INDIA At least 27 people are killed and dozens injured in a stampede during a Hindu religious bathing festival on a river bank in southern India. More on p13 THAILAND Testimony
A 16-year-old girl survived a small-plane crash in the rugged mountains of Washington state and hiked through thick forest to reach safety in what one official called “a miracle.” But
Thailand has enacted a new anti-corruption law that extends a maximum penalty of capital punishment to foreigners as well as Thais. Previous legislation provided various punishments, including a possible death penalty,
Volatility in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges can impact casinos by deterring VIP gamblers, although it is hard to predict the impact this can have on revenues, local economist
Philippine casino stocks surged after the nation’s regulator said gaming revenue could increase 20 percent this year even as China’s anti-corruption crackdown has weakened revenue in other parts of Asia. Bloomberry
Several lawmakers called on the government to limit the number of vehicles in Macau, but the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, acknowledged yet again that it
The mobility of Macau residents is often challenged whenever construction work on underground utilities is underway. Although Raimundo do Rosario has ensured that the number of pipe replacement and repair works
The Oxfam Towerrun charity race will make a comeback this fall at the Macau Tower, following “great support from the public” last year. Two local groups have already registered. Organized by
Macau Customs Service authorities seized roughly 12,000 duty-free cigarettes yesterday morning at different checkpoints in the city after the region’s new tobacco tax bill, which allows people to bring fewer
Qualified companies in the Nansha and Hengqin free trade zones can now borrow money from banks in Hong Kong and Macau, the Guangzhou branch of the People’s Bank of China
The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) attributes the slim increase to rising charges for restaurant services (of which the index increased by over 5 percent) and higher prices of local
Last year’s “Autumn Salon” included 56 works from 31 local artists. According to the organizers, the “Autumn Salon” not only created a plat- form for the local artists in allowing
Global stock markets were uneven yesterday after Greece agreed to a bailout that will enforce more austerity and China’s main index fell after three days of gains driven by a
Jaguar Land Rover, the U.K. luxury-car unit of Tata Motors Ltd., cut its sales targets and prices in China amid slowing demand in the world’s largest auto market. Tata Motors’
GEG volunteers visited Anima Macau and the Abandoned Animals Protection Association of Macau, helping out with the daily operations of the associations and the lives of the abandoned animals. GEG volunteers
Police in northeastern China said yesterday that they fatally shot three minority Muslim Uighurs in a confrontation with suspects they described as terrorists who were using knives to resist arrest. Police also injured
Lu Tao can’t sleep. He gets bouts of panic at night. And he’s too afraid to tell his parents why. The 23-year-old university student in Hangzhou has a stock-market problem. He
China’s state media yesterday accused more than two dozen human rights attorneys rounded up in recent days of being troublemakers intent on illegal activism as foreign governments and rights groups expressed
China urged the Philippines yesterday to ditch its attempt to solve South China Sea territorial disputes with an international tribunal and instead negotiate with Beijing directly, following the arbitration panel’s latest request for
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