Stallone and Schwarzenegger in town to headline VIP screening of ‘The Expendables 3’

Two of the most famous actors in the world, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, will be in Macau on Friday to take part in Asia’s only VIP screening event for

IPM, IFT and MUST to share UM’s old dormitories

The government’s Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) revealed yesterday that the University of Macau (UM) will be temporarily leasing four of its buildings for use as dormitories to three universities,

Volvo plans safety-first SUV in revamp under mainland owner

Volvo Car Group is designing its first model under the ownership of Chinese billionaire Li Shufu’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. with an emphasis on automotive safety to revive worldwide

China says Mercedes guilty of price abuses

Benz violated anti-monopoly law and charged excessive prices for parts, adding to a growing number of global automakers snared in an investigation of the industry. The luxury unit of Germany’s Daimler

Corporate Bits | Sands participates in one day volunteer for the sixth year

Accompanied by 30 Sands China Care Ambassadors (SCCA), 60 local needy children and their family members enjoyed indoor leisure and cultural activities Sunday morning aimed at promoting a harmonious family

MOZAMBIQUE | Government to issue new oil and gas prospecting licenses

The approval of the proposed Oil Law will allow the Mozambican government to issue new prospecting licenses to companies that will have to partner state oil and gas company Empresa

Angola | Coffee seedlings distributed to producers

More than 20 million coffee seedlings are due to be produced by the end of the year, according to the director of the National Coffee Institute of Angola (INCA), João

Mao’s archenemy Chiang Kai-shek part of mainstream

Photos of Mao’s archenemy Chiang Kai-shek adorn the walls of a Beijing restaurant, and his face looks up at diners from the menu. Online, the deposed Chinese leader’s image is

Authorities scrap asset-disclosure trial programs, Beijing News says

Chinese authorities abandoned almost half of 30 trial programs aimed at requiring local officials to disclose their assets in the last five years, the Beijing News newspaper said yesterday. The paper

More victims found in forced blood donations

As investigations continue, the number of victims found who were forced to donate blood by a gang in northwest China’s Gansu province has increased to 10. A group of seven individuals

ANALYSIS | Francis gets crash course on Korea issue 

THE VIEW FROM THE PAPAL PLANE In a whirlwind five-day trip to South Korea, Pope Francis beatified 124 martyrs, kissed almost as many babies and rallied thousands of Asian youth. It might

PHILIPPINES | Manila protests Chinese ‘sovereignty patrols’

The Philippines will file a new diplomatic protest with China complaining about frequent patrols by Chinese ships in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The department’s spokesman, Charles Jose, said

INDONESIA | 2 foreigners still missing in boat sinking 

Rescuers yesterday safely recovered 13 more people from a tourist boat that sank after hitting a reef in central Indonesia, but were searching for a Dutch man and an Italian woman

NEPAL | Flood toll hits 101, fears of disease rise 

Nepalese authorities said yesterday they feared an outbreak of diseases as they attempt to reach thousands of people stranded by flooding that has already killed more than 100 people. The swirling

USA | Missouri sends National Guard to protesting suburb 

Missouri’s governor yesterday ordered the National Guard to a St. Louis suburb convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, after a night in which police

IRAQ | Kurdish forces retake control of Mosul Dam 

Sinan Salaheddin, Baghdad Iraqi security forces and Kurdish fighters yesterday wrested back control of the country’s largest dam from the hands of Islamic militants who captured it less than two weeks

WIKILEAKS | Assange talks of leaving embassy, sowing confusion 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sowed confusion yesterday with an announcement that appeared to indicate he was leaving his embassy bolt hole, but his spokesman later clarified that that would not

this day in history: 1991 Hardliners stage coup against Gorbachev

News of the coup was broken in an announcement on state radio earlier on Monday. It said Mr Gorbachev was “unable to perform his presidential duty for health reasons”. Soviet television

Offbeat | Woman allegedly stole wine to see jailed boyfriend

Police say Walicke stole a bottle of wine from a Texas gas station Wednesday. An arrest affidavit says police found the woman outside the business and drinking the wine. The

Fans ignore Premier League warning as replays reach Twitter

“How on earth are you going to do this? It’s almost going to be impossible,” Stuart Fuller, director of commercial operations at online brand protection company NetNames, said in a

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