Yearly Archives: 2021
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Red zone residents | Family of four slams gov’t for lacking coordination
Health measures, self-declaration and making enquiries are part of a long process of uncoordinated waiting around, the father of a family of four, currently under quarantine ... -
Crime | Kidnappings back in town
Kidnappings related to loan shark activities around gambling have reappeared after a long period with no reports of such activities. During the regular joint press conference ... -
2021 Population Census | 19,000 households submit responses on first day
The 2021 Population Census officially started last Saturday, August 7. According to information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), 19,000 households immediately submitted their forms ... -
Monetary Authority reminds about illegality of credit card surcharges
Vendors are not supposed to charge their clients any surcharge based on the choice to settle the bill by credit card, the Monetary Authority of Macao ... -
Crime | Counterfeit jewelry and take-away food
A local woman has made an unusual report to the PJ in relation to the online acquisition of a piece of jewelry. According to the report, ... -
Afghanistan | Taliban press on, take another provincial capital
The Taliban yesterday took control of another provincial capital in Afghanistan, an official said. The city’s fall was the latest in a weekslong, relentless Taliban offensive ... -
Indonesia | Volcano churns out fresh clouds of ash, lava
A volcanic eruption on Indonesia’s turbulent Mount Merapi churned and boiled yesterday, sending renewed flows of lava and ash down its slopes for a second day. ... -
Covid-19 | Beijing punishes 30 officials for pandemic failing
More than 30 Chinese officials have been fired or received other punishments over accusations they failed to respond properly to the latest surge of the coronavirus ... -
Diplomacy | Australia flags democracies’ trade swing from China to India
Australian special envoy and former Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a free trade agreement between his nation and India would signal the “democratic world’s tilt away ... -
This day in history | 2003 Britain swelters in record heat
Britain has recorded its hottest day ever as the temperature soared to 38.1C (100.6F) in Gravesend, Kent. The record has actually been broken twice today. The ... -
Contractors who powered US war in Afghanistan stuck in Dubai
Some of the foreign contractors who powered the logistics of America’s “forever war” in Afghanistan now find themselves stranded on an unending layover in Dubai without ... -
Sands China hosts Guangdong medical team during mass testing
Sands China provided service arrangements for the medical team from Guangdong province at one of its integrated resorts during their stay in the city. Guangdong province ... -
Aviation | Russia resumes flights to Egyptian resorts after six years
Russia resumed flights to Egyptian Red Sea resorts yesterday, ending a ban that had lasted almost six years following the bombing of a Russian airliner that ... -
Tokyo2020 | Japan’s PM thanks people for safe Olympics during pandemic
Japan’s prime minister thanked people for helping the country safely hold the Olympics despite the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic. He noted the Games were delayed ... -
Motorsport | Formula 2 Championship driver Lundgaard making IndyCar debut
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will field a car for Formula 2 Championship driver Christian Lundgaard in Saturday’s IndyCar road course race in Indianapolis. The Danish driver ... -
The Buzz | Australia to get first Moderna doses next month
The Australian government says Moderna next month will become the third COVID-19 vaccine available in Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Australian vaccine regulator approved ... -
World Views | Why more intense storms and flooding are expected
The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways ... -
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 – edition no. 3832
* Nowhere to run — UN report says global warming nears limits leading to even more extreme climate episodes * Anima | Desperately seeking MOP4 million ... -
Breaking News | ‘Nowhere to run’: UN report says global warming nears limits
Earth’s climate is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to ... -
Covid-19 | Foreign ID discrepancies cause of absent test results, says SSM
Discrepancies between passports and blue cards were the main reason some foreigners, mainly non-resident workers, could not get their mass test results posted on their health ... -
Vaccination plan resumes following mass testing
The local Covid-19 vaccination plan resumed yesterday after a four-day suspension due to the mass testing of nucleic acid tests (NAT) for the whole population. ... -
Pandemic situation unlikely to affect restart of universities; exception for UM
The current Covid-19 pandemic situation in Macau is unlikely to affect the start of the new school year for the large majority of institutions. The only ... -
Mass testing | Second round ‘inevitable’ once positive case is found
The decision to perform a second round of citywide mass Covid-19 testing would not be necessary if no one currently quarantined in relation to the four ... -
Au Kam San speech interrupted by pro-establishment lawmakers
A spoken inquiry from lawmaker Au Kam San at the Legislative Assembly (AL), during the period before the agenda, was interrupted by protest from lawmaker Chui ... -
PJ arrests man on allegations of spreading rumors
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has announced the arrest of a local 46-year-old man, suspected of having committed crimes against public security, order, and peace during sudden ... -
Minivan crashes into two clinics
On Saturday, a minivan crashed into another car and smashed the glass facade of a clinic, before reversing into the side of another clinic, according to ... -
Gaming | Wynn’s Q2 earnings driven by ‘strong’ performance in April-May
Wynn Resorts’ Macau operations delivered USD67.6 million in EBITDA in the second quarter (Q2) on USD454.4 million of operating revenue. In a conference call with analysts, ... -
Amid lawsuit, Tencent to review kids’ use of WeChat
China’s biggest gaming company, Tencent, said it would review whether it adequately limits children’s access to live streaming and other features after the government expanded a ... -
Alibaba working with police amid sexual assault allegations
China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba, said yesterday it’s working with police to investigate an alleged sexual misconduct at the company, after a female employee reported she ... -
Economy | July exports, imports rise, but growth slows
China’s imports and exports rose by double digits in July but growth slowed as global efforts to control the coronavirus’ more contagious delta variant weighed on ... -
Afghanistan | Much of Kunduz city controlled by Taliban: official
Taliban fighters yesterday took control of much of the capital of northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, including the governor’s office and police headquarters, a provincial council member ... -
Pakistan | Five suspected of abducting politician killed
Pakistani counterterrorism police said yesterday they killed five people involved in the abduction for ransom and subsequent death of a nationalist political party leader. The raid ... -
This day in history | 1969 Film star stabbed in ‘ritualistic’ killings
Actress Sharon Tate has been found brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home, along with three high-society friends and a fifth, as yet un-named, victim. All ... -
Culture | Rice pizza, noodle ices: Food shows Japan’s punk rock soul
Countries’ foods are also windows on their souls. Take hamburgers. Hand-held, quick to assemble and wolf down, they embody a quintessentially American idea that founding father ... -
Tokyo 2020 | Mixed bag: Erratic Pandemic Olympics wind to a nuanced end
It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ends with a typhoon and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything. The Tokyo Olympics, ...
