Chinese manufacturing contracted in December for the first time in seven months in another sign the slowdown in the world’s No. 2 economy is quickening, according to a survey of
Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar yesterday, killing at least 141 people, mostly children, before Pakistani officials declared a military operation to clear
Tearful Australians laid mounds of flowers at the site where two of 17 hostages were killed yesterday when police swooped into a cafe to rescue them from a gunman — an
After a massive overnight rate hike by Russia’s Central Bank, the ruble staged a two-hour rally yesterday morning before rolling back to new historic lows. The surprise Central Bank decision to raise the
North Korea asked the U.N. Security Council in a letter Monday (yesterday in Macau) to take up the CIA’s harsh treatment of terror suspects, instead of the North’s own human rights situation. North Korea’s U.N.
He said news of German atrocities sent in by the Polish Government and widely reported in the press this month would only serve to strengthen allied determination to fight Nazism
A London banker has been banned from working in the financial services industry after he was caught dodging rail fares. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said in a statement Monday
In announcing the end of a distinguished 20-year career, Thierry Henry made it clear where he felt more cherished. It wasn’t France, for which he won the 1998 World Cup,
The status of Russia and Qatar as World Cup hosts seemed even more secure yesterday after FIFA dismissed ethics prosecutor Michael Garcia’s appeal against the handling of his investigation into
Floyd Mayweather Jr. built a career — and made a fortune — by using deception to confuse and outwit his opponents. Playing the same game outside the ring has also
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Lewis Hamilton has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year after winning his second Formula One title. The 29-year-old Mercedes driver says “I honestly was not expecting this” after beating
AUSTRALIA The cab-hailing company Uber promises free rides and refunds for people fleeing central Sydney after coming under criticism for hiking prices during the hostage crisis. JAPAN’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Meghan Casserly, spokeswoman for the U.S.-based organization built around the popular search engine, says Google is still early in its research but has already found “a clear link between color
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Whalberg has stepped into the role made famous by James Caan in the 1974 original and as part of his movie research, he headed
The Public Prosecutions Office (MP) has recovered more than HKD80 million from former Secretary for Transport and Public Works Ao Man Long’s remaining illegal holdings in Hong Kong and on
The preliminary estimate of the Macau SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP127.9 billion (USD16.02 billion) at the end of November 2014, the Monetary Authority of Macau announced yesterday. The
As a measure expected to benefit the region’s tourism and gaming industries, the Hengqin border will start operating around the clock this Thursday. Tim Craighead, director of Asian Research for
A Filipino national, living in Macau since 2005, has seen his permanent residency denied for not spending enough time in the territory – one of the main requirements for being
Macau authorities have not yet replied to the New Macau Association’s request to hold a protest on Saturday, but the pro-democracy group’s vice-president, Bill Chou, is convinced it will not
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