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There are some weeks in which moments are connected by a particular theme that weaves its way across the day, through things we read and discussions we have and hear.

Cops inc. Latina America

* Movies: The Imitation Game *Books: Speed Limits: Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left by Mark C Taylor * Music: Rock or Bust by AC/DC * Wine: The Wildness

Cumberbatch shines as wartime codebreaker

Tis clearly the season for Oscar-worthy performances by British actors playing mathematical geniuses facing daunting personal odds. Sound overly specific? Consider: A few weeks ago we had “The Theory of Everything,”

Hurtling towards disaster – the modern addiction to speed

Speed,” it seemed to Aldous Huxley, “provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.” In “Speed Limits,” however, modernity’s apotheosis of speed has more to do with pain than pleasure. An ever-quickening pace

Turmoil helps AC/DC shine on new album

In 1980, AC/DC’s very existence was at stake: singer Bon Scott died just as the band was starting to get big. They used the uncertainty and grief to dig down

News of the World | Private firms filling Latin America’s security gap

A panic alert flashed across Alberto Herrera’s computer screen. Men claiming to be with the notorious Gulf Cartel had stopped a convoy transporting chemicals through a lawless region of northeastern

The Wildness of Beauty

United and indivisible as the republic proclaims to be, France is a country of irrepressible diversity, especially in its limitrophe regions such as Alsace, Brittany, Savoie, the Basque and Catalan

HOT STUFF

There are many cuisines around the world that offer spicy dishes, but Sichuan and Hunan cuisines are on the top of my list due to their complexities. Recently, StarWorld Hotel

Friday, November 28, 2014 – edition no. 2201

* WHAT HAPPENS IN MACAU REFLECTS IN VEGAS: • Chinese  VIPs flee tables amid anti-corruption drive * Gov’t servers allegedly became tools for hackers * EU wants cooperation on competition issues * Xinjiang: China

The Buzz | Ethiopia hopes to set world record for HIV tests

Ethiopia is attempting to set a world record for the number of HIV tests carried out in one day. The country’s health officials said this week they hope to break the

World briefs

PAKISTAN Gunmen attack a polio vaccination team, killing four health workers, while a suspected U.S. drone strike kills four alleged militants in Pakistan, officials say. The attack on the health

Thanksgiving | In Britain, US turkey dinner is big business

Big-breasted turkeys in butcher shop windows. Harvest displays of pumpkin and corn. Sandwich boards describing groaning feasts. Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday in Britain, but you might be forgiven for being fooled.

Gaming | VIP and junkets in ‘near broken’ state – Standard Chartered

According to the UK-based bank, junkets are facing heavy tightness in funding and liquidity that has prevented them from obtaining any sort of capital. Without capital, these same junkets are

Interview with Nikhil Seth: ‘Much more needs to be done in the area of sustainable transport’

Transforming into a clean energy city doesn’t just mean having a symbolic presence of electric buses on the roads. The director of the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, Mr

Clean energy forum ends today

The 3rd International Forum for Clean Energy (IFCE) began yesterday in Macau with the launch of the 2014 Blue Book of Clean Energy. The two-day event includes a series of debates

Woman found dead in park

An Indonesian woman was found unconscious in a park in Ponte e Horta at 7.45 p.m. on Tuesday night and was later confirmed dead. Information from the Judiciary Police (PJ) suggested

Brand new government

The composition of the new government is scheduled for announcement tomorrow, a source has told the Times. Last Thursday, Dr Alexis Tam told MDT that the announcement would take place this

Nobel laureate warns Macau must diversify to avoid financial risks

In a public lecture on Tuesday, the 2003 Nobel laureate in Economics, professor Robert Engle, said that Macau should diversify the investment portfolio of its reserve in order to counter

Daily garbage collection exceeds 900 tons

The Macau Waste System Company (CSR) revealed that collected an average of around 940 tons of garbage every day between August and October this year, about 56 tons more per

Briefs | Operations at sewage treatment plant suspended

Operations at the Macau peninsula Sewage Treatment Plant will be suspended today for eight hours, as a water leak in one of the session’s pipelines requires emergency repair work, the

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