VATICAN CITY | Pope’s anti-slavery drive gets multi-faith support 

Religious leaders from a half-dozen faiths have signed on to a new Vatican initiative to end modern-day slavery by 2020, declaring that human trafficking, forced labor and prostitution are crimes against humanity. Pope

This Day In History: 1989 Malta summit ends Cold War

At a joint news conference held on board the Soviet cruise ship, Maxim Gorky, the two men announced they had set the stage for big reductions in troops and weapons

Offbeat | Who’s behind Christmas tree at Paris’ Notre Dame?

Amid high tension between Russia and the West over violence in Ukraine, Russia’s ambassador to France says the “tree is a message of peace.” When the rector of Notre Dame told

Tennis| Australian Open tweaks Extreme Heat policy

Australian Open organizers have tweaked the extreme heat policy for 2015 in the wake of complaints from players about dangerous conditions during a heat wave in Melbourne during the last

Football | Mario Balotelli faces FA investigation over post

Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli is facing an investigation from the English Football Association after a post on social media site Instagram was criticized for being racist and anti-Semitic. Balotelli uploaded a

Vox Parva: Legacy of a great saint of the East

Like the Feast of St. Joseph on March 19, today also used to be a big feast in Macau. On December 3, 1552, a missionary who died at the age

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 – edition no. 2204

* Bubble soccer arrives to town, mixing sports and laughs * Lack of political talent * Taxi Passengers Association submits petition * Tan Dun’s music of ‘Hope and Love’   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | Ronaldo, Messi, Neuer up for Ballon d’Or

Cristiano Ronaldo will be challenging Lionel Messi and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to retain the Ballon d’Or. Ronaldo won the 2013 honor to end Messi’s three-year run as the world’s best player

World briefs

S KOREA The U.S. Osan Air Base in South Korea lifts a lockdown that had been ordered as a precaution after someone reported an unscheduled “active shooter drill” at the

Travel | Art festival lights up Amsterdam in dark winter

As a canal boat slides along Amsterdam’s elegant Herengracht canal, a man walking over a bridge pushes down and pulls up on a bicycle pump. As he does, a model

New Government | Fresh faces amongst top gov’t officials

The five new Secretaries chosen by Chief Executive Chui Sai On for his second term were finally announced yesterday in a press conference held at the government headquarters. As hinted on

New Government Macau casino revenue drop might affect economic structure, says Lionel Leong

In a press conference held yesterday, Lionel Leong professed that his office’s priorities hinge on three main strategies, namely ensuring economic stability, developing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well

November casino revenue falls for 6th straight month

Casino revenue in the city fell 19.6 percent to 24.27 billion patacas (USD3.04 billion) in November, according to Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. This compared with the median estimate

Cooperation agreement with China on veterinary medicine

The government has recently signed a cooperation agreement with mainland Chinese authorities focusing on veterinary medicine.  However, the Society for Animal Protection (Anima) is concerned as China “is not particularly

EDUCATION | Portuguese School ranks first in national exams

“I believe that these achievements come as a result of a set of reasons…such as students’ merit, their diligence, and the effort they’ve put into their work,” he said. Mr Machado

CRIME | Ex-property agent defrauds friend using client’s apartment

The Judiciary Police (PJ) has detained a local woman in her 50s, alleged to have defrauded her friend out of around MOP800,000, using documents provided by her former client. PJ information

Chow Tai Fook Enterprises eyes USD4 billion Vietnam casino project

“We are interested,” Henry Cheng, a director at the closely-held investment company, said in a Nov. 28 interview about the casino resort in the central Vietnam province of Quang Nam.

Afghanistan | Suicide bombing at funeral kills 9

An Afghan official says a suicide bomber detonated his payload at a crowded funeral, killing two police and seven civilians. Taj Mohammed Taqwa, chief of the Burka district in the

South Korea | 52 missing after ship sinks in Bering Sea 

Rescuers searched yesterday for 52 people missing after a South Korean fishing ship they were working on sank in the Bering Sea, an official said. At least one person died. Authorities

Australia | Boys discover baby’s body buried at Sydney beach

Two young boys playing on a Sydney beach on Sunday found an infant’s body buried in the sand, police said, one week after a newborn baby was discovered alive at

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