Red Starbucks cups cause social media outcry

It’s as red as Santa’s suit, a poinsettia or your neighbor’s ugly Christmas sweater. Yet Starbucks’ stark new holiday coffee cup has set off complaints that the chain is making

Mozambique | Netherlands pays for expansion of Maputo water supply network

The government of the Netherlands will donate 20 million euros to Mozambique to help finance the proposed expansion of the Water Supply System of Greater Maputo, said the Ministry of

China State Grid plans to invest billions in Brazil

xian. The total amount includes the value provided to build two power transmission lines that will transport the electricity produced in at the Belo Monte hydroelectric facility, in the state of

Mainland auto sales grow at year’s strongest rate after tax cut

Purchases of sedans, SUVs and minivans in the biggest market by number of vehicles sold rose 13.3 percent to 1.9 million, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. That was up from

Factory growth weakens, retail sales stay strong

China’s factory output and investment weakened in October while retail sales growth edged up, suggesting economic growth has stabilized but has yet to revive despite repeated interest rate cuts and other

Alibaba smashes Singles’ Day sales record in half the time

  It only took Jack Ma half the time yesterday to sell the same amount of stuff as he did a year ago with his online channels. Transactions through Alibaba Group Holding

Corruption | Anti-graft agency targets deputy Beijing party boss

A Communist Party official in Beijing and a deputy mayor of Shanghai have joined the rapidly growing list of prominent political figures ensnared in an anti-corruption crackdown. The ruling party’s anti-graft

Myanmar| Junta promises peaceful power transfer

Myanmar’s transition to greater democracy after decades of military rule surged ahead yesterday as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party continued its election sweep and the government promised a peaceful

Climate change | India sees clean cooking as climate action that saves lives

Kamlesh feeds the flames of a crude clay cookstove with kindling, kerosene and sunbaked discs of cow dung. She breathes in the billowing smoke, as she does for hours every

Afghanistan | Thousands march through capital to protest Hazara killings

Thousands of people marched through the Afghan capital yesterday, carrying the coffins of seven ethnic Hazaras who had been kidnapped and beheaded and calling for a new government that can

Portugal | Gov’t ousted amid austerity backlash

Anti-austerity lawmakers forced Portugal’s center-right government to resign Tuesday (early yesterday, Macau time) by rejecting its policy proposals at the start of what was supposed to be a second consecutive term in

USA | No breakouts in Republican hopefuls’ debate

Marco Rubio emerged unscathed. Ben Carson defended his integrity. Donald Trump flashed his dominant personality. And Jeb Bush avoided disaster. Mission accomplished. Aided by tentative questioning, the Republican Party’s top presidential candidates executed their

This Day in History | 1954 – New York’s Ellis Island closes

The site, which has admitted around 15 million people into America from overseas since it first opened in 1892, will no longer be used as an examination centre for those

Offbeat | Hungarian officials say duck liver being sold as goose liver

Hungarian food inspectors say a company was selling packages marked as frozen goose liver that actually contained cheaper but similar looking duck liver. The National Food Chain Safety Office said over

Basketball | US colleges head to China to grow fan base

Forty years ago, former basketball star Bill Walton made a decision he still regrets today. His UCLA college team was invited to play an exhibition game in China in 1973,

Opinion – Extra Time | Ronaldo says he’s afraid of nothing, but won’t discuss FIFA

The most important date of the year for Cristiano Ronaldo has nothing to do with Real Madrid’s big “clasico” games against Barcelona. Or crucial Champions League matches. Or representing Portugal

HK Observer | Warm hearts, cold justice

The sad saga of Chow Siu-shuen, and that of her grandson, Xiao Youhuai – a woman prosecuted for caring for her grandson after his parents abandoned him – has taken

Thursday, November 12, 2015 – edition no. 2437

* British Consul memoirs depict Macau during WWII * GP organizers aware of regional challenges * Chow Tai Fook hits record low * Junta promises peaceful power transfer   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | UM swimming team makes a splash

The University of Macau (UM) swimming team recently broke 8 records and won 11 gold medals and a silver at a national inter-varsity swimming competition. This year’s five-day competition was

Rights groups issue concerns over four missing publishers

Four Hong Kong publishers, known for publishing books critical of the Chinese regime and the Chinese political elite, have been reported as missing, prompting human rights groups to issue statements

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