South Korea | MERS infections rise to 179 with 4 more cases

  The number of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infections in South Korea increased to 179 yesterday as four more cases were added, the health ministry said. Among the four cases was

Australia | Canberra to be among largest shareholders in China-led bank 

Australia announced yesterday it will become a founding member of a Chinese-led Asian regional bank and its sixth largest shareholder. Joining the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank presented Australia with great opportunities

WW2 anniversary | Sex-slave statue sits between South Korea-Japan thaw

Outside Japan’s embassy in Seoul sits a statue of a diminutive Korean girl - a symbol of the animosity that divides the U.S.’s Asian allies decades after World War II. The

France | Hollande calls in US envoy over NSA spying

France summoned the U.S. ambassador to the Foreign Ministry and the French president held a high-level emergency meeting yesterday following revelations by WikiLeaks that the U.S. National Security Agency had

Netherlands | Dutch court orders carbon emissions cuts to protect citizens 

In a sweeping victory for Dutch environmental activists that could have global repercussions, a court ordered the government yesterday to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by

This Day in History |1950 UN condemns North Korean invasion

The United States President Harry S Truman has gone a step further and urged western nations to go out to Korea and help repel the communist invasion. “By their actions

Offbeat | Islamic State group blows up 2 mausoleums in Syria’s Palmyra

A Syrian official says the Islamic State group has destroyed two mausoleums in the historic central town of Palmyra. Maamoun Abdulkarim, the head of the Antiquities and Museums Department in

Women’s World Cup | A look at the teams in the quarters

The quarterfinals at the Women’s World Cup are set. Here’s a look at the upcoming matches, and how the teams have fared so far in Canada: UNITED STATES VS. CHINA: This

Western Europe preferred to host 2019 European Games

The second European Games should be in Western Europe following the inaugural event in Azerbaijan, the head of the European Olympic Committees said yesterday. The 2019 games were originally awarded to

HK Observer | Embers from the fire

The long road to the Basic Law’s objective of universal suffrage has just got a lot longer. Now that the Legislative Council (LegCo) has voted down the proposals to introduce

Thursday, June 25, 2015 – edition no. 2342

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The Buzz | Facebook now worth more than Wal-Mart

Facebook is now bigger than Wal-Mart, at least when it comes to its value on the stock market. The world’s biggest online social network knocked the world’s largest retailer out

Singapore | Authorities send teenage blogger Amos Yee to mental institute

  Teenage blogger Amos Yee will be remanded for two weeks at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for an assessment on his suitability for a mandatory treatment order (MTO), after

World Briefs

JAPAN-PHILIPPINES A tiny military exercise in the Philippines this week may presage something much bigger: the entry of Japan into the tussle for control of the South China Sea. A

TRANSPORT | Candidates offer over MOP1 million for taxi licenses

The highest bid for the latest batch of ordinary taxi licenses reached MOP1,051,888, with the lowest at MOP868,008. The bids were revealed as part of the public tender process held

‘Broken Tooth Koi’ said to open VIP room in casino

60-year-old Wan Kuok-koi, one of the most infamous and feared triad leaders before the city’s handover, opened a VIP gambling room in Macau last week, as reported by Hong Kong’s

Education | Gov’t increases education subsidies

The government has increased the value of subsidies granted to schools under the free education scheme and reduced tuition fees for Macau residents by 8 and 6 percent respectively, according

Authorities confirm pullout from Korean University Games

The Sport Development Board confirmed yesterday that, given the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in South Korea, Macau has officially pulled out of next month’s World University Games (Universiade)

Telecommunications | 4G licenses granted to four operators

The government has recently granted the new fourth generation (4G) mobile network licenses to four telecommunication companies, namely CTM, China Telecom, Smartone and Hutchinson. The eight-year contracts with the operators

‘Our strategy is mainly to follow our customer base’

In an interview with the Times, BNU’s CEO, Pedro Cardoso, spoke of the bank’s role in Macau, asserting that BNU is the most competitive bank in terms of online transactions.

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