia, brought on by Aids, his publicist said. The flamboyant star is thought to have

Offbeat | Irish dad whose selfie video was a YouTube hit back in Vegas

The clueless Irish dad whose accidental selfie video of his Las Vegas vacation was watched by millions was back in Sin City to get a do over. This time, it’s a

Extra Time | Benitez hanging on at Real Madrid; Zinedine Zidane next?

Real Madrid fans vividly showed their dissatisfaction, frantically waving white “goodbye” handkerchiefs and loudly jeering. It was a clear message to coach Rafa Benitez: It’s time for you to go. Benitez’s situation

Football | Champions League | Hazard solving slump mystery key to Chelsea recovering form

Wednesday, 3:45am Maccabi Tel Aviv v Chelsea H 12, D 5.1, A 1.36 If one player epitomizes Chelsea's slump it's surely Eden Hazard. The playmaker was feted as the Premier League's finest talent as

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