South China Sea sovereignty | Beijing warns US Navy after ship sails by artificial island

A U.S. Navy warship sailed past one of China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea yesterday, in a challenge to Chinese sovereignty claims that drew an angry protest from

Hindu Kush earthquake | Death toll reaches 339 in quake-hit Pakistani, Afghan areas

Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan yesterday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day’s earthquake rose to 339. According to Afghan and

Indonesia | Jokowi tells Obama Jakarta to join Asia trade pact

Indonesia’s leader looked to cement his nation’s growing ties with the United States, declaring after a meeting Monday with President Barack Obama that Southeast Asia’s largest economy intended to join a

Migrant crisis | Aid agency head: More Syrian refugees in Istanbul than Europe

Nearly 60 percent of refugees are living in cities today and there are currently more Syrian refugees in Istanbul than in all the rest of Europe, the head of the

USA | House Republican leaders reach budget deal with White House

House Republican leaders struck a budget deal made with the White House aimed at averting a government shutdown and forestalling a debt crisis. The deal would take budget showdowns and government

Syria | IS militants tie captives to Palmyra columns, blow them up

The Islamic State group killed three of its captives in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra by tying them to Roman-era columns at the site, then blowing the structures up with

This Day in History | 1979 – Chairman Hua arrives in London

He was welcomed at Heathrow airport by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who paid tribute to China as a “great and historical nation which has a crucial role to play in

Offbeat | Russian police find half a ton of caviar in speeding hearse

Police in Russia’s far east stopped a hearse speeding on a highway — only to find half a ton of caviar stashed inside. The Interior Ministry’s department in the Khabarovsk region

Cultural sharing trumps sports at World Indigenous Games

Supersized Maori from New Zealand, diminutive Aeta from the Philippines and native peoples of all shapes and sizes in between tested their mettle at the first World Indigenous Games, a

World Views | Two-child policy for China is too little, too late

When Chinese leaders convene this week for a four-day meeting on the future of the country’s economy, the biggest news might have to do with babies. According to reports in

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The Buzz | Authorities investigate breach of anti-smoking regulations

The Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff’s Association and an anti-smoking concern group met the health authorities yesterday after over 100 Wynn Macau employees staged a strike at the casino the previous

Sports | Disappointing results at National Youth Games

The Sports Development Board (ID) revealed some of the local athletes’ results in the first edition of the nationwide games. In taekwondo, Freeman Yiu was knocked down by Shenzhen’s Ren Ming

Gaming | Dore reportedly planning to close VIP rooms

Dore Entertainment is reportedly planning to close the two VIP rooms it operates in Wynn Macau. On the sidelines of yesterday’s Legislative Assembly plenary session, lawmaker Pereira Coutinho, who has

World Briefs

CAMBODIA Two members of Cambodia’s opposition party are beaten up outside the National Assembly by protesters demanding that the deputy opposition leader step down as parliamentary vice president. BANGLADESH Police in

AL Plenary | Proposal: Owners of multiple homes should face higher taxation

Lawmaker Song Pek Kei urged the government to use the current “slowdown” in the real estate sector to establish measures to facilitate the acquisition of property in the private market,

New Macau delivers petition on public housing

The New Macau Association (ANM) was at the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday to deliver a petition with 1,705 signatures, requesting a clear timetable for the recovery of land by the

Arts | Local group marks World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

The Macau Films & Television Productions and Culture Association (MFTPA) and the International Council for Films, Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT) are promoting a series of joint initiatives to celebrate

Statistics | Japanese tourists up by 16.6 percent

Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors from mainland China decreased by 1.4 percent year-on-year to a total of 1,572,868. Of that figure, the biggest contributors

Inspection reveals high-speed ferry hit an ‘unidentified object’

Ferry operator Shun Tak Holdings said a preliminary inspection on the boat that hit an “unidentified object” off a small island in Hong Kong’s western waters Sunday evening found damage

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