Messi back to old self under new Barcelona coach

Bad World Cup memories be gone. Lionel Messi is back to his match-winning self. Not even a black cat — regarded as unlucky in Spain and other cultures — zigzagging

World Views: Japan plays game of growth roulette with casinos

MGM Resorts is looking over Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market as a site for a giant casino. The jokes, of course, are on the obvious side. More than humor is

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 – edition no. 2137

* Jason Chao leaves MP facing aggravated disobedience charges * Pacquiao prepares for  upcoming clash in Cotai II * UM Hengqin Campus in full operation * HK protesters say bring on tear gas

The Buzz: Cliff Richard rejects sexual assault allegation

British pop star Cliff Richard says police have questioned him about a sexual assault allegation. A statement issued yesterday on behalf of Richard says the allegation that he assaulted a

F1 | Ricciardo beats Rosberg to win Belgian GP

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo beat Nico Rosberg to win an incident-packed Belgian Grand Prix yesterday, while Rosberg extended his championship lead over Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in acrimonious circumstances. Finnish

World briefs

CHINA The Defense Ministry rejects U.S. accusations that a Chinese fighter jet’s intercept of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft off the southern Chinese coast was dangerous, and blames Washington for

THE SOLE CANDIDATE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL | Chui Sai On: More land resources needed for housing

Hundreds of Macau citizens gathered at Keang Peng Secondary School in the Iao Hon neighborhood yesterday, asking questions addressed to the sole candidate for the Chief Executive Election, which will

CRIME | Burglar breaks into Chan Meng Kam’s Cheoc Van mansion

A burglar stole several thousand dollars from the house of lawmaker Chan Meng Kam last Friday night in Cheoc Van, Coloane. The Public Security Police (PSP) suggested that it was Chan’s

GPDP roasted for explanation of alleged law violation

The Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP), the Public Security Police (PSP) and the Judiciary Police (PJ) held a joint press conference yesterday afternoon following Jason Chao’s detention. The media has

Jason Chao and referendum volunteers detained over alleged privacy breach

The president of the Open Macau Society and political activist Jason Chao, as well as four civil referendum volunteers, were detained by police authorities yesterday for allegedly violating the personal

Ho Iat Seng admits mass rally against officials’ perks bill was ‘a great lesson’

Ho Iat Seng, president of the Legislative Assembly (AL), said that May’s mass demonstration against the officials’ perks bill had taught lawmakers a lesson. “We did learn a great lesson as

AL president casts doubt over investment fund

The AL President has said that he doubts Chui Sai On’s electoral promise to create an investment fund based on financial reserves. Ho said that caution is needed with high-risk

UM’s first convocation held on new campus

In his speech, UM rector Wei Zhao noted that this year’s new students were the first to attend UM’s first convocation held on the new campus, the first to study

Sinopec’s profit climbs on wider crude-processing margin

Net income rose to 32.5 billion yuan (USD5.3 billion), or 0.28 yuan a share, 30.3 billion yuan, or 0.25 yuan, a year earlier, the Beijing-based company, known as Sinopec, said

Vegas’ storied Sahara casino reborn, transformed

That’s no mirage. The Las Vegas Strip has a new casino in business on the foundations of the old Sahara. A USD415 million pleasure palace called the SLS Las Vegas — short for

IBM sets aside rivalry to partner with China’s Inspur

IBM formed a partnership with Inspur Group Ltd. after the Chinese company tried to lure away customers with its “IBM to Inspur” marketing campaign. IBM’s database and WebSphere software will be

Corporate Bits | CESL Asia’s Kid’s movie day animates 80 local children’s summer

The fourth ‘Kid’s Movie Day’ was to benefit less fortunate kids from the Cradle of Hope Association, Caritas Family Services, ECF Macau Fellowship Orphanage, ‘Mong-Ha’ Children and Youth Home and

State targets ordinary Uighurs with beards, burkas

Outside a mosque in China’s restive west, a government-appointed Muslim cleric was dodging a foreign reporter’s question about why young men of the Uighur ethnic minority don’t have beards when one such

Beijing executes Tiananmen Square attackers on terrorism charges 

Last year’s attack, in which the driver died alongside his mother and wife as passengers as well as three bystanders, was a sign that the violence the government blames on

Gov’t defends ‘Top Gun’ jet intercepting US Navy plane

China’s Defense Ministry rejected U.S. accusations that a Chinese fighter jet’s risky intercept of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft in a “barrel roll” style maneuver reminiscent of the film ‘Top Gun’

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