Corporate Bits | Macao Gaming Show to take place 18 – 20 November

MGS will have a floor area of over 10,000 m2. Exhibitors and buyers eyeing the Asian market will be coming from all corners of the world. The event will cover

Portugal | Foreigners invest 1b euros to receive golden visas

A statement issued Thursday by the office of the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, said the government had made “a very positive assessment of the program,” launched on 8

Brazil funds program for exports to Angola

The Memorandum of Understanding on export financing deals with guarantees and counter-guarantees and will enable a rise in imports of goods and services from Brazil by Angolan private importers. Signed by

Hong Kong Leung says ‘zero chance’ Beijing will back down

Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying said there is “zero chance” China will change its decision to vet candidates in elections for the city’s top position, and that he won’t resign

HONG KONG | Protests reveal unease over unique identity

By road, the little apartments are nearly an hour from central Hong Kong and the protests that have swept through it. Twice that long if you take the subway, which

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE | 2 rival nations, 1 message of peace 

  One is Muslim, the other Hindu. One a Pakistani, the other Indian. One a school girl just starting out in life, the other a man with decades of experience. Despite their

TWIN STORMS | India lashed by strong cyclone; typhoon hits Japan 

Heavy rain and wind gusts ripped through a large swath of India’s eastern seaboard, uprooting trees and snapping power cables as a powerful cyclone swept through the Bay of Bengal and slammed

MEXICO | Governor: Some bodies aren’t of students

The governor of the southern Mexico state where 43 college students disappeared after a confrontation with police said Saturday that some of the bodies recovered from clandestine graves last weekend did not

USA | Police shooting protests continue in St. Louis 

A weekend of peaceful daytime protests and nightly police standoffs was expected to continue yesterday as organizers prepared for a wave of resistance they anticipate will lead to widespread, intentional

BOLIVIA | Morales to coast to third term

President Evo Morales appeared headed to an unprecedented third term in elections yesterday on the strength of the economic and political stability the coca growers’ union leader has brought to

This Day in History | 1976 – Bolivian plane crashes in Santa Cruz

The incident is feared to have claimed the lives of the plane’s three American crew as well as scores of civilians on the ground. Reports suggest the Lloyd Aereo Boliviano

Offbeat | Chocolate-covered bugs served up at insect museum

The bug feast was served up Saturday at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans. The 2,100-square-meter facility is the largest free-standing museum in the United States dedicated to

Lewis Hamilton wins inaugural Russian GP

Lewis Hamilton cruised to victory in the inaugural Russian Grand Prix yesterday, leading a 1-2 finish for Mercedes that clinched its first Formula One constructors’ title and stretching his lead

Insight | A glimpse of the world

The World Press Photo (WPP) exhibition is back in town, having opened on Saturday in Casa Garden. It is a world class exhibition that is featured all over the globe

Ringworm in Cats and Dogs

Pet ringworm is a fungal infection that can affect both cats and dogs as well as other small animals. The most common cause of ringworm is the infection with Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum or Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Ringworm is highly

SEVERE WEATHER | Japan flight cancellations mount as typhoon disrupts travel

ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines Co., the nation’s two largest carriers, canceled more flights yesterday as typhoon winds disrupted travel for a second week. Typhoon Vongfong prompted ANA to cancel

HEALTH | Stepped-up Ebola screening starting at NYC airport

U.S. customs and health officials began taking the temperatures of passengers arriving at New York’s Kennedy International Airport from three West African countries on Saturday in a stepped-up screening effort

Monday, October 13, 2014 – edition no. 2168

* Chui wants to boost Delta cities’ understanding of Macau * Report: Washington presses for universal suffrage * Typhoon hits Japan * F1: Lewis Hamilton wins inaugural Russian GP   DOWNLOAD PDF   * Investing: Too many

The Buzz | Poker star Phil Ivey loses casino case in Britain

Ten-time World Series of Poker winner Phil Ivey has lost his case against a British casino he accused of improperly withholding his winnings. Britain's High Court ruled yesterday that Genting Casinos

World briefs

AUSTRALIA An Australian couple has rejected their biological child born to an Indian surrogate mother because of the baby’s gender, but has taken home its twin sibling, a judge says.

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