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
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
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
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
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
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
* 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
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
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
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,
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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