Pakistan | Police say polio team attacked, policeman killed

Gunmen yesterday shot and killed a police officer assigned to protect a polio vaccination team in northwestern Pakistan, an official said. It was the third attack in two days on

This day in history | 1990 UK temperatures reach record high

A weather station in Leicestershire has recorded the highest temperature ever known in Britain. The figure of 37.1C, or 99F, recorded at a weather station in Nailstone, Leicestershire, is 1 degree

Tokyo 2020 | Activists say Belarus sprinter plans to seek asylum in Poland

A Belarusian Olympic sprinter plans to seek asylum in Poland after alleging that officials tried to force her home from Japan and that she feared for her safety, an activist

Entertainment | ‘Jungle Cruise’ sails atop box office despite Covid concerns

Despite growing concerns over the delta variant, “Jungle Cruise” still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the film’s opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office. The Disney film

Square to buy installment payment firm Afterpay in $29b deal

Digital payments company Square Inc. says it has agreed to acquire Afterpay, which provides a “buy now, pay later’’ option for merchants, in an all-stock deal valued at about $29

Sheraton launches ‘Stay and Dine’ promo for summer season

Sheraton Grand Macao invites guests to celebrate the summer season in style with the ‘Stay and Dine’ hotel package available for stays from now until September 30, 2021. The ‘Stay and Dine’ hotel package includes

Melco holds patriotic music session

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Melco Resorts & Entertainment recently hosted a patriotic music session as part of its “Splendors of China Passport”

Olympics | Athletics : Texas-born Italian sprints from unknown to Bolt’s successor

The 100 meters at the Olympics is the event that turns sprinters into kings: Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt. On one of the most unusual nights the sport has ever

The Buzz | Giant panda in French zoo gives birth to female twins

A giant panda on loan to France from China gave birth to two female twin cubs yesterday, a French zoo announced. The Beauval Zoo, south of Paris, said the twins were

At an extraordinary Olympics, acts of kindness abound

A surfer jumping in to translate for the rival who’d just beaten him. High-jumping friends agreeing to share a gold medal rather than move to a tiebreaker. Two runners falling

China Daily | First line of defense must be reinforced

The cluster of novel coronavirus infections at Lukou International Airport in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, which has been the fuse for the outbreak of Delta variant infections across the country, has

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 – edition no. 3827

— ‘Not a right time’ now to relax measures for fully vaccinated arrivals, health authorities say * Lawmakers seek responsibility for flooded cars in public parks * Young biker caught accidentally for

Macau GP film nominated at Motor Film Awards 2021

Directed by local filmmaker Sérgio Basto Perez, “The Legend of the Macau Grand Prix” was officially selected as one of six nominees in the “Best Event Film” category at the

Unemployment and underemployment rates stable in Q2

The unemployment and underemployment rates in Macau have dropped marginally during the second quarter (Q2) of this year, information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) noted. According to the release,

SJM to reallocate 118 gaming tables to Grand Lisboa Palace

SJM Holdings Ltd is set to reallocate 118 gaming tables from other properties to its newly opened resort in Cotai, Grand Lisboa Palace, the company’s chairman of the board of

Elections 2021 | Top court rules against democrats’ election appeal

The Court of Final Appeal has ruled against appeals filed by three groups of candidates originally running in the September parliamentary election regarding their disqualification, as decided by the Electoral

Gaming | MOP8.4b GGR in July lower than expected

Macau reported an aggregate MOP8.44 billion in gross gaming revenue (GGR) in July, an increase of 29.2% from the previous month. Despite the increase, the accumulated gaming revenue was lower than

Covid-19 | 200,000 new doses of Sinopharm set to arrive by mid-August

Another 200,000 dose batch of Sinopharm-inactivated vaccine is set to be dispatched to Macau by mid-August — but the city will still see it out of stock for two to

MGTO to grant three-day LRT passes to tourists arriving via Air Macau

  The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has announced it will grant three-day travel passes for the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) to tourists arriving at Macau via Air Macau flights. According

Sulu Sou wants to see Macau athletes in the Olympics

Lawmaker Sulu Sou wants more facilities and better conditions for local youth so that local athletes can soon be featured in the biggest international sporting competitions, including the Olympic Games. Sou’s

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