Universities to resume with final year students prioritized

Six local higher education institutions are to resume classes on April 1, the head of the Department for Tertiary Education Institution Coordination of the Higher Education Bureau (DSES), Teng Sio

Lawmaker wants update on work instructions for extreme weather events

Lawmaker Ella Lei wrote an interpellation to the local government asking about the progress of regulations on work instructions during extreme weather. She posed the question because the rainstorm and typhoon

Coronavirus rocks already strained ties between US and China

Badly strained ties between the United States and China are deteriorating further with the two sides hurling harsh accusations and bitter name-calling over responsibility for the spread of the novel

North Korea | Kim admits troubled medical system amid virus fears

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acknowledged that his country lacks modern medical facilities and called for urgent improvements, state media said yesterday, in a rare assessment of the North’s

Philippines | Officials lift deadline for foreigners to leave north

The Philippines lifted a deadline for thousands of foreign travelers to leave the northern third of the country, including the capital, after quarantining the region due to an increase in

This Day in History | 1970 – Willi and Willy meet in East Germany

The leaders of East and West Germany have met for the first time since the country was divided in 1949. About 2,000 young East Germans greeted West Germany’s Chancellor Willy Brandt

Pandemic | Traffic piles up in Europe as virus lockdowns close borders

Desperate travelers in cars and trucks choked European borders on Wednesday, creating traffic jams up to 17 miles long as they sought to get back home before borders slammed shut

The Art of Giving | Modern philanthropy and the great disruption

We are living in the times of great disruption. Yesterday the world was identifying a set of pressing global challenges such as climate change, reskilling, blockchain, A.I., and reducing inequalities.

Time spent streaming spiked 20% worldwide this past weekend

For years, TV executives have fretted there is too much TV. Now, with the coronavirus looming large, they are worried there might not be enough. Because of the pandemic, streaming surged

TENNIS | Virus forces French Open delay; US Open switch ‘possibility’

The French Open was postponed for about four months because of the coronavirus pandemic, shifting from May to September and juggling the tennis calendar. The French tennis federation said it will

The Buzz | Facebook bug wrongly deleted authentic coronavirus news

Facebook said a bug in its anti-spam system temporarily blocked the publication of links to news stories about the coronavirus. Guy Rosen, Facebook’s vice president of integrity, said on Twitter

Sex workers face ruin amid virus fears, brothel closures

It’s 7 p.m. on a Friday night, a time when Aurel Johannes Marx’s three-room brothel on the edge of Berlin would normally be preparing for its first customers. Sex for

World Briefs

NORTH KOREAN leader Kim Jong Un acknowledged that his country lacks modern medical facilities and called for urgent improvements in a rare assessment of the North’s health care system that

World Views | Big business has all the advantages in the pandemic

Even if fiscal stimulus is successful in getting the U.S. economy back on stable ground after the Covid-19 crisis, the economy will inevitably be transformed. When it comes to the

Thursday, March 19, 2020 – edition no. 3496

  * US-China relations strained by press spat * Non-Chinese foreign workers barred as seven new cases seen in less than one week * The gov’t has turned down a proposal by lawmaker

Two more cases reported Thursday morning; tally at 17

In the early hours of this morning, two new Covid-19 cases were suddenly reported. The first case involves a 19-year-old female resident who studies in the United Kingdom. She traveled with

15th coronavirus case is Filipino worker

A 31-year-old male non-resident worker from the Philippines has become the 15th confirmed case of the Covid-19 coronavirus. His infection was confirmed after he had been in Macau for less than one

Indonesian woman is the 14th recorded case of Covid-19

  A 42-year-old woman from Indonesia is infected with Covid-19, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced this morning. The woman, who traveled to Macau from Hong Kong was found to

Gov’t assures concessionary fares to stay under new bus contracts

The government has assured lawmakers that the current passenger privileges on public bus services would likely be retained when the new services contracts are finally

Briefs | Overseas students worry about not receiving e-vouchers

Overseas Macau students have expressed concerns about not being able to collect the 3,000 patacas e-voucher, according to a report by Macao Daily News. The Youth Association of

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