Yearly Archives: 2021
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Economic growth weakens amid construction slowdown
China’s economic growth is sinking under pressure from a construction slowdown and power shortages, prompting warnings about a possible shock to its trading partners and global ... -
Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success
Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Daily new COVID-19 cases have plummeted from a mid-August peak of nearly 6,000 ... -
This day in history | 1987 Shares plunge after Wall Street crash
The world’s stock market has collapsed after shares on Wall Street suffered a wave of panic selling. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted by a record ... -
USA | Bill Clinton back home after hospitalization from infection
Bill Clinton arrived yesterday [Macau time] at his home in New York to continue recovering from an infection that left him in treatment for six days ... -
AUKUS | Indonesia, Malaysia concerned about Australia’s nuclear subs
The foreign ministers of Malaysia and Indonesia expressed concern yesterday that Australia’s plan to obtain nuclear-powered submarines may increase the rivalry of major powers in Southeast ... -
MGM inaugurates second edition of High School Diploma Program
MGM has launched the second edition of its High School Diploma Program for 65 “spirited learners,” the company announced in a press release yesterday. In the ... -
Cryptocurrency | Bitcoin-mining power plant raises ire of environmentalists
An obstacle to large-scale bitcoin mining is finding enough cheap energy to run the huge, power-gobbling computer arrays that create and transact cryptocurrency. One mining operation ... -
Gymnastics | Uchimura, five new Olympic champs headline worlds
Kohei Uchimura will be aiming for a measure of redemption when the world championships begin in his hometown this week in what could be a competition ... -
The Buzz | Colin Powell dies, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims
Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained by his faulty claims to justify the ... -
Celebrities join Prince William for Earthshot Prize award
Celebrities joined Prince William in London yesterday [Macau time] for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize, an ambitious environmental program that aims to find ... -
World Views | How many lives have coronavirus vaccines saved? Many
More than 200 million U.S. residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine with the expectation that the vaccines slow virus transmission and ... -
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 – edition no. 3876
* Borderline — Prospects of normalization of cross-border traffic between Macau and Zhuhai cause borderline sense of hope in a stressed city * Sinopharm vaccine rolling ... -
Border with Zhuhai normalized with quarantine requirement dropped
Fourteen-day quarantine for entrants from Macau to Zhuhai will be lifted noontime tomorrow (Tuesday) if no new Covid-19 infection is detected in Macau by then, the ... -
Lawmakers sworn-in, Kou re-elected as President
Kou Hoi In, lawmaker from the indirect election constituency, has been re-elected as the president of the Legislative Assembly (AL) over the weekend with 32 votes. ... -
Hao vs LVS | Sands CFO finds exaggerated USD12B compensation claimed by AAEC
The vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Macau’s Sands China Limited, a local operating unit of Las Vegas Sands Corporation (LVS), Dave Sun Minqi, ... -
LRT to close for 6 months to replace faulty high voltage cables
The Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system is set to close from this Wednesday, October 20, for a period of six months for the replacement of ... -
Briefs | Bill of Taxation Code to be discussed in parliament
The draft of the Taxation Code will be delivered to the Legislative Assembly for discussion, as the Executive Council has recently concluded its own deliberation. ... -
Gov’t runs NAT on focus areas, populations
A SARS-CoV-2 mass nucleic acid test (NAT) was run yesterday on residents living in certain focus areas, as well as those who had overlapping travel routes ... -
Canton Fair | Ho Iat Seng makes future plans with Guangzhou officials
Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng has met with Guangzhou city officials to exchange views on Covid-19 prevention and control work, as well as closely work ... -
Wynn actively participates in taking forward the development of GBA
Following the introduction of the “Master Plan for the Development of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin,” the collaboration and engagement between Macao and the ... -
Space | New crew docks at first Chinese permanent space station
Chinese astronauts began this weekend their six-month mission on China’s first permanent space station, after successfully docking aboard their spacecraft. The astronauts, two men and a ... -
Two arrested in Athens for protesting Beijing Olympics
Two women attempted to hang a banner from the Acropolis in Athens yesterday in protest at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, and were detained by Greek ... -
Japan | Kishida sends offering to controversial Tokyo shrine
Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida donated ritual offerings yesterday to a Tokyo shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression, ... -
This day in history | 1976 Funeral of Mafia boss held in NY
The funeral of Carlo Gambino, the ‘boss of the bosses’ in the Mafia, has taken place in New York. Mr Gambino, considered the most powerful of ... -
UK | ‘He was Southend’: Tributes paid to slain British lawmaker
David Amess was a man of the people, a hard-working British lawmaker who had no grand political ambitions beyond serving those who had elected him for ... -
Tennis | Basilashvili, Norrie reach Indian Wells final without Top 25
Nikoloz Basilashvili beat American Taylor Fritz 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Saturday to set up a final against Cameron Norrie at the BNP Paribas Open, which will ... -
The Buzz | Horrific delay? Norway eyes police response to arrow attack
Norway announced it will hold an independent investigation into the actions of police and security agencies following a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people and injured ... -
North Korean soldier in blue generates buzz on social media
A North Korean soldier clad in a super-tight blue outfit in a state media photo has generated a buzz on social media, with some calling him ... -
China Daily | Space station moves closer to generating common human good
The successful launch of the Shenzhou XIII manned spacecraft from Jiuquan, Gansu province, in the early hours of Saturday marked a big stride toward the ... -
Monday, October 18, 2021 – edition no. 3875
* Next stop: April — LRT operation is closing from Wednesday for a period of six months for the replacement of faulty high voltage cables * ... -
Immediate prevention status lifted at noon: Gov’t
The Civil Protection Operations Centre announced that the Immediate Prevention Status was terminated at noon today (Friday), in accordance with Chief Executive’s instructions and with Law ... -
Harvard language program relocates from China to Taiwan
An intensive summer language program hosted by Harvard University in Beijing will relocate to Taiwan in summer of 2022, as the U.S.-China relationship remains strained. The ... -
Taste of Edesia | Time for mushrooms
It’s clear that autumn is here as the air starts to cool and fresh breezes accompany the mushroom blooming season. This season, Lai Heen at The ... -
Animal Farm | A good project for Hengqin Island!
Macau’s economy is characterized by its high dependency and vulnerability. In the past it depended more on textiles than on the gaming. Until 2001, exports of ... -
Wealth Management Connect | 10 local banks to join scheme, launch offerings to mainland investors
Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) said that 10 local banks have expressed their intention to participate in the recently launched Wealth Management Connect scheme, according to ...
