AFGHANISTAN A Taliban suicide bomber strikes the entrance to the Afghan parliament and gunmen try to storm the heavily guarded compound, setting off a gun battle with police that leaves
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) yesterday raised typhoon signal number 1 as typhoon “Kujira” approaches Hainan Island. SMG had said that raising a higher signal was unlikely. Kujira is
For the past two and a half centuries, “Hennessy” has emerged as and remained the ultimate cognac, travelling from a tiny region in France to five continents. Hosting the cognac
South Korea’s Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak has apparently resulted in Macau’s withdrawal from the World University Games (Universiade) to be held in Gwangju next month. Some of the
The Shanghai-based conglomerate Fosun has confirmed that it has recovered a EUR1.1 billion-investment, in which it had previously applied to buy Portugal’s largest insurer, Fidelidade, that already operates in Macau
The Daiwa Institute of Research, a think tank based in Japan, believes that there is a “growing risk” that one or more Macau gaming concessions will not be renewed, or
After a video clip showing a woman violently slapping her physically handicapped elderly mother went viral on Sunday evening on several social media outlets, the Public Security Police (PSP) has
The Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, is heading the local delegation that will take part in a joint conference on Guangdong-Macau relations, to be held this Thursday in Jiangmen city. According
“We are delighted to welcome APM Monaco to Macau for the very first time. The brand’s inaugural shop at The Promenade is helping to define a new level of style
Apple Inc. takes Chinese consumer tastes into account when it designs many of its products, Chief Executive Tim Cook said, underscoring the country’s importance to the iPhone maker. The company considers
Taylor Swift has Apple changing its tune. Hours after the pop superstar criticized the giant tech company in an open letter posted online, Apple announced Sunday (yesterday Macau time) that it will pay royalties to
Mozambique’s foreign debt amounted to USD6.9 billion at the end of the second half of 2014, which represents an annual increase of 17.5 percent, according to a statement on the
South Korea and China overtook Portugal as the leading suppliers to Angola in the first quarter of 2015, according to a quick fact sheet from the Angolan National Statistics Institute. The
China’s state-run lottery raised more than RMB100bn (USD16.3bn) for sports and welfare projects last year but a report from a top government think-tank has raised serious questions about where the
Yertay Nussipzhanov is confident a Chinese movie that caught his eye at the Shanghai International Film Festival will be his company’s next hit. The Kazakhstani producer for REC Media was full
Restaurateurs in a southern Chinese town held an annual dog meat festival yesterday despite international criticism of the event as cruel and unhygienic. The Yulin government distanced itself from the festival
Typhoon Kujira, the eighth typhoon of 2015, made landfall in south China’s Hainan Province yesterday evening, bringing heavy rain to the drought-hit island. The storm landed in the coastal city
Warnings are appearing on Instagram accounts in North Korea that claim access to the popular photo-sharing app is being denied and the site blacklisted for harmful content. Opening the app with
The Taliban launched a complex attack on the Afghan parliament yesterday, with a suicide car bomber striking at the entrance and gunmen battling police as lawmakers were meeting inside to
An Indonesian court yesterday denied the final appeal of a French national who faces execution for drug offenses, setting the stage for diplomatic retaliation by France after executions of other
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