New Zealand | Prime minister apologizes for ponytail pulling

New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key has apologized to a cafe worker for repeatedly pulling her ponytail when he visited the cafe over several months, even after she’d told him to stop.

Drone found on roof of Japanese prime minister’s office

No injuries or damage were reported from the incident, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in Indonesia to attend an Asian-African conference. Police said it was not immediately known who was

Ethiopia | Thousands march against Islamic extremism 

More than 100,000 Ethiopians yesterday protested the killing of Ethiopian Christians in Libya and their own government’s failure to raise living standards of the poor, with poverty fueling the flow

Germany | Auschwitz guard’s trial enters 2nd day

A former Auschwitz guard was taking the stand for a second day yesterday to answer judges’ questions about his role at the death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. SS Sgt. Oskar Groening

Russia | Medvedev sees USD27b bill for Crimea as GDP slumps

Russia acknowledged the surging cost for its takeover of Crimea from Ukraine, with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev blaming the standoff and sanctions that followed for helping push the economy into

This Day in History: 2001 Royal aide on trial for murder

Jane Andrews, 34, denies murdering businessman Thomas Cressman, 39, at their home in Fulham, West London, in September last year. But Bruce Houlder QC, for the prosecution, told the Old Bailey

Offbeat: US Supreme Court rejects appeal over fish pedicure ban

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a salon owner challenging a decision by local regulators to stop her from offering pedicures using fish that nibble dead skin

Football | Champions league: Bayern routs Porto 6-1 to reach semifinals, Barcelona advances too

Bayern Munich outclassed Porto 6-1 yesterday to reach its fourth consecutive Champions League semifinal and give coach Pep Guardiola an emphatic victory in his 100th match in charge of the

UEFA confirms new Champions League seeding system

UEFA has published Champions League regulations for next season confirming a seeding change to reward national league winners. Top-seeded teams in eight groups will be the defending Champions League winner plus

Vox Parva: Values beyond borders and nations

It was a year ago when I received an English copy of the book “500 years of Italians in Hong Kong and Macau” from one of its authors, Gianni Criveller.

Thursday, April 23, 2015 – edition 2297

* Forecast: Casino revenue to drop over 30 pct in April * Gaming operators rethink business model * GT World Cup is major addition to Grand Prix * Residents’ show lack of green

The Buzz | Council of Europe to urge FIFA re-vote on World Cup in Qatar

European lawmakers are likely to urge FIFA to re-vote on awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe says it will discuss the issue

World briefs

CHINA At least seven coal miners were killed and 13 left trapped after a shaft flooded at a mine in northern China, state media reported yesterday. More than 600 rescue

Gaming alert | Mohegan Sun heats up S Korea casino competition with USD5b proposal

South Korea has become one of Asia’s fastest growing casino markets with gaming companies lured by a 42 percent jump in the number of Chinese tourists to a record 6

CCAC | Civil Engineering Lab employees involved in bribery case

According to CCAC, the two employees allegedly committed active and passive bribery as well as document forgery offenses — all regarded as illicit acts in Macau’s Criminal Code. These crimes

MGM dissident Litt says casino operator overbuilding again

Jonathan Litt, who’s pushing MGM Resorts International to put its properties into a real estate investment trust, stepped up his criticism of the casino company and accused a director of

Free trade zones expected to open doors

China  has set up new free trade zones in Guangdong, Fujian and Tianjin yesterday, expecting them to boost economic reform, promote trade and facilitate investment in new areas in the

Culture | Digital library about Macau launched

Sponsored by the Macau Foundation, the platform “Fontes Macau-China” (“Sources Macau-China”) has made available the digitalized versions of many old books. The resources will be introduced gradually, with an intended

Macau-born Roger Lobo dies at 91

Macau-born Rogério ‘Roger’ Lobo, a former Hong Kong lawmaker and one of the most esteemed members of the neighboring city’s Macanese community, died of cancer at the age of 91

Unregulated junket business blamed for gaming revenue plunge

The Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) professor told the audience last Monday during a Rui Cunha Foundation seminar on Macau gaming law that the disappearance of Huang Shan — a major

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