Yearly Archives: 2022
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1982 Animal activists bomb Downing Street
A letter bomb has exploded inside the British Prime Minister’s London residence. Margaret Thatcher was in 10 Downing Street when the device exploded but was not ... -
Australia plays Denmark for last 16 spot
Scenes of wild celebrations featuring flares and fire are not the norm in Australia after World Cup matches. Yet that was exactly what happened in Melbourne’s ... -
Mexico faces early World Cup exit against Saudi Arabia
Mexico is going to have to suddenly find goals — and perhaps even several of them — to extend its knockout-round streak at the World Cup. ... -
Portugal advances to knock-out stage, beats Uruguay
Portugal 2, Uruguay 0 Cristiano Ronaldo wheeled away in celebration, acting as though he had scored once again at the World Cup. Not this time. Instead, ... -
Brazil advances with narrow win over Switzerland
Brazil 1, Switzerland 0 Struggling and unconvincing without Neymar on the field, Brazil still played well enough to secure a spot in the next round of ... -
Ukraine’s ‘Invincibility’ centers offer refuge, resilience
Retired Ukrainian construction worker Borys Markovnikov is on the move again: This time, just a few steps from his home in the town of Bucha, northwest ... -
Polio is back in Indonesia, sparking vaccination campaign
Children in school uniforms and toddlers with their parents lined up this week for polio vaccinations in the Sigli town square on the northern tip of ... -
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 – edition no. 4144
* A drop in the bucket — Alleged illicit Suncity’s income is ‘a drop in the bucket’ in Alvin Chau’s overall performance that ‘contributed to foster’ ... -
Wynn leads stock rally after conclusion of bidding process that ‘lacks transparency’
Casino shares rallied yesterday following the announcement of the new licenses the incumbent big six will receive by the end of the year, with Wynn Macau ... -
Ao Ieong: Gov’t to boost platforms to attract talents for industry diversification
The government aims to attract highly-skilled workers to Macau in a bid to fulfill its goal of diversifying the city’s industries, Secretary for Social Affairs and ... -
Project at Patio da Eterna Felicidade wins UNESCO Award
A project integrating power supply and waste collection, located at Beco dos Faitiões, beside Patio da Eterna Felicidade (Eternal Happiness Courtyard) in the heart of Saint ... -
China recruits new reserve astronauts, open to those SARs
China is projected to recruit 12 to 14 new reserve astronauts, and the selection, which started in September, is open, for the first time, to payload ... -
Four new positive cases, authorities say risk is under control
Local health authorities have detected four new and related cases of Covid-19 infection. Although the cases will demand the lockdown of some buildings and establishments frequented ... -
Omicron BF.7, major strain causing latest outbreak in Beijing: Medical expert
Omicron BF.7 has become the main strain in Beijing›s latest COVID-19 flare-up, with the virus possessing the strongest infection ability across the family of Omicron sub-variants in China ... -
CESL Asia event raises MOP110,000 for MSO
The CESL Asia and Friends Sport Fun Day has raised over MOP110,000 in donations to Macau Special Olympics (MSO). The sixth edition of the event has ... -
Rocket taking three to space station to blast off today
A rocket carrying three astronauts to finish building China’s space station will blast off today amid intensifying competition with the U.S., the government said yesterday. The ... -
Journalist freed from Myanmar prison vows to tell story
Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist who was arrested while covering a protest in military-ruled Myanmar and detained for more than three months, said his experience made ... -
Mauna Loa starts to erupt, sending ash nearby
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades, prompting volcanic ash and debris to ... -
1975 Graham Hill killed in air crash
One of Britain’s greatest motor racing drivers has been killed in a plane crash in south-east England. Graham Hill, 46, who retired from the sport in ... -
‘Super guy’ Füllkrug drives Germany forward
Spain 1, Germany 1 Niclas Füllkrug was scoring goals in Germany’s second division one year ago. Now he’s scoring at the World Cup. “That’s exactly what ... -
Aboubakar saves Cameroon in roller-coaster tie with Serbia
Cameroon 3, Serbia 3 Substitute Vincent Aboubakar scored one goal and created another as Cameroon rallied from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 with Serbia at the ... -
Japan births at new low as population shrinks and ages
The number of babies born in Japan this year is below last year’s record low in what the the top government spokesman described as a “critical ... -
Unrealistic targets and the energy transition
After years of dragging its feet, Western public opinion demands progress towards decarbonization. One of the best examples is the International Energy Agency (IEA) report on ... -
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 – edition no. 4143
* Only way is up — Wynn leads casino stocks rally in HKSE after conclusion of a bidding process that – according to an industry observer ... -
‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022
"Gaslighting" — behavior that's mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster's word of the year. -
Incumbent casinos win new licenses, Genting shut out
The six incumbent operators will retain their concessions and will be awarded a 10-year license, ending the major uncertainties surrounding the concessionaires who have long been ... -
Security: DNA database to move forward
The creation of a Macau DNA database for criminal investigations is considered very important work by the Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, who says that ... -
Former DSSOPT head points to former superintendents in court
Former Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) director Li Canfeng has called on a court of law to subpoena his two former supervisors to testify ... -
AirAsia anticipates no Macau flight resumption soon
There are no immediate plans to resume flights to Macau, Celia Lao, Greater China Region general manager of AirAsia Digital, said yesterday. Before 2020, the airline ... -
Tsai resigns as party leader after election loss
Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses on Saturday in which voters chose the opposition Nationalist ... -
Gaming ops pledge to boost int’l tourism efforts
Gaming operators awarded provisional concessions have expressed their gratitude towards the SAR government following the announcement of bid winners Saturday. The concession is awarded on a ... -
Security chief proposes to stop hiring TNRs as prison guards
To reduce the number of non-resident workers (TNRs) in Macau working particularly in the public service, the government intends to cease the practice of hiring TNRs ... -
Foreign students to participate in national security sessions
The Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, has said foreign students of different education levels will also be targeted in future awareness-raising sessions about national security. ... -
NAT threshold altered for foreign arrivals
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre has changed the threshold for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test (NAT) negativity for incomers from non-mainland origins. It said the ...
