Daily Archives: Friday, October 8, 2021
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THE CONVERSATION | Facebook’s scandals and outage test users’ frenemy relationship
When Facebook was down for most of the day on Oct. 4, 2021, did you miss it, were you relieved or some of both? Social scientists ... -
Covid-19 | New inbound flight policy for Macau will not affect quarantine time
Firmer requirements introduced by local health authorities yesterday for those intending to fly into Macau will not result in any changes to the length of the ... -
LVS to bring in David Green as key witness in multi-billion dollar case
Another hearing of the Las Vegas Sands (LVS) lawsuit regarding a potential USD12 billion damages payout will be held today at the Court of First Instance. ... -
MICE receipts tumble 54%
With a decline of over 70% in MICE events amid the pandemic, receipts of conference and exhibition organising services shrank 53.7% year-on-year to MOP288 million, according ... -
Briefs | CTM, China Telecom to provide free data to stranded students
Local telecom service providers CTM and China Telecom have each announced that they will provide 30GB of free cellular data to every cross-border student stranded ... -
Covid-19 | PSP to follow up on potential illegalities by patients 74 and 75
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) will follow up on suspicions of illegal activity related to patients number 74 and 75, chief of PSP’s Department of ... -
Covid-19 | Zhuhai’s Doumen identifies Macau as high-risk region
A public notice by Zhuhai’s Doumen District government announced that Macau has been categorized as a region with mid-to-high Covid-19 risk. At Tuesday’s regular health press ... -
Online classes to resume next week
Starting from next week, according to the actual school-based situations, schools can launch the home learning programme gradually in accordance with the relevant guidelines on teaching ... -
Macau Pass suspends payment functions of unregistered cards
Macau Pass yesterday suspended some passengers’ cards in order to identify those who had possibly boarded the same buses as confirmed Covid-19 patients, due to ... -
Lawyers find proposed gambling law’s dividend restriction impractical
Two lawyers from a local law firm have said they find the government’s proposal to restrict distribution of dividends “difficult to harmonize with Macau’s legal framework.” ... -
ZURICH MEETING | Xi, Biden expected to meet virtually by year’s end
With tensions rising between the global powers, President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to hold a virtual meeting before year’s end, according ... -
CIA creates working group on China as threats keep rising
The CIA said yesterday it will create a top-level working group on China as part of a broad U.S. government effort focused on countering Beijing’s influence. ... -
This day in history | 2003 The Terminator takes on California
The film star Arnold Schwarzenegger has been elected governor of California, ousting the incumbent, Gray Davis, three years before his term was due to end. It ... -
Nobel Prize | Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded literature prize
U.K.-based Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose work explores the profound impact of migration on uprooted people and the places they make their new homes, won the ... -
Personnel Finance | How to invest in cryptocurrency without buying any
Cryptocurrencies are inherently cryptic — it’s right there in the name. And if you follow Warren Buffett’s advice to never invest in businesses you can’t understand, ... -
Drive In | ‘The Sopranos’ prequel is made for the TV fans
When “The Sopranos” is brought up these days, it’s usually for the nebulous way it ended: That now-famous cut-to-black in a crowded diner while Journey’s “Don’t ... -
TASTE OF EDESIA | The unspoken onion
Krug has always lived up to its reputation as the first and still unique champagne house to create only prestige champagne every year since its foundation. ... -
The Buzz | WHO starts shipping COVID-19 medical supplies to North Korea
The World Health Organization has started shipping COVID-19 medical supplies into North Korea, a possible sign that the North is easing one of the world’s strictest ... -
USA | North Carolina charter school under fire for teacher’s comments
A teacher has resigned from a North Carolina charter school after telling Black students in her class that if not for the Constitution, they would be ... -
World Views | US-China challenge: Easing tensions despite differences
In a relationship as fraught as America’s and China’s, just an agreement that talks were productive was a sign of progress. Nine months into Joe Biden’s ... -
Friday, October 8, 2021 – edition no. 3872
* Face time — Xi, Biden expected to meet virtually by year’s end after envoys of the two superpowers met successfully in Zurich * On arrival ...
