A passenger van has slipped off a mountain road in eastern Nepal, killing eight people and injuring 13. Police say the van slipped off a narrow gravel road yesterday and
INDONESIA The Indonesian state airline company Garuda began daily flights between the island of Bali and Dili the capital of East Timor on Friday. “I hope that the inauguration of
A Roman villa’s wine cellar, which was converted into an air raid shelter for Benito Mussolini and the Italian dictator’s family, is opening its anti-gas, double steel doors to tourists. The
The Animal Protection Bill on Friday passed its first reading in the Legislative Assembly (AL). Lawmakers welcomed regulations safeguarding animal welfare, but they also called on the government to improve
ANIMA Macau believes that the draft is merely a replica of a draft dating back to 2008, which was never tabled. In a document submitted to the AL last week, the
Sporting Club of Macau celebrated its 88th anniversary on Friday. The local football club is seeking to enhance partnerships and has initiated talks with Brazilian agency Think Ball & Sports
The opening ceremony for the new Consulate of Mozambique took place on Friday at the Macau Tower. In attendance were the Secretary for Administration and Justice, Florinda Chan, as well
Yesterday the curtain fell on the 19th International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF), with lower attendance compared to 2013. Nevertheless, the fair’s organizer, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute
Chief Executive Chui Sai On has commented on lawmaker Chan Chak Mo’s previous suggestion that the changes to Chui’s Cabinet and the upcoming government holidays will affect the legislative process. Chan
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri claimed a sensational one-stroke victory at the USD900,000 Venetian Macau Open after frontrunner Scott Hend of Australia agonizingly bogeyed the last hole yesterday. Lahiri started the final
Since first taking the Cotai Arena stage in October 2012, Wong has been tickling his audiences with his witty sense of humor. Saturday’s show – his fourth at the marquee
Kering SA reported third-quarter revenue that met analysts’ estimates as growth for Puma sports gear offset the effects of weaker Chinese spending on sales of Gucci handbags. Revenue climbed 3.3 percent
Police in Vietnam have arrested a prominent businessman and one of the country’s richest men on suspicion of lending fraud, as authorities step up their crackdown on financial crimes in
The director of the Angola Wine Festival, Miguel Pinho, noted that the figure was a good representation of a “very large business” in the country, which shows “the importance that
New contracts on concession areas for exploration and oil production in Mozambique will be signed after April 2015, the Resource Valuation Director of the National Oil Institute (INP) said Thursday. On
Hopes that Hong Kong would one day transform China in its own image now seem foolish and futile. Beijing appears intent on making the former British colony look more like
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, who have blocked major thoroughfares, snarled traffic and disrupted businesses in the city for more than a month, have delayed a planned referendum because of differences
Twenty-one Asian nations have signed on to a China-driven initiative to create a new development bank for Asia that’s aimed at boosting infrastructure investment of all kinds. Beijing sees that as a
A coal mine shaft collapsed in northwestern China, killing 16 miners, an official said Saturday, highlighting the persistence of safety problems in the industry despite a leveling off of demand. Another 11
The longer the Ebola outbreak rages in West Africa, the greater chance a traveler infected with the virus touches down in an Asian city. How quickly any case is detected —
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