Xi pledges to boost Belarus ties as part of Silk Road project

As a major hub for Xi’s Silk Road project to expand overland trade, Belarus and China are looking to strengthen cooperation on infrastructure, transportation and energy, according to a joint

Rookie travelers try to open plane doors 12 times this year

Chinese air travelers have opened airplane emergency doors without authorization 12 times so far this year during taxiing or while at a standstill, and one of the passengers was put

FILM | Mainland’s meteoric box-office rise

A new box-office champion is coming soon to China - and the world. ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’, debuting in China on May 12, is poised to overtake `Furious 7’ as the

Australia | Teenager charged with plotting terrorist act

A 17-year-old boy arrested last week when police allegedly found three homemade bombs in his family home in Australia’s second-largest city appeared in a children’s court yesterday charged with terrorism offenses. The boy,

Japan | Ruling coalition to OK bills to boost military role 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is moving ahead this week with legislation that would boost the military’s international role, in a significant shift of the country’s pacifist policies. His ruling coalition

India | Powerful Tamil politician cleared of corruption 

An appeals court in southern India acquitted powerful regional politician Jayaram Jayalalitha of corruption charges yesterday, clearing the way for her to return to public office. Supporters from Jayalalitha’s party cheered,

Human trafficking | 1,600 Rohingya, others land in Indonesia and Malaysia 

About 1,600 Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees have landed in Malaysia and Indonesia in the past day, apparently after human traffickers abandoned their virtual floating prison ships and left the passengers to

Philippines | Typhoon leaves 2 dead from electrocution

A powerful typhoon that slammed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines left at least two people dead and prompted nearly 3,500 residents to flee to shelters following warnings to evacuate coastal

UK | Triumphant Cameron cheered by Tories – at least for now

David Cameron was cheered and applauded by Conservative members of Parliament as they met for the first time after his unexpected election victory last week. The question is how long

Yemen | Moroccan warplane apparently downed before cease-fire

Shiite rebels in Yemen claimed yesterday to have shot down a Moroccan F-16 fighter jet taking part in a Saudi-led coalition targeting them and their allies, just a day before a five-day

This Day in History: 1967 Stansted to become London’s third airport

President of the Board of Trade Douglas Jay told the House Of Commons that the small airfield in Essex would become the site for a £47m international airport by 1974. Announcing

Offbeat: Chinese billionaire gives France vacation to 6,400 workers

CEO Li Jinyuan said he was celebrating the company’s 20th anniversary by rewarding his staff and aimed for the world record in spelling out a phrase in human bodies. As their

Athletics | Gebrselassie gives up competitions, won’t stop running

Haile Gebrselassie isn’t going to stop running, he’s just going to stop racing. The 42-year-old Ethiopian great, a two-time Olympic champion at 10,000 meters and a multiple world-record holder at distances

Football | Champions League Preview: Madrid needs a comeback, Bayern a miracle in semis

Real Madrid needs a comeback, Bayern Munich needs a miracle. Madrid just needs a 1-0 win at home over Juventus on Wednesday (early Thursday in Macau) to put the Champions League titleholders

Our Desk | Raising our recycling game

The latest environmental figures released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) unveiled higher population density and fewer ‘good’ air quality days. Greater water consumption and waste were also recorded. Meanwhile,

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 – edition no. 2310

* Raimundo do Rosário grilled at the Legislative Assembly over LRT delays * The art of being lazy * EU supports ‘democratic advancement’ * 1,600 refugees land in Indonesia and Malaysia   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | Several people killed in Switzerland shooting

Police said yesterday that they found several people dead after shots were heard in a town in northern Switzerland. Residents heard shots in the town of Wuerenlingen shortly after 11

World briefs

CHINA Ten workers were killed after a retaining wall under construction suddenly collapsed in the eastern province of Shandong, authorities said yesterday. Six people were killed on the spot, and

Nepal | Portuguese travelers turn into aid agency after quake

They arrived in Nepal as backpackers a day before a deadly earthquake that flattened large swaths of this impoverished Himalayan nation. In the days since the disaster, they’ve transformed themselves

Group hopes to open ‘brothel museum’ in Rua da Felicidade

Their initial blueprint was revealed at a press briefing over the weekend. The complex would feature a “brothel museum,” since Rua da Felicidade was formerly Macau’s local prostitution hub. A

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com
MACAU DAILY TIMES