Obama looks past Republicans in promoting his 2015 agenda

Obama is expected back in Washington today. His approach for the new year appears to look straight past newly emboldened Republicans who take full control of Congress tomorrow. Fresh from a two-week

This Day in History | 1985 – Israel ends major Ethiopian rescue mission

Operation Moses, which has been taking place in secret since 21 November 1984, has been suspended since news of the covert airlift became public. Press leaks have forced the Israeli Government

Offbeat | Famous Southern California white cobra gets name: Adhira

The San Diego Zoo tells the Los Angeles Times that the cobra will be called Adhira, which in Hindi means “lightning.” The Times says Adhira came in first in an online

Skiing | US Shiffrin leads WCup slalom after 1st run

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin continued her recent resurgence by building a commanding lead in the opening run of a World Cup slalom yesterday. The Olympic champion timed 56.88 seconds on the

Football | Russian player shot dead

A 20-year-old footballer for Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala has been shot dead near his home in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus. Gasan Magomedov was driving into his home village Saturday night

Insight | One fading system?

1. Unfortunately, a lawmakers’ agenda doesn’t always coincide with the citizens concerns. Directly elected Ho Ion Sang, one of the main figures of the influential Macau General Union of the

Monday, January 5, 2015 – edition no. 2221

* AirAsia plane engine cuts out minutes before takeoff in Surabaya * Smoking ban in bars, nightclubs in force * A decade of gambling expansion ends * Sequence of errors led to shanghai

2015 begins: Shanghai tragedy, fireworks elsewhere

Revelers converged on the beaches of Brazil, the skyscrapers of Dubai and New York's Times Square to say good riddance to a turbulent 2014 marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks

THE BUZZ: New Year’s card sheep completes knitting scarf

Tradition in Japan calls for people to send post cards — often hundreds of them — to friends, colleagues and relatives, decked with pine trees, cranes and other symbols of

Las Vegas betting on chance of New Year’s Eve snow

  If Sin City’s sports books took bets on the weather, snow in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve would normally have terrible odds. It might pay out this year, though,

World briefs

CHINA The president has called for the Communist Party’s leadership over the country’s universities to be enhanced in a continuing tightening of ideological controls across a wide range of society.

Lionel Leong looks at MSAR’s economy with ‘caution and optimism’

  The Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong has said that his cabinet is looking at Macau’s economic development in the coming years with both caution and optimism. He believes the

Per-capita GNI grows 14 percent in 2013

It may not directly reflect Macau residents’ salaries, but figures from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) show that the 2013 Gross National Income (GNI) per-capita in Macau has increased

DSPA seeks to tighten control on oil fume and cooking odor

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) is currently consulting the public on a proposed regulation on the omission of oil fumes and cooking odor from restaurant kitchens. The consultation document seeks

GAMING | Macau increases scrutiny over junkets

Macau’s gambling regulator tightened its assessment of agents who bring in high rollers to its casinos, as the Chinese government heightened control over money flow into the territory. Macau’s Gaming Inspection

CRIME | ‘Sextortion’ case blackmailer identified as police officer

In response to the highly reported case in which a member of Macau’s security forces allegedly blackmailed teenage girls with their nude pictures, the Office of the Secretary for Security

Ring in 2015 with countdown events in town

Residents will have plenty of options when choosing the countdown parties to attend, with several public and private organizations holding events to help ring in 2015. The authorities have called

Group draws art map to trace city’s architecture styles

Over a year and a half, Ms Lei and her fellows of local group the Root Planning studied 32 modern buildings in the city and featured them in hand-drawn illustrations

Tourism | Package tour visitor arrivals soar by 51pct

The number of visitors who have arrived as part of package tours soared by 51 percent year-on-year to 1,165,000 last month, as shown by information released by the Statistics and

ARTS | Red sandalwood carvers showcase traditional arts in MGM

Adding to the red sandalwood replicas of two ancient Beijing buildings that are exhibited at the MGM’s Art Space, several master wood carvers from the old capital have demonstrated their

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