UM Hengqin campus in full operation, fresh start and divergent opinions

After the bustling new semester school opening in the morning, some students attended their first classes, while others were occupied with registration procedures at the administration building. The eight residential colleges

Corporate Bits | CEM and Macau Federation of trade unions jointly hold “one day @cem”

A total of 19 high school and college students participated in the “One Day @CEM”, and students were dispatched to various departments of the company for one-day work experience. To

Toyota’s most rugged Land Cruiser back in Japan 

Toyota is bringing back the Land Cruiser 70 in Japan, catering to nostalgic demand for the rugged off-roader that’s favored for challenging terrains and as an aid agency vehicle in

Sony’s PlayStation network hacked

PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network, which enable gamers to play each other and access content, had been taken off line by a so-called distributed denial of service attack, the

Angolan groups target telecommunications and banking sector in Cape Verde

According to a recent issue of the Africa Monitor Intelligence newsletter, Cabo Verde’s telecommunications carrier CV Telecom, owned by the state and Portugal Telecom, is currently losing its market-leading position

Stadium funded by China opens

The first official game at the National Stadium in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) will be held on 10 September, when the Cape Verdean national team will play Zambia a second

Xinjiang | Authorities ID teen as mastermind of imam slaying

An 18-year-old native of China’s troubled far western region of Xinjiang used incendiary videos and other multimedia to enlist followers and then masterminded the slaying of a pro-government Muslim leader, Chinese state

Zimbabwe seeks aid as Mugabe meets Xi

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping yesterday on a visit to China hoping the long-time ally and economic giant can help the African nation’s ailing economy. Mugabe, who has

Mainland adds cold water on ice bucket challenge

As of Friday, the campaign had raised more than 8.5 million yuan (USD1.38 million) for the China-Dolls Center for Rare Disorders (CCRD), a non-profit organization. The organization only received two

HONG KONG | Protesters say bring on tear gas in vote tussle

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists say they want police to use tear gas and water cannon on them if China doesn’t meet their demands for the election of the city’s next

THAILAND | Edible insects a boon to poor farmers

Depending solely on the rains to either yield a good rice crop or leave their fields dry and barren, farmers in this village in northeastern Thailand, the country’s poorest region,

THAILAND | Junta leader assumes prime minister post

Thailand’s junta leader, who seized power in a military coup three months ago, officially assumed his new post as prime minister yesterday following an endorsement from the country’s monarch. During a ceremony

VIETNAM | Gov’t sends envoy to China to smooth tensions

Vietnam is sending a senior Communist party official to China this week to try to rebuild relations badly bit by Beijing’s decision to deploy an oil rig in waters claimed by Hanoi

INDIA | Stampede at Hindu holy procession kills 10

  A pre-dawn stampede killed 10 people yesterday as tens of thousands of Hindus were worshipping in an annual procession in central India, police said. Some 50,000 devotees had been marking the holy

USA | Strong California quake shakes famed wine country 

A powerful earthquake that struck the heart of California’s wine country caught many people sound asleep, sending dressers, mirrors and pictures crashing down around them. The magnitude-6.0 quake struck at 3:20 a.m. Sunday

SYRIA | American journalist freed after nearly 2 years 

The nation found something of a reprieve from the killing of an American journalist with the release of another freelance reporter who had been held hostage for nearly two years

FRANCE | Hollande dissolves gov’t amid internal feud 

French President Francois Hollande dissolved the government yesterday after open feuding in his Cabinet over the country’s stagnant economy. Prime Minister Manuel Valls offered up his Socialist government’s resignation after accusing

UKRAINE | Russian tank column enters southeast 

A column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles has crossed into southeastern Ukraine, away from where most of the intense fighting has been taking place, a top Ukrainian official said yesterday. Col.

this day in history: 1959 US to ‘stand by’ West Germans

Mr Eisenhower is visiting the country to reassure West Germans he will not exclude them from talks with the Soviet Union. He will also emphasise that peace should not come

Offbeat | Garden gnome alert: 400 missing in Austria

A leading Austrian political party has issued a garden gnome alert after 400 of its figurines disappeared from lamp posts used in campaigning. Placed by the Socialist Party ahead of elections

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