Offbeat | Angola opposition allege police killed 700 sect members

Angolan authorities cordoned off an area where police and armed religious sect members clashed last week, leaving hundreds dead, according to the main opposition party. Journalists, human-rights activists and family members

Golf | Wu wins Volvo China Open for 1st European Tour title

With two Chinese golfers tied for the lead going into the final round of the Volvo China Open, there was a good chance one of them would become the first

Juventus beaten 2-1 by Torino in derby marred by violence

Juventus was prevented from clinching a fourth consecutive Serie A title with a 2-1 loss at Torino yesterday in a derby marred by fan violence. After Andrea Pirlo put Juventus ahead

OCA secretary says Bach visit is boost for Indian sports

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach’s visit to India will boost the profile of Olympic sports in the country regardless of whether it bids for the Games, according to a

Rear Window | May power

Inspired by the slogan that proclaims “Only Macau is Macau”, we are ready to believe this presumed uniqueness and stubborn localism refers to everything going on the small territory. In

Ask the Vet | Feline Onychectomy (Cat Declawing) Pros and Cons

Cat Declawing Surgical Procedures A human’s nail is actually a type of skin and if torn off, the nail will grow back. Cat’s claws attach to bone. During a declaw surgery, the bone that

NATURE | Olympic sailing events may be moved from Rio’s polluted bay

The world governing body of sailing threatened Friday to move all of its events for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics out of the city’s Guanabara Bay if action isn’t

China debt mess brings out the Yin and Yang in policy makers

China has a USD28 trillion problem. That’s the country’s total government, corporate and household debt load as of mid-2014, according to McKinsey & Co. It’s equal to 282 percent of

Monday, April 27, 2015 – edition no. 2299

* Hospital publicizes new infant death, doctors call for vaccination * Local youth uninterested in science * US-based union on the watch for junkets * Blast at Coloane power station   DOWNLOAD PDF   * Med traffickers

Breaking News: Las Vegas bullish on Mayweather-Pacquiao megafight

  Interested in coming to Vegas to be part of the matchup to end all matchups that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are selling? It's gonna cost you. One night next weekend

The Buzz | Ford unveils new Taurus influenced by China

With its newest Taurus, Ford is joining the race to appeal to Chinese business buyers by offering bigger, more luxurious back seats. The Taurus, Ford Motor Co.’s first full-size sedan

World briefs

AFGHANISTAN The Taliban storms a police checkpoint in a northwestern province and kills nine border guards, while a roadside bombing kills six civilians in the country’s southwest. JAPAN Two Japanese Cabinet

Space odissey | NASA releases picture of starry fireworks for Hubble’s 25th

What better way to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope’s quarter-century in orbit than with cosmic fireworks? Yesterday — one day before the 25th anniversary of Hubble’s launch — NASA released an

Interview | UM student Lisandra Wagan Fesalbon: ‘Encouragement needed for more students to speak English’

University of Macau student Lisandra Wagan Fesalbon outperformed the other 100,000 contestants at the “21st Century Coca-Cola Cup” National English Speaking Competition, taking the top honor. Born in Macau in

Chinese literature remains largely unknown in the West – translators to blame

A lack of good translators and a sense of reluctance among Western publishers to publish non-European literature has been hindering the spread of Chinese literature, said Swedish linguist and sinologist

Fire at UM college, journalist prevented from filming evacuation

A foreign exchange student, dormitory authorities and security guards from the University of Macau (UM) were embroiled in a conflict with a local journalist who attempted to photograph students fleeing

Corruption | DSAT staff took bribes from parking management firms

The case was unveiled by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) and involves companies that were granted 70 percent of the local public car parking contracts since 2012. One of the

Hengqin Free Trade zone opens

The Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong attended the opening ceremony of Guangdong’s pilot free trade zone (Hengqin area) yesterday. Leading Macau’s delegation in Hengqin, he assured attendees that

Arts | ‘Ghost the Musical’ in town this summer

The Broadway musical ‘Ghost,’ based on the 1990 hit movie starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, will take center stage at Macau’s Cultural Center (CCM) this summer with a run

Briefs | LECM workers’ suspended

The two Civil Engineering Laboratory (LECM) employees, allegedly involved in a bribery and document forgery case unveiled by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) earlier this week are no longer working

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