USA | Philadelphia giving pope a bike with angel wing chain guard

Philadelphia has a couple of gifts for visiting Pope Francis — an ivory-bone china bowl featuring images of Independence Hall and St. Peter’s Basilica, and a bicycle with a chain

Offbeat | US: Best-seller Ta-Nehisi Coates writing comic book series

One of the USA’s top writers about race, Ta-Nehisi Coates, has signed up with Marvel Comics for a Black Panther series. Coates, whose open letter to his son “Between the World

Rugby | Boks put Japan result behind them, look forward to Samoa

Saturday, 11:45pm South Africa v Samoa H 1.09, D 60, A 13 What struck Bismarck Du Plessis a day after he and his South Africa teammates were staggered by Japan in the Rugby

Boxing | Wilder defends piece of heavyweight title in network fight

Deontay Wilder’s plan for world domination of the heavyweight division is, at the moment, centered in Alabama. Not exactly the bright lights of Las Vegas, though that will likely change soon.

Baseball | Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra dies at 90

Berra died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in New Jersey, according to Dave Kaplan, the director of the Yogi Berra Museum. “While we mourn the loss of our father,

Thursday, September 24, 2015 – edition no. 2406

* FT report | Failed China schemes amount to over RMB100 billion in 2014 * High-quality services distinguished * New details surface on alleged spy arrest * VW CEO steps down amid us

The Buzz | Southern Spanish city hit by power outage for 4 hours

Spanish officials say a major power outage left some 100,000 people in the southwestern port city of Cadiz without electricity for up to four hours. A city spokesman said the outage

Apple withdraws some China apps after malware found

Apple Inc. has removed some applications from its App Store after developers in China were tricked into using software tools that added malicious code in an unusual security breach. Apple gave

World Briefs

US-CHINA When Xi Jinping and wife Peng Liyuan visit Washington later this week, Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, face the daunting task of trying to throw a warm and

4G services available in October

Local telecommunications operator Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau SARL (CTM) has confirmed that its 4G mobile communication network will be available next month. CTM representatives expressed their views on the

Lionel Leong meets with gaming operators

According to a statement from Mr Leong issued by the Government Information Bureau, the government has always been concerned with the healthy development of the sector and employment opportunities for

TRANSPORT |Coutinho urges gov’t to disclose traffic study findings

“The Transport Bureau (DSAT) commissioned a survey to a private company for MOP5.3 million to assess Macau’s traffic situation and population mobility behaviors in 2014,” he stated in a written

Local real estate developer arrested in the US

Authorities in the U.S. arrested Macau real estate developer Ng Lap Seng on Saturday. Alongside his assistant, Jeff Yin, Mr Ng was charged with engaging in a two-year scheme to

Panda ‘Shuxiang’ to return to the mainland

GPDP denies breach of privacy accusations from New Macau

Mr Fong reiterated that there was a misunderstanding follow- ing the release of GPDP’s latest report, through which the office confirmed that it had authorized PJ officers to request personal data

Jetstar launches Macau – Saigon route

This new flight service will be offered twice weekly and adds to the airline’s existing routes to Danang and Haiphong. During the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new route’s opening, the Consul

Cinematheque opens applications for film screening workshop

The workshop will be conducted by Wong Po Luen, founder of East Technology (Asia) Limited. It is hoped that participants can familiarize themselves with the operation of digital projectors and

Local currency to be used in Hengqin

Mainland authorities are striving to draw up a preliminary scheme within the year that would allow local currency to be used in Hengqin before they move to seek approval from

Alleged spy detained at Gongbei border

Chinese authorities have confirmed that they are investigating an American businesswoman who is suspected of threatening China’s national security, corroborating earlier media reports that Phan Phan-Gillis of Houston had been

ARTS | Macau-Portugal illustration exhibition to open in October

The “Macau and Portugal Art of Illustration Exhibition,” hosted by the Yunyi Arts and Cultural Communications Association, aims to popularize local art overseas while bringing contemporary illustrations from Portugal into

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