Video of elderly abuse floods social networks

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

Cooperation | CE-led delegation discusses Guangdong-Macau partnership

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

Corporate Bits | APM Monaco now at the promenade

“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

Cook says Chinese tastes considered in Apple product designs

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

Apple changes tune on royalties after Swift complains 

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 | Foreign debt totals USD6.9 billion in the 2nd half of 2014

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

Angola | South Korea and China overtake Portugal as exporters

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

Think-tank questions state-run lottery spending

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

Mainland film, TV industry eyes world stage

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

Eateries in southern town hold dog meat festival amid outcry

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 makes landfall

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

North Korea | Instagram users warned site put on blacklist 

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

Afghanistan | Taliban suicide bomber, gunmen attack parliament 

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

Indonesia | Court rejects appeal of Frenchman facing execution

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

Pakistan | Nearly 150 die of heatstroke in Karachi

Nearly 150 people have died from heatstroke in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi in the last two days, officials said yesterday. Hospital reports confirm at least 148 deaths,

Gaza | UN report: Both sides may be guilty of war crimes

A much-awaited United Nations report into the 2014 Gaza war released yesterday found that both Israel and the Palestinians may have committed war crimes. The commission said it gathered “substantial information

Germany | Al-Jazeera journalist detained in Berlin freed 

The Al-Jazeera journalist who was detained in Berlin on an Egyptian arrest warrant has been released from custody, a spokesman for the Berlin prosecutors’ office said yesterday. Stefan Stoehr said Ahmed

Migrant crisis | EU launches navy operation against traffickers 

The European Union launched a naval operation yesterday to try to stop human-traffickers from bringing migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe in unseaworthy boats, a lucrative and at times deadly

Greek crisis | Eurozone finance chiefs look for deal later this week

Eurozone finance ministers broke off talks yesterday without an agreement on Greece’s bailout, saying they aim to reach a deal later this week that might keep the country from defaulting and

This Day in History | 1983 Pope meets banned union leader Walesa

It is the second time Pope John Paul II - who was formerly Archbishop of Krakow - has returned to his native Poland since he became head of the Roman

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