Taxi driver

“I do not think it is melodramatic to say it might only be a matter of time before someone is killed in an incident with a Macau taxi driver.”

Food Festival sees double-digit growth

“This year has seen the biggest turnover of tourists; and for local residents, normally they have no places to go in the evening,” he said. He explained that the

Victim’s wife and Indonesian concern group demand ‘truth’ behind shop fire

Leader of the Peduli Indonesian Migrant Concern Group, Cindry Purnasari, has called on Macau authorities to help find out the truth about a fire that broke out in a small

Official statistics indicate average house price drops 10 pct in Q3

Official statistics indicate that purchase and sale of homes totaled 1,769, at MOP11.42 billion, down by 28 pct and 35 pct respectively quarter-to-quarter; total value of pre-sale residential units (253)

Hong Kong-Shanghai stock link makes lopsided debut

International investors plowed money into Shanghai’s stock market, maxing out their daily limit, in the debut yesterday of a landmark trading link that gives outsiders wider access to mainland China’s main stock

France, a tax haven? Yes, for Microsoft to China’s Huawei

Companies from Microsoft Corp. to China’s Huawei Technologies Co. scouring Europe for fiscally attractive shores are turning to an unlikely country: France. As a base for research and development teams, that

Corporate Bits | Dozens of awards to date for Sands China in 2014

“Sands China aims to create unforgettable experiences for business, leisure and family travellers at our integrated resorts,” said Gunther Hatt, Executive Vice President of Operations, Sands China Ltd. “The honors

Portugal | Gov’t announces sale of 66 pct of state airline TAP

The Secretary of State for Transport, Sérgio Monteiro, said after the meeting that as well as the airline all the group’s assets would be sold, including, for example, the maintenance

Angola wants to build national railway network

The government of Angola plans to build a railway line to link the country’s three current railways, thus establishing a national railway network, Angola’s Transport Minister said in Lubango. Minister Augusto

Hong Kong | Gov’t to start clearing city-center demonstrators

Hong Kong’s government may clear pro-democracy protesters today from part of the city-center area that they occupy, as public support for the student-led movement ebbs after almost two months of

‘Migratory seniors’ flock south as winter bites

At 83, Wang Guihe is about to embark on a long journey. Wang and his wife, who live in Qiqihar in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, will take a three-hour ride on

‘Big guy’ Beijing seeks closer Australia security ties, Xi says

President Xi Jinping called for enhanced security ties with Australia after reaching a free-trade agreement and said the nation shouldn’t be concerned by China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific. Non-Chinese “may naturally

Number of mainland students in US hits record high 

A report by the Institute of International Education, in partnership with the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, said nearly 900,000 international students were studying in the U.S.

Japan | Economy slides into recession as tax hike takes toll

Japan’s economy unexpectedly slid into recession as housing and business investment declined following a sales tax hike, further clouding the outlook for the global economy. The world’s third-largest economy contracted at

Thailand | American questioned for shipping baby body parts

A parcel delivery company in Bangkok put three packages bound for the United States through a routine X-ray and made a startling discovery — inside were a variety of preserved

Islamic State | Obama calls beheadings ‘pure evil’

The Islamic State group has beheaded Peter Kassig, releasing a video Sunday showing a masked militant standing over the severed head of a man it said was the former U.S. Army Ranger-turned-aid worker,

Bird flu | British, Dutch slaughter poultry in new outbreak

Chickens were being slaughtered in the Netherlands and Britain was preparing to kill ducks after two cases of bird flu were discovered in Europe — but officials insisted yesterday that

Colombia | General kidnapped by FARC rebels

Authorities in Colombia have mounted a massive search and rescue operation for an army general who was apparently taken captive by leftist FARC rebels. Gen. Ruben Dario Alzate and two civilians were intercepted

this day in history: 1989 Protesters demand reform in Bulgaria

In the biggest demonstration in the country’s post-war history, protesters held up banners and chanted: “We want democracy now.” Other demands included free elections, a new constitution and the dismissal of

Offbeat | Pronounced dead, 91-year-old Polish woman awakens

A Polish doctor says she has been in “deep shock” since learning that a 91-year-old woman she pronounced dead woke up in a morgue several hours later. The doctor — identified

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