REACTIONS | Sonia Chan ‘rewarded’ for hand ling referendum case, says Coutinho

Lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho believes that Sonia Chan Hoi Fan, currently serving as coordinator of the Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP), will be appointed Secretary for Administration and Justice

Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition | Jets should be viewed as ‘a business tool’

More than 700 businesses and 130 aircraft from 41 countries and regions took part in the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, which officially opened yesterday and runs until

Macau Shopping Festival hopes for double-digit revenue growth

The organizers of the Macau Shopping Festival 2014 hope to achieve double-digit growth in the revenue to be generated during the event this year. The festival, which is in its fourth

MUSIC | Festival bands rock town for a decade

Local and overseas bands are going to hit the stage and intend to deliver their audience a memorable live band show at the 10th edition of HUSH!!, the local outdoor

GASTRONOMY | Improved menus to attract gourmet food aficionados

Copa Steakhouse remains faithful to a truly American gastronomical tradition, while Golden Court focuses on serving mainly Chinese customers looking for Sichuan-style dishes. Behind the preparation of new Copa Steakhouse dishes

Alibaba goes global, Singles Day sales top USD5.9b

Those companies, along with Costco Wholesale Corp., Origins Natural Resources Inc. and American Eagle Outfitters Inc., were participating in yesterday’s event for the first time. Alibaba said it sold more

Corporate Bits | 4th Macau Auto Show ends successfully

The Fourth China (Macau) International Automobile Exposition was held at The Venetian’s Cotai Expo from November 7-9. This year’s event was co-hosted by the Macau Convention & Exhibition Association, Nam Kwong

Sino-Japanese ties still fragile after leaders meet 

What happens next in Japan-China relations depends not only on what they do, but also on what they don’t do. A tentative, some would say grudging, first meeting between their leaders

Hong Kong | Gov’t rejects talks after court rules against protest

Hong Kong’s government has ruled out talks with pro-democracy protesters, and is preparing to enforce a court ruling to clear the streets, the city’s No. 2 official said. Student leaders made

Putin’s gallantry causes controversy

It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The

Xi wins support for Asia Pacific trade proposal

Leaders of Asia-Pacific economies agreed yesterday to begin work toward possible adoption of a Chinese-backed free-trade pact, giving Beijing a victory in its push for a bigger role in managing

South Korea | Ferry captain gets 36 years in prison 

The captain of a ferry that sank earlier this year, leaving more than 300 people — mostly schoolchildren — dead and shocking South Korea, was given a 36-year prison sentence yesterday

Pakistan | 58 dead in head-on highway collision

The cause of the accident near Khairpur district in Sindh province was most likely heavy fog, said police official Ghulam Jhokhio. The bus, carrying about 70 people, had left Swat Valley

India | Eight women dead after mass sterilization goes awry

Eight women died of infection and 68 others are hospitalized following sterilization surgery as part of a government-sponsored campaign in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, a state medical official

Israel | Palestinian demonstrator killed in new West Bank clashes 

Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian demonstrator in clashes in the West Bank yesterday as Israel tightened security following a pair of Palestinian attacks that took two Israeli lives the day

Nigeria | Suicide bomber kills 48 students

Disguised in a school uniform, a suicide bomber set off explosives hidden in a backpack during an assembly Monday at a high school in northern Nigeria, killing at least 48 students

USA | Slow-moving lava sets house ablaze in Hawaii town 

A stream of lava set a home on fire Monday (yesterday in Macau) in a rural Hawaii town that has been watching the slow-moving flow approach for months. The molten rock hit the

Mexico | Protests over likely massacre blockade Acapulco airport

Indignation over the apparent killings of 43 college students, blamed on a drug gang working with police and a mayor, led demonstrators to take to the streets and block the

this day in history: 1980 Saturn’s rings caught on film

Scientists have been delighted and overwhelmed by the stream of data that has flooded back from the planet 950 million miles (1530 million km) away from Earth. Voyager 1, launched in

Offbeat | James Earl Jones happy to receive Voice Icon Award

But according to the actor, there was a period when he didn’t do much speaking. As a child he suffered from a severe stutter, and went through a period where

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