Philippines | 4 Filipino nurses in Libya safe, not kidnapped 

The Philippine government said yesterday that four Filipino nurses reported to have been kidnapped from a Libyan hospital by militants from an Islamic State group affiliate were actually taken to

Nepal | Gov’t boosts doctors, rescue efforts at Everest base camp 

Nepal is adding more medical staff at Mount Everest’s base camp and working to speed up rescue efforts, officials said yesterday, in steps to boost safety after 16 local guides were

Vanuatu | Cyclone flattens the landscape in outer islands 

Relief workers saw a flattened landscape and widespread destruction in Vanuatu’s outer islands yesterday after struggling for days to reach the areas of the South Pacific nation hardest hit by a

Singapore | Founding father Lee’s condition worsens

The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will meet this week for their first trilateral talks in three years, Seoul officials said yesterday. The annual talks, which began

Israel | Netanyahu’s future on the line in Israel parliament election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival was on the line yesterday in a hard-fought parliamentary election pitting his nationalist and security-first ideology against his challengers’ focus on the plight

Iran Nuclear | Deal Washington, Tehran resume nuke talks with GOP letter hanging over them 

Top U.S. and Iranian diplomats returned to talks yesterday, seeking to resolve differences blocking a deal that would curtail Iran’s nuclear program and ease sanctions on the country. Among the

This Day in History: 1992 South Africa votes for change

In a landslide victory for change, the government swept the polls in all four provinces, and all but one of 15 referendum regions. It won 68.6% of the vote in a

Offbeat | US woman: Stomach pains led to surprise birth in shower

A woman stepped into the shower this week to help ease the discomfort of stomach pains. She emerged holding a newborn. Brittany Young, 24, told the Des Moines Register that she

Rugby | 6N : Wales forced to change props for Italy test in Rome

  Wales has been forced by injuries to start new props in the Six Nations decider against Italy in Rome on Saturday. Loosehead Rob Evans and tighthead Aaron Jarvis will carryo on

Football | EPL: Advocaat heads to England to save troubled Sunderland

Much-traveled coach Dick Advocaat took his first job in English soccer yesterday when he was hired by Sunderland in the latest late-season change by the perennial Premier League struggler. The 67-year-old

Bhutan | FIFA’s lowest-ranked team advances in World Cup qualifying

The lowest-ranked team in world soccer won again yesterday and advanced to the second round of World Cup qualifying. Bhutan, a Himalayan kingdom ranked 209th by FIFA, beat Sri Lanka

Artifacts: Creativity and commmerce

Hong Kong has been hitting the headlines for all the right reasons over the past few days with its current contemporary cultural happenings attracting the worldwide glitterati. The third edition

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 – edition no. 2272

* Gaming revenue expected to drop at least 35 pct in March * Air Macau shifting business model * AL likely to pass minimum wage bill by year-end * Myanmar: Court jails New

The Buzz | Australian boxer dies 2 days after collapsing after fight

A 23-year-old boxer died yesterday two days after losing consciousness after losing a 10-round featherweight bout. Family spokesman James O’Shea confirmed Braydon Smith, who was in the final year of

World briefs

CHINA Two Chinese taxi-hailing apps that merged in February issued a set of standards yesterday to govern their ride-on-demand service, which has run afoul of state and local regulators over

Arrested millionaire says in HBO finale he ‘killed them all’

Robert Durst, a millionaire from one of America’s wealthiest families, was arrested just before the finale of a serial documentary about his links to three sensational murders in which he

26th Arts Festival explores diversity of the performing arts

The annual Macau Arts Festival (MAF) is returning to stages city-wide on May 1, now in its 26th year. Through the month of May, it will host 30 shows and

Two killed in traffic accident

The accident, which killed a motorcyclist on the spot, involved a motorbike, a truck, as well as a cab. The initial investigation disclosed that the dead scooter driver, aged 24,

Wong Wan said to leave post as DSAT head

Mr Wong has served as DSAT head since the bureau’s creation in 2008. He has allegedly requested not to renew his current contract, which expires in May. Last week, the Secretary

NPC | Cooperation: Delegates call for quicker implementation of ‘one river, two straits’ plan

Four members of Macau’s delegation to the National People’s Congress have jointly urged the related government departments to come up with plans for the construction of the “one river, two

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