Myanmar | Opposition calls for national uprising against army

The main underground group coordinating resistance to Myanmar’s military government issued a sweeping call for a nationwide uprising yesterday, raising the prospect of spiraling unrest. The National Unity Government, which views

Japan | Ex-official gets prison term in casino bribery case

A Tokyo court yesterday sentenced to four years in prison a former top government official for taking bribes from a gambling company, in a high-profile case that has added to

This day in history | 1986 Pinochet survives rebel ambush

The president of Chile has escaped an attempt on his life in a fierce attack which killed five of his bodyguards and wounded 11 more. General Augusto Pinochet’s motorcade was ambushed

France | Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage

For the music lover, it was nearly three hours at gunpoint, wondering if he would become yet another body on the floor of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. For the

Economy | China’s trade accelerates in August despite coronavirus

China’s import and export growth accelerated in August despite disruptions due to the spread of the coronavirus’s delta variant. Exports rose 25.6% over a year earlier to $294.3 billion, up from

Tech | When digital services meet 600-yr-old Forbidden City

China’s Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is stepping up the use of digital technology to boost its public appeal and international exchanges. At the 2021 China International Fair

GEG relaunches ‘U-LEAD Graduate Internship Program’

This year, in support of the 2021 internship career experience program organized by the Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL) for the second year, Galaxy Entertainment Group relaunched the U-LEAD Graduate Internship

Sands China expresses support to Guangdong-Macau master plan

Sands China Ltd. “greatly welcomes and fully supports” the master plan of the Development of the Guangdong-Macau Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin promulgated by the central government Sunday, according to a statement

Football | World Cup qualifiers: Pressure mounts on US after two draws

Players walked off the field dejected. Nervous American fans are in an uproar. No, this wasn’t four years ago. This is the here and now for the U.S. soccer team, which

The Buzz | Merkel says vaccinated aren’t ‘guinea pigs’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has publicly rebuked a top rival politician’s comments describing people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as “guinea pigs.” The long-serving leader said yesterday in a speech

UN climate chief: No country is safe from global warming

The U.N.’s top climate official urged governments yesterday to stop their “deferral and delay” tactics and instead embrace rapid, widespread measures to curb and adapt to global warming. Amid a

World Views | Bitcoin is now ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador – here’s what that means

The government even went a step further in promoting the cryptocurrency’s use by giving US$30 in free bitcoins to citizens who sign up for its national digital wallet, known as “Chivo,” or

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 – edition no. 3853

  * Another way out — Travelers arriving in Hong Kong from China and Macau will no longer need to quarantine, easing curbs for those who wish to travel out of the

Hong Kong scraps quarantine for arrivals from Macau, mainland

Travelers arriving in Hong Kong from China and Macau will no longer need to quarantine, Hong Kong's top official said today, easing curbs imposed after summer outbreaks of the coronavirus

700 non-residents deported on criminal grounds

The Unitary Police Service (SPU) announced yesterday at a special press conference that 704 non-residents have been deported after being found guilty of criminal offenses across a three-month period. The occasion

Caritas | Applications for food program remain steady

The number of people queueing up for Caritas’ food charity program remains at “the same level” as during the peak of the pandemic, when several hundred non-residents were laid off

TUI confirms penalty of dismissal to customs officer

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) has confirmed the penalty of dismissal from the force applied to an officer from the Customs Service that abused three police officers from the

Crime | Man caught in scam involving Covid-19 gov’t support to SMEs

A 41-year-old male resident of Macau is being accused of a series of crimes by his business partner, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported yesterday during the regular joint press conference

GBA | China issues plan for further developing Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation zone

China’s central authorities have issued a new plan for further developing a cooperation zone for the southern metropolis of Shenzhen and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. According to the plan,

Guangdong-Macau | Liaison Office: Master plan to enrich practice of ‘One country, two systems’

The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) hailed the master plan for building the Guangdong-Macau in-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin. Issued by the

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