Anniversary antique map collection opens

To mark the 120th anniversary of the Central Library and the 10th anniversary of the inscription of the Historic Center of Macau on the World Heritage List, the Macao Central

IC launches new survey on public libraries

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has decided to commission the University of Macau to conduct the “Macao Public Library Survey 2015” in order to evaluate the public need for library

Corporate bits | MGM valkyrie-themed pastry sale raises MOP183,000 for Orbis

The exhibition was held from March until the end of October. During the exhibition, MGM China organized the “Joana Vasconcelos at MGM Macau – Orbis Fundraising Program,” with the support

UK returns over MOP350 million of Ao Man Long’s illicit assets

The British authorities will return over MOP350 million of illicit assets confiscated in the Ao Man Long case to the MSAR government. The assets recovered include money from the sale

Hong Kong stock rally seen as too good to last

Wherever Alex Wong looks, he sees signs that Hong Kong’s stock rebound isn’t going to last. The Hang Seng Index’s 8.6 percent surge in October came on the lowest trading volume

Sao Tomé wants to become the ‘Dubai of Africa’ ​​with a port built by China

The deep-water port costing an estimated USD800 million and whose construction was awarded to a Chinese group was presented in October by the government of São Tomé and Príncipe to

Chinese group Fosun expands health business in Portugal

The company is controlled by Chinese group Fosun through insurance company Fidelidade and both were acquired in 2014 following the collapse of the Espírito Santo financial group. Vaz, introducing a partnership

Xi says growth should be at least 6.5 percent

President Xi Jinping said yesterday that China needs at least 6.5 percent economic growth in coming years to raise living standards and become “moderately prosperous.” The ruling Communist Party also announced plans

South China Sea | US commander says sailing past PRC isles not a threat

The U.S. Navy’s challenge last week to China’s sovereignty claims in the South China Sea was not designed as a military threat, the head of U.S. Pacific military forces said yesterday in a mostly

Xinjiang | Authorities to prosecute former head of border guards

Zhang Genheng has been expelled from the party and the military, and his case has been sent to prosecutors, according to a notice on the website of the party’s anti-corruption

Comfort women | Japan, S Korea agree to work to resolve WWII sex slave issue

The leaders of South Korea and Japan resumed formal talks Monday after a 3½-year freeze and agreed to try to resolve the decades-old issue of Korean women forced into Japanese

Malaysia | UN group says Anwar jailing politically motivated

Imprisoned Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was prosecuted for political reasons and should be released, a U.N. body concluded after reviewing the case widely seen as politically motivated. The government

Myanmar | Anti-Muslim backlash casts shadow over election

Standing before a glistening monastery, Myanmar’s most infamous monk adjusts his saffron robe and then does something that would have seemed unthinkable a few years ago: He launches into the formerly untouchable

Egypt | El-Sisi dismisses Islamic State claim to Russian plane crash

Egypt’s president dismissed Islamic State’s claim that it brought down a Russian airliner on Egyptian soil over the weekend, as investigators tried to piece together clues to what caused the

South Africa | Prosecutor seeks murder conviction as Pistorius case goes to appeal

A prosecutor yesterday sought a murder conviction against Oscar Pistorius before South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal, saying a lower court erred in acquitting the double-amputee athlete of that charge

This Day in History | 1956 – Soviet troops overrun Hungary

At least 1,000 Soviet tanks are reported to have entered Budapest and troops deployed throughout the country are battling with Hungarian forces for strategic positions. The Soviet invasion is a response

Offbeat | Israel minister proposes street cats leave the country

A Cabinet minister has drawn outrage and mockery after suggesting transferring the thousands of stray cats that walk the streets of Israel to another country. The Yediot daily published what it

Briefs | Rugby – All Blacks to celebrate World Cup title with parades

Already enduring the worst run of results in his Chelsea career, Jose Mourinho will be banned from the stadium for Saturday’s match at Stoke after being punished by the English

Horse racing | Female jockey makes history with 1st win at Melbourne Cup

Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup yesterday when she rode the 100-1 outsider Prince of Penzance to victory in Australia’s richest horse race. Payne pushed

F1 | Briton who intruded Singapore track jailed for 6 weeks

A British national who walked into the track while cars were hurtling toward him at about 280 kilometers per hour during Singapore’s Formula One night race was yesterday sentenced to

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