Briefs | Amended written test syllabus for licenses

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) revealed that it has finished drafting the amendment to the written test syllabus for driver’s licenses, which will be put into use in early 2015. In

UM to chair Association of Portuguese Speaking Universities

The University of Macau (UM) has been selected to be the next president of the General Assembly of the Association of Portuguese Speaking Universities (AULP) between 2014 and 2017. UM has

Asian Games | Karate team departs for Incheon with confidence

The coach and members of the Macau karate team that will represent the MSAR in the upcoming Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, said that they are feeling more confident

Alibaba stock soars in jubilant trading debut 

Alibaba debuted as a publicly traded company Friday and swiftly climbed nearly 40 percent in a mammoth IPO that offered eager investors seemingly unlimited growth potential and a way to

Corporate Bits | Best of California wine dinner at Copa Steakhouse

The Best of California Wine Dinner starts with a cocktail reception at 7 p.m. Guests will then enjoy a five-course gourmet dinner menu that includes Striped Bass with Corn, Bacon

Brazil’s Oi group sells Portugal Telecom’s stake in Unitel Angola

In the statement available on the CMVM website the group said its board of directors had approved all “necessary measures to sell Oi’s stakes in Africatel Holdings, representing 75 percent

Mozambique | Savannah Resources sees ‘excellent’ results in heavy sands prospecting

The results of a heavy sands prospecting program in Jangamo, Mozambique, are “excellent” and revealed quality surface mineralization’s, British company Savannah Resources said in a statement Thursday. The company said that

Angolan Post Office offers int’l transfers

The Post Office in Angola (Correios de Angola) and the Western Union Company have signed an agreement to provide money transfer services for the first time to users of the

TAIWAN | Gov’t orders evacuations as typhoon Fung-Wong approaches

Taiwan evacuated more than 2,700 people from endangered areas as Typhoon Fung-Wong, which left at least 10 dead in the Philippines and caused Manila’s worst flooding in two years, approached

iPhone delay fuels black market

  Liu Min stands a few feet from an Apple store in Beijing hawking something that can’t be bought inside: the new iPhone 6. While the device debuted yesterday in the U.S.,

Dalai Lama praises Xi as ‘realistic’

The Dalai Lama praised Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday for being “more realistic” and principled than his predecessors, a day after Xi’s three-day visit to India ended. The Tibetan Buddhist

Guangdong town protests again over trash incinerator 

Residents of a town in southern China who oppose a planned trash incinerator have protested for a second weekend and the local government promised not to proceed without public approval. People “illegally gathered”

88 fugitives apprehended from abroad in ‘Fox Hunt’ crackdown

China’s police ministry yesterday said 88 fugitives wanted on charges of corruption and other economic offenses have been extradited or returned on their own from the United States and other countries

AFGHANISTAN | Presidential candidates sign unity deal 

Afghanistan’s two presidential candidates signed a power-sharing deal yesterday, capped with a hug and a handshake, three months after a disputed runoff that threatened to plunge the country into turmoil

NEW ZEALAND | Prime minister wins landslide 3rd term in office

Prime Minister John Key won an emphatic victory Saturday in New Zealand’s general election to return for a third term, a result that will be seen as an endorsement of the way

AUSTRALIA | Gov’t targets returning foreign fighters with new ‘terror law’

Australia, after conducting its largest ever anti-terrorism operation last week, plans to introduce a law to empower authorities to charge returning foreign fighters and those urging citizens to engage in

KENYA | Country marks anniversary of Westgate mall attack

Kenyans yesterday marked one year since al-Shabaab Islamist militants attacked the Westgate Mall in the capital, Nairobi, leaving at least 67 people dead and slashing tourism income from East Africa’s

UK | Wife of latest hostage issues plea to militants

The wife of a British aid worker held hostage by the Islamic State group has issued a statement pleading for the militants to release him and respond to her messages

UKRAINE CRISIS | Truce still shaken by fighting after no-fire zone set

Ukraine’s truce was shaken further by battles after the government and pro-Russian separatists agreed to create a buffer zone to strengthen the pact. Rebels continued to shell government troops and the

USA | Man with knife jumps White House fence

The Secret Service chief has stepped-up security outside the White House after a man with a knife who jumped the fence made it into the presidential residence before being apprehended,

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