Bad driving leads to accidents

A seven-seater van crashed into a sushi takeaway yesterday morning after its driver shifted a wrong gear while parking his car outside on a street close to the Tap Seac

Gov’t to turn Mong Ha into cultural district

The area includes 12 Portuguese-style villa homes, four of which are independent units located on Rua Francisco Xavier Pereira and comprise a total area of around 7,200 square metres. “The government

Lusofonia Festival aiming more with less

This year’s  Lusofonia Festival will take place from October 23 to 25 and will have a smaller budget, but the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) expects that the party

Authorities following case of elderly injured in sports event

The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, commented on the case in which an elderly woman became seriously injured after falling during an activity included in the “Sports

Top analyst says it’s not too late to buy into rally

It’s not too late to find stock-market bargains in Macau after an index of the city’s casino operators surged more than 10 percent in two days, according to the industry’s top-ranked analyst. Galaxy

Auto industry | Toyota shows self-driving technology being readied for 2020

Toyota unveiled its vision for self-driving cars in a challenge to other automakers as well as industry newcomer Google Inc., promising to start selling such vehicles in Japan by 2020. Toyota Motor Corp. demonstrated on a regular

Corporate bits | Studio City’s ‘Star experience’ offer

The package also includes a buffet breakfast and access to the pools and gym at the resort. Located in Cotai, Studio City is Melco Crown Entertainment’s USD3.2 billion Hollywood-inspired property

PRC wins long-sought Nobel Prize in one of the sciences

For decades, China has yearned for a Nobel Prize in science. Now, a little-known researcher who helped develop a malaria medicine in a secret military project to assist Vietnam in

BMS paying USD14.6M to settle SEC charges on payments in China

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement of civil charges yesterday with the company, one of the largest drugmakers in the world. Bristol-Myers Squibb, based in New York, makes

HONG KONG | US group wants Alibaba site back on ‘notorious’ fakes list

A clothing and shoe industry group is calling for the U.S. government to put Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s Taobao site back on its list of “Notorious Markets” for counterfeit goods. The

Singapore | 4 renal patients die in hospital from hepatitis C

A top public hospital in Singapore said yesterday that four of its patients died after a new renal ward was hit by an outbreak of hepatitis C, likely from intravenous treatment. The Singapore

South East Asia Neighbors turn up the heat on Indonesia over forest fires

For weeks now, the quality of life in parts of Southeast Asia has been left to sheer chance — the direction of the wind. Every day, it alone determines which city will

Bangladesh | Christian pastor survives knife attack at home

A Bangladeshi pastor survived an attempt on his life by three men who came to his home pretending to want to learn about Christianity, police and the victim said yesterday. The

Emissions Scandal | For Volkswagen, costs of cheating will be piling up

For Volkswagen, the cost of its cheating on emissions tests in the U.S. is likely to run into the tens of billions of dollars and prematurely end its long-sought status

United States, 11 Pacific Rim countries reach trade deal

The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries reached a contentious trade pact that cuts trade barriers, sets labor and environmental standards and protects the intellectual property of multinational

Nobel Prize | Kajita, McDonald win physics award for neutrino work

Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada won the Nobel Prize in physics yesterday for discovering the “chameleon-like” nature of neutrinos, work that yielded the crucial insight that the tiny particles have mass. The

Offbeat | Skeletons, skulls under Afghanistan’s presidential palace

Afghanistan’s president palace says skulls and bones belonging to two bodies have been uncovered beneath a kitchen during renovation work on the palace grounds. The gender, cause of death and identity

This Day in History | 2001 – US launches air strikes against Taleban

Cruise missiles and bombers have targeted the airports of Kandahar and Kabul and terrorist training camps near Jalalabad. The attacks which began around 1630 GMT were quickly followed by a public

Rugby | Springboks take a humble approach ahead of World Cup game vs USA

Wednesday, 11:45pm South Africa v USA H 1.01, D 126, A 76 Of the four countries in action today, only two-time champion South Africa has a realistic chance of progressing to the Rugby

Soccer | Albania plans tough security for Euro qualifier with Serbia

Albanian authorities are taking tough security measures for tomorrow's European Championship qualifier against Serbia, fearing a repeat of nationalist violence that marred the first leg. Police spokeswoman say about 1,500

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