Yearly Archives: 2020
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Hong Kong | Flu scare gives Carrie Lam a diversion from protests
Fears of a public health outbreak stemming from a surge of mysterious pneumonia cases in mainland China are giving Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam a chance ... -
Hong Kong | Landlords face tough year as protests dent rents
Landlords in Hong Kong, a city with some of the highest commercial rents in the world, are staring down the barrel of a tough year. Anti-government ... -
Trump’s blacklisting of Huawei is failing to halt its growth
In the days after the U.S. government said it would bar Huawei Technologies Co. from buying vital American components, the Chinese company’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, pulled ... -
Taiwan’s blowout 5G auction shows carriers willing to pay big
Bids in Taiwan’s auction of fifth-generation networking airwaves have exceeded NT$100 billion ($3.3 billion), a sign of robust demand as carriers race to deploy new wireless ... -
Judge mulls fate of US researcher who denies Chinese work
A federal judge said Monday she will delay ruling on a motion to dismiss an indictment against a University of Kansas associate professor accused of secretly ... -
Why China won’t join any Iran-Russia coalition against Trump
Beijing’s muted response to the U.S.’s killing of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani suggests China still isn’t ready to join Russia in taking a more direct ... -
Japan prosecutors issue arrest warrant for Nissan ex-chair’s wife
Tokyo prosecutors obtained an arrest warrant yesterday for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn’s wife on suspicion of perjury, adding to the couple’s legal troubles in the ... -
Australian crews race to contain blazes as damage bill soars
Bolstered by cooler weather and desperately needed rain, exhausted firefighters in Australia raced to shore up defenses against deadly wildfires before the blazes flare again within ... -
Stampede kills 40 at funeral for Iran general killed by US
A stampede yesterday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike last week killed 40 people and injured 213 others, ... -
This Day in History | 1989 Dozens die as plane crashes on motorway
A Boeing 737 airplane has crashed onto the M1 motorway near East Midlands airport, killing 46 people. Eighty have survived, of whom ten are seriously injured. ... -
Offbeat | Amazon delivery driver steals UPS package from home
An Amazon delivery driver stole a package that was delivered earlier by UPS at a Pennsylvania home, police said. A woman in Wilkes-Barre reported a package ... -
‘Joker’ tops nominations for Academy film awards
The film “Joker” has topped the nominations for the British Academy film awards announced Tuesday. The movie about the origins of the comic book villain received ... -
Cameron Diaz announces birth of a daughter
Cameron Diaz is starting the new decade with a very important role: mommy. The actress and her musician husband, Benji Madden, announced the birth of a ... -
Harvey back as NFL Honors host when AP awards are announced
TV personality Steve Harvey will return as host of the NFL Honors show on Feb. 1, when The Associated Press hands out its individual league awards. ... -
Tennis | Britain in good shape to advance to ATP Cup quarterfinals
Even without Andy Murray, Britain looks likely to advance to the ATP Cup quarterfinals. Britain No. 1 Dan Evans outclassed Radu Albot 6-2, 6-2 to clinch ... -
The Buzz | Plane skids off runway in Istanbul, flights suspended
A passenger plane skidded off the runway in the Turkish city of Istanbul yesterday, temporarily shutting down the airport. The Boeing 737-800 from Sharjah, United Arab ... -
Facebook bans deepfakes in fight against online manipulation
Facebook says it is banning “deepfake” videos, the false but realistic clips created with artificial intelligence and sophisticated tools, as it steps up efforts to fight ... -
World Briefs
INDIA A death warrant was issued yesterday for the four men convicted in the 2012 gang rape and murder of a young woman on a New ... -
World Views | Ghosn Attacks the System That Crowned Him
Carlos Ghosn was nothing short of a celebrity in Japan. He carefully cultivated the image of a rebel outsider, but operated successfully enough within Japan ... -
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 – edition no. 3449
* Lifting small businesses • Economy chief commends support rendered to SMEs by the Macao Chamber of Commerce * ‘Roughly flat’ gaming revenue dashes hopes for ... -
Crime | Six Iranians fly to Macau using fake passports
Six Iranians recently arrived in Macau on different flights within a 24-hour period of one another, each holding fake passports of four supposed nationalities, the Public ... -
Briefs | Two pedestrians injured in traffic accident
Two people were injured in a traffic accident near San Ma Lou on Sunday night. The two people wounded were both from mainland China. They were ... -
Drunk PSP officer has motorbike accident
A senior police officer of the Public Security Police Force (PSP) had an accident while driving his motorbike under the influence of alcohol. The accident took ... -
Mainland real estate agent fakes report to police authority
A 27-year-old self-proclaimed real estate agent from the mainland filed a fake report about a robbery to the police authority. On January 4, security at a ... -
Health | Three more locals who visited Wuhan examined for pneumonia
As of yesterday afternoon, Macau had recorded a total of eight cases of people who had both developed influenza symptoms and visited Wuhan City in China’s ... -
Food working group monitoring pig price and quality
A task force of importers, exporters and retailers in the food sector known as the Interdepartmental Working Group on Food Prices has said it is paying ... -
Hotel occupancy dropped 2% in Nov
A total of 1.16 million guests checked into hotels and guesthouses in November 2019, down by 2% year-on-year, according to a statement released by the Statistics ... -
Thai workers to join Sands China in partnership deal
The government of Thailand will take the lead in recruiting workers from the country to work in Macau, among other destinations, in order to protect the ... -
Galaxy to award discretionary bonus on Jan. 23
Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) announced that a 2019 discretionary bonus equivalent to one month’s salary will be awarded to eligible employees at the level of senior ... -
Report | Chinese ‘millennials’ account for large part of local tourism
Chinese “millennials” and other young people account for nearly one-third of all mainland arrivals in Macau, according to data recently released by China’s largest travel service ... -
Airport confirms 9.6 million passengers in 2019
The number of passengers served by the Macau International Airport grew to 9.6 million in 2019, setting a new a record, the airport management company has ... -
Iran’s cyberattack on billionaire Sheldon Adelson provides lesson on strategy
As the U.S. awaits possible retribution over a recent airstrike that killed a top general, there’s at least one American businessman who can attest, in detail, ... -
UM develops Cantonese-Mandarin machine translator to further GBA integration
A new online machine-translation system has been developed by a research team, the University of Macau (UM) has recently announced. It was developed, the university explained, ... -
Macau visitor passes now available 24/7 in Guangzhou
Mainland residents can now apply for Macau and Hong Kong visitor permits at the new automated facility at Guangzhou South Railway Station, the Police Department of ... -
Foshan crosses trillion-yuan GDP threshold
Foshan city of Guangdong province became a trillion-yuan city last year, following in the footsteps of China’s information technology hub, Shenzhen, and the provincial capital, ...
