Xi urges Hong Kong to get control as ALICE FUNG & DAVID RISING, HONG KONG-19 cases surge

Hospitals in Hong Kong were struggling yesterday to keep up with an influx of new coronavirus patients amid record numbers of new infections as the city’s

Japan’s Kirin to sell China joint venture to investment fund

Kirin is selling its China soft drinks joint venture to an investment fund, the Japanese beer and beverage maker said yesterday. The move comes shortly

South Korea to give out rapid tests as Omicron shatters record

South Korea will distribute free coronavirus rapid test kits at schools and senior care facilities starting next week as it weathers an unprecedented wave of infections

North Korea | Regime celebrates late leader’s birthday amid hardships

North Korea celebrated the 80th birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il with a concert, fireworks and a rare outdoor ceremony near its border with China,

Cambodia | Last freshwater dolphin in Mekong River dies

The last surviving freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin on a stretch of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia has died, apparently after getting tangled in a fishing net,

Ukraine Crisis | NATO sees no sign Russia is pulling back troops

Russia said yesterday it was returning more troops and weapons to bases, but NATO declared it saw no sign of a drawdown as fears that Moscow could invade Ukraine

This day in history | 1992 Cannibal killer jailed for life

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in Wisconsin for murdering and dismembering 15 young men and boys. Dahmer, 31, was unable

Beijing 2022 | Valieva listed two legal oxygen boosters on Olympic forms

Two legal substances used to improve heart function are listed on an anti-doping control form filled out for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva before her drug case

After blow of Beijing, Olympians ask: What about Africa?

Victory, of sorts, for Eritrea’s sole Winter Olympian — one of just six athletes competing for African countries at the Games in China — was achieved even

Alec Baldwin sued by family of cinematographer killed on set

The family of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust” sued Alec Baldwin and the movie’s producers yesterday alleging their

Cyberattacks knock out sites of Ukrainian army, major banks

A series of cyberattacks knocked the websites of the Ukrainian army, the defense ministry and major banks offline, Ukrainian authorities said, as tensions persisted over the threat of a

Washington is asking Asia-Pacific to pay the price for isolating China

In the Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States it released on Friday, the Joe Biden administration has notably proposed an Indo-Pacific economic framework. The harm that such a

Thursday, February 17, 2022 – edition no. 3953

* 40 local students to return from Hong Kong from today * Chinese nation moving with Macau towards the ‘great rejuvenation’: Fu Ziying * Wynn Macau saw ‘meaningful growth’ in both premium

Expected proceeds from 2022 Macau Famine kept at 2021 level

The group organizing the annual Macau Famine events hopes to retain the total of MOP1 million in donations from the events this year, the same target

English, Portuguese local media help ‘world’ to better understand Macau: CE

English and Portuguese language media efforts are “crucial to enhancing understanding about Macau and China across the world,” Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday during

A boost in efforts required to attract talent to cooperation zone

The Chief Executive, Ho Iat Seng, said more effort is needed to attract a greater number of skilled professionals to the Guangdong-Macau In-Depth Cooperation Zone in

Hao vs LVS | Court finds link between AAEC and LVS unproven at the time of swap for Galaxy

A local court has found that there is no proof that an agreement between the Asian American Entertainment Company (AAEC) and the Las Vegas Sands Corporation

Gaming | Committee: Stipulation on concessionaires ownership of casinos ‘not new’

The requirement that gambling concessionaires need to operate in venues they own “is not a new introduction,” lawmaker Chan Chak Mo, president of the parliament’s

Foreign exchange reserves at MOP216.6b

The preliminary estimate of Macau SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP216.6 billion at the end of January 2022, the Monetary Authority of Macao has announced. The reserves

Post CNY gaming revenue surge driven by strong visitation

Macau's gross gambling revenue (GGR) post Lunar New Year has hit the highest daily revenue figure since the Golden Week holiday in May 2021, according

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