Monthly Archives: March 2022
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Ukraine retakes key Kyiv suburb; battle for Mariupol rages
Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv yesterday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and their attack on the embattled ... -
1983 Reagan launches Cold War into space
President Reagan has unveiled plans to combat nuclear war in space. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) proposes a defensive shield, using laser or particle beam technology ... -
Alibaba raises buyback to $25B to boost slumping stock
Alibaba Group, the world’s biggest e-commerce company, increased a share buyback to $25 billion from $15 billion yesterday to prop up a stock price that has ... -
Tesla opens ‘Gigafactory’ near Berlin, its first in Europe
Electric car manufacturer Tesla is opening its first European factory yesterday on the outskirts of Berlin in an effort to challenge German automakers on their home ... -
Bids raised to take ownership of Chelsea from Abramovich
ROB HARRIS The public lobbying to be chosen as a preferred bidder for Chelsea stepped up yesterday as increased offers were being mulled by bankers tasked ... -
Ukraine calls on Chinese drone maker to stop use by Russia
Ukraine is appealing to a Chinese maker of civilian drones to block what the Ukrainian government says is their use by the Russian army to target ... -
Russian paper says hack led to publication of casualty figures: report
A Russian newspaper claimed its website was hacked after it published casualty figures running into thousands, BBC reported. The story on tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda’s website, citing ... -
Precise virus control to minimize the cost
The most difficult stage of a battle often harbors a key turning point in a war. With the Chinese mainland reporting 2,281 locally transmitted novel coronavirus ... -
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 – edition no. 3977
* Very Important Extension — ‘Satellite casinos’ three-year buffer period to start alongside new concessions * Two prominent road accidents in 12 hours, six injured ... -
Gov’t shortens quarantine for discharged patients, tightens restrictions on dining receptions
A nucleic acid test for SARS-CoV-2 has been made mandatory for banquets and receptions with 200 or more attendees, the government announced yesterday, after reducing recovery quarantine ... -
Hong Kong to lift flight bans, cut quarantine for arrivals
Hong Kong’s leader yesterday said that the city would lift flight bans on countries including Britain and the U.S., as well as reduce quarantine time for ... -
CT value: How low is too high?
From the discovery of Covid-19, there has been a battle among scientists and public health specialists over how to test people for the virus, and the ... -
Amagao Gallery presents Color Lusofonia art exhibition featuring 300 works
The latest art gallery in Macau, Amagao Gallery, opened its doors at Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau last week with the theme “Color Lusofonia.” “Color Lusofonia” is ... -
Former Macau representative in Beijing sentenced to 30 months’ jail
The former director of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) office in Beijing, Kang Wei, was sentenced yesterday by the Court of the First Instance (TJB) ... -
MUST names, launches Macau’s first scientific satellite
Macau’s first science satellite is named “Macau Student Science Satellite I”, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) announced. MUST reported that the project commenced in ... -
Families slam SSM for lack of communication in vaccinating seniors
Some families of seniors in homes for the elderly slammed the Health Bureau for their lack of communication before administering Covid-19 vaccines to residents, local media ... -
China mulls package to ease Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka said yesterday it is considering a request for $2.5 billion in assistance to help the island nation through a debt and ... -
Shanghai Disneyland closes as virus rises, Shenzhen reopens
Shanghai Disneyland closed yesterday as China’s most populous city tried to contain its biggest coronavirus flareup in two years, while the southern business center of Shenzhen ... -
Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol
Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags yesterday in exchange for safe passage out ... -
1956 King convicted for bus boycott
Civil rights leader, the Reverend Martin Luther King, has been convicted of organising an illegal boycott by black passengers of buses in the US state of ... -
‘The Batman,’ still No. 1, crosses $300 million
The Batman” is still going strong three weeks into its theatrical run, with a tight grip on the top spot at the box office. Robert Pattinson’s ... -
Inseparable: EPL rivals City, Liverpool to meet in cup semis
STEVE DOUGLAS Manchester City and Liverpool just can’t be kept apart this season. Engaged in yet another tight tussle for the Premier League title, the two ... -
The Lusofonia touch
The first local Lusofonia touch rugby championship took place at TIS field, Taipa last Saturday. Eight teams entered the tournament, weather conditions were close to ideal ... -
Saudi Arabia says it’s not responsible for high oil prices
Saudi Arabia said yesterday that it “won’t bear any responsibility” for a shortage in global oil supplies after a fierce barrage of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi ... -
Indonesia set to lift quarantine rules for overseas tourists
Indonesia will lift all quarantine requirements for overseas visitors entering the country, its tourism minister said yesterday, two years after it imposed border restrictions due to ... -
Anti-pandemic work must put people first
The latest flare-up of novel coronavirus infections on the Chinese mainland, driven by the more transmissible Omicron variant, shows no signs of easing, with 1,947 locally ... -
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 – edition no. 3976
* Zero dot something — HK, Macau alleviate Covid restrictions following signals from Beijing that zero-tolerance policy could gradually be abandoned * Chinese airliner carrying ... -
Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south
A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi today (Monday), officials said. The Civil Aviation Administration of ... -
New Macau requests gov’t intervention in soaring fuel prices
The Consumer Rights Protection Law should be used to stabilize prices of commercial fuels in Macau, Sulu Sou, vice director-general of the New Macau Association (ANM) ... -
Health authorities clarify how to register jabs received abroad
Residents who have been inoculated with Covid-19 vaccines outside Macau can register the inoculations into their health codes by presenting their vaccine certificates at one of ... -
IAM calls on halt to unsafe pickles consumption
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) calls on consumers who have purchased unsafe pickles from the mainland and are in possession of the affected products to stop ... -
Events canceled over the weekend due to Covid-19 scare
A series of cultural, leisure, and major sporting events planned to take place over the weekend suffered last-minute cancelations. Organizers justified the hasty decision with the ... -
Five to eight tropical cyclones may affect Macau this year
Between five to eight tropical cyclones may affect Macau this year, the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) estimated. The first tropical cyclone could arrive in ... -
3,800 applicants for the Four Higher Education Joint Examination
Macau has a total of 3,800 applicants for the Joint Admission Examination for Macau Four Higher Education Institutions in 2022, according to the education bureau. “This ... -
DSAT confirms future traffic light at Galaxy new junction
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) assures on its website that traffic lights will be installed at a new junction leading towards Galaxy Macau. The junction in question ...
