Yearly Archives: 2020
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UK and Australia commit to free trade negotiations
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab made his first overseas trip since Brexit yesterday to faraway Australia, where he reaffirmed Britain’s desire for a free trade deal ... -
USA | Impeachment loses its constitutional gravity in Trump case
Years from now, will you remember where you were and what you were doing when President Donald Trump was impeached? Have you forgotten already? The country ... -
This Day in History | 1964 – Beatlemania arrives in the US
The four members of the British hit band, the Beatles, have arrived in New York at the start of their first tour of the United States. ... -
Offbeat | Top films were more diverse than ever before, study finds
Hollywood’s awards season may not show it, but the most popular films are increasingly diverse, a new study finds. According to new research released this week ... -
The Art of Giving | MODERN PHILANTHROPY: BATTLES IN A TIME OF PEACE
Coronavirus. If there is one word that Macau residents and the rest of China have been hearing endlessly these days, it must be this one. This ... -
Oscars 2020 | Predictions: Can ‘Parasite’ upset ‘1917’?
AHEAD of Sunday’s 92nd Academy Awards (Monday morning, in Macau), MDT/AP shares its predictions for a ceremony with a lot of locks but the potential for ... -
Rugby | Six Nations: Wales give Tompkins start at center vs Ireland
Nick Tompkins’ try- scoring debut as a replacement impressed Wales coach Wayne Pivac enough to start him at outside center against Ireland in Six Nations rugby ... -
Football | FC Porto denies wrongdoing after report of probe into president
Portuguese soccer club Porto denied wrongdoing yesterday after a local magazine said the club and its president were being investigated for tax fraud and money laundering ... -
The Buzz | WHO to meet on promising drugs for new virus
The World Health Organization is convening a research conference next week to identify promising drug and vaccine candidates to be fast-tracked for development against the new ... -
Chinese scientists ask for patent on US drug to fight virus
Scientists in the city at the center of China’s virus outbreak have applied to patent a drug made by U.S. company Gilead Science Inc. to treat ... -
World Briefs
CHINA finished building a second new hospital to isolate and treat patients of a virus that has killed more than 560 people and continues to spread, ... -
Bizcuits | Extraordinary times of crises
During the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, multinationals in Asia who maintained their support for local communities and workers were the ones equipped to ride out the ... -
Friday, February 7, 2020 – edition no. 3467
* First Macau patient recovers * Hong Kong microbiologist worried about community outbreak * Not guilty: US Senate acquits Trump * Macau donations to mainland ... -
New virus has infected more than 28,200 people globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 28,200 people globally. The latest figures as of Thursday in Beijing: — China: 563 deaths ... -
Kirk Douglas died at 103: an obituary
Kirk Douglas, the muscular, tempestuous actor with the dimpled chin, lived out an epic American story of reinvention and perseverance, from the riches he acquired and ... -
Doctors reassure pregnant residents of hospital cleanliness
DOCTOr Lei Wai Seng, medical director at the Conde S. Januário Hospital, has assured pregnant residents that sufficient measures are in place at medical facilities to ... -
Briefs | Restaurant fight between two groups leaves four injured
Four people have sustained injuries after being involved in a fight inside a restaurant. The incident was reported to the police authority early on Tuesday ... -
Health authorities call for the suspension of private clinics
Health authorities are calling on physicians working in private clinics to suspend all activities. The call comes as a way to “minimize the risk of an ... -
Migrant groups say gov’t has again forgotten them
Migrant groups are waiting for government measures designed to protect the city’s domestic workers after the government called on the general populace to stay at home ... -
Macau couple under medical observation in cruise ship saga
Two Macau SAR passport holders are on board a cruise ship that has been left stranded at a Japanese port in Yokohama, the Health Bureau (SSM) ... -
Store shutters go up as casino ban enters into force
Twenty-four-hour stores in Macau’s central ZAPE area have had their shutters up since midnight Wednesday, when a government suspension of casino and other entertainment facilities came ... -
Ripple effect of coronavirus widens to event cancelations
The spreading coronavirus, officially referred to as 2019-nCoV, has disrupted industries in Macau and further abroad, with several annual traditional and non-traditional events hosted by private ... -
Workers face termination in underhanded letter
The operator of a nightclub and sauna inside a Macau casino has asked about 20 non-local workers of Vietnamese, Philippine and Indonesian nationality to sign a ... -
Top economy official advises patience on relief measures
Macau’s top economy official will not immediately disclose a range of relief measures designed to shore up businesses across the city, his office told the Times ... -
Supermarket pricing error alarms netizens
A photo depicting an 81-pataca price tag for a pack of three bok-choy at a local supermarket went viral on social media Tuesday evening alongside the ... -
Cathay asks staff to take unpaid leave as virus adds to woes
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. asked employees to take three weeks of unpaid leave as the Hong Kong airline is cutting capacity because of the coronavirus outbreak. ... -
American Airlines halts HK flights, United to follow
American Airlines said it has suspended flights to Hong Kong through Feb. 20 due to weak demand, and United Airlines will do the same next weekend. ... -
Tesla stock is soaring. Madness or visionary investing?
Eight months after it seemed headed for the corporate junkyard, Tesla is now worth more than General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler combined, even though the ... -
IWC Schaffhausen unveils reworked Portugieser Chronograph
Luxury Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen has unveiled a reworked version of the Portugieser Chronograph. The new version of this watch features a new design, keeping ... -
CEM makes service adjustments in response to virus outbreak
In response to an appeal from the Macau SAR government, and to ensure the safety of citizens and employees, between February 5 and February 14, some ... -
Wuhan Coronavirus | Japan quarantines cruise ship as toll of new virus grows
Large white sheets covering them head-to-knee, people infected with a new virus were led by gloved and masked officials yesterday off a Japanese cruise ship that’s ... -
Air China seeks to pare US routes due to virus outbreak
Air China is seeking to reduce flights to the United States and offer unusual legs between U.S. cities because of a drop-off in travel and new ... -
2019-nCoV | In virus outbreak, fretting over a name that might go viral
WEST Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola virus. And now: 2019-nCoV? “Just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?” said Trevor Hoppe, a researcher at the University of ... -
Afghanistan | Media outlets protest curtailed access to information
An Afghan media watchdog urged the government yesterday to heed a demand for more media freedoms after 30 local media outlets said in a joint statement ... -
Australia | Former official in court for taking secrets home
A former senior Australian intelligence official appeared in court yesterday charged with illegally taking secret documents from his Canberra office to his home two decades ago. ...
