Daily Archives: Monday, January 10, 2022
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Gov’t says Taiwan report on Macau is ‘baseless and biased’
The Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) government has issued a statement refuting in its entirety the content of a report issued by Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council ... -
Housing prices drop due to Peninsula properties
The price index for residential property dropped by 0.9% between September and November last year, when compared with the period from August to October 2021, a ... -
Secretary Ao Ieong curbs association’s CNY dining events
Local associations should avoid organizing Lunar New Year celebrations that involve catering, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong recently told the press. She ... -
Flight operations continue on from Singapore to Macau
Scoot flights from Macau to Singapore are continuing on as scheduled despite the travel ban imposed by Macau authorities to deter the spread of Covid-19 variants. ... -
Crime | Man arrested for domestic violence
A 66-year-old local man has been arrested on allegations of repeated acts of domestic violence against his wife, the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced. The police disclosed that ... -
IFTM launches new program, partnership agreement with Swiss Education Group
The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) has launched a Smart Technology in Hospitality and Tourism postgraduate program in line with the SAR’s “Tourism+” policy and ... -
Wynn Macau executive confident in MOP100b GGR for this year
Vice Chairman and Executive Director of Wynn Macau, Limited Linda Chen, is confident the city will obtain the government- estimated gross gambling revenue (GGR) of MOP100 ... -
UM develops AI tech to create TCM-based drugs for Alzheimer’s
University of Macau’s (UM) Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences (ICMS) has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based virtual screening algorithm and a cross-species Alzheimer’s disease (AD) drug ... -
Foreign Minister Wang in Sri Lanka to discuss Belt and Road
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Sri Lanka on yesterday seeking to advance Beijing’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative as the island nation tries to ... -
Chinese immigrant attacked in NYC dies months later
A Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked in April while collecting cans in East Harlem has died of his injuries, and his case is now deemed ... -
Filmmaker Zhang Yimou returns for Olympics opening ceremony
Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is promising a simpler opening ceremony for next month’s Beijing Winter Games with a bold and unprecedented way of lighting the ... -
Tianjin testing all residents after Omicron found
The numbers are small, but the major port of Tianjin may be facing China’s first outbreak of omicron of any size, less than four weeks before ... -
One of two Covid cases at Hong Kong party was false positive
One of two people who attended a large gathering with senior Hong Kong officials and was believed to be infected with COVID-19 turned out to be ... -
Deltacron | New Covid-19 variant detected in Cyprus
A new Covid-19 variant which was dubbed Deltacron has been identified in Cyprus, but it is not presently a source of alarm, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas ... -
US, Japan agree to keep troops on base to curb Covid spread
The U.S. and Japan yesterday agreed to keep American troops within their bases as worries grew about a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the country. ... -
This day in history | 1985 Gas blast kills eight in Putney
Eight people have been killed in an explosion in a prestigious block of flats in Putney, south-west London. Dozens were also injured when the blast demolished ... -
Golf US Women’s | Open purse soars to USD10 million on fabled courses
Long considered the biggest event in women’s golf, the U.S. Women’s Open now has prize money and future sites to match. The U.S. Golf Association announced ... -
Intel reports repeatedly failed to forecast Capitol riot
Intelligence reports compiled by the U.S. Capitol Police in the days before last year’s insurrection envisioned only an improbable or remote risk of violence, even as ... -
The Buzz | UK gov’t advisers recommend against fourth vaccine dose
U.K. government advisers have recommended against giving a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to nursing home residents and people over 80 because data shows that a ... -
China Daily | Flight ban resets HK’s zero cases goal
Considering the high population density in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the rapidity with which the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus spreads, any ... -
Monday, January 10, 2022 – edition no. 3929
* New variant: Deltacron — Cyprus discovered a new strain of coronavirus that combines the Delta and Omicron variant. Yet, its impact is too early to ...
