Yearly Archives: 2022
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China’s export growth sinks in August, imports shrink
China’s trade weakened in August as high energy prices, inflation and anti-virus measures weighed on global and Chinese consumer demand, while imports of Russian oil and ... -
MIAM holds NFT art exhibition at The Parisian Macao
The Metaverse Industry Association Macau (MIAM) yesterday inaugurated a new non-fungible token (NFT) art exhibition at The Parisian Macao. Titled “Dream Space: New Wave in the ... -
Casino suppliers leave zero-Covid Macau for Singapore, Philippines
Suppliers of slot machines, baccarat table systems and other casino equipment are moving out of Macau to more welcoming markets in Asia, Bloomberg has reported. With ... -
Two new services added to ‘Macao One Account’
For improved amenity to residents, the “Macao One Account” has had two new services added to it, the government said at a press conference this week. ... -
Chinese church members seeking asylum overseas fear persecution
Days after flying to Thailand to seek asylum, members of a Chinese church huddled in a restaurant to share their stories with journalists. But when they ... -
Hong Kong Speech therapists convicted of sedition over books
Five Hong Kong speech therapists were convicted of sedition yesterday after they printed a series of children’s books about sheep and wolves that a court said ... -
Earthquake deaths rise to 74 as lockdown anger grows
The death toll in this week’s earthquake in western China has jumped to 74 with another 26 people still missing, the government reported yesterday, as frustration ... -
Shelling resumes near Ukraine nuclear plant, despite risks
Russia resumed shelling in the vicinity of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a local official said yesterday, a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog agency pressed ... -
2000 French fuel protests spread to UK
The fuel protests which have been crippling France for the past week have now reached Britain with a series of actions across the country. The protesters ... -
Mbappé, Haaland shine in Champions League, Benzema injured
Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland took their high-flying scoring acts into Europe as the Champions League returned yesterday [Macau time], while last season’s standout star Karim ... -
East Timor president Horta pushes back on environmental criticism
Give our country $100 billion — or stop lecturing us about making money from fossil fuels. That was the message East Timor President and Nobel Peace ... -
WHO: Covid cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over
The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization’s latest weekly review of ... -
China and India can be pillars of Asian Century
It is estimated that India overtook the United Kingdom to be the world’s fifth-largest economy in March, after the United States, China, Japan and Germany. China ... -
Thursday, September 8, 2022 – edition no. 4091
* Xi, Putin to meet in Uzbekistan — Russian diplomat says the Chinese and Russian leaders plan to meet next week in the Uzbek city of ... -
Local scholars consider gov’t pandemic response ‘faultless’
The fact that Macau is a densely populated touristic city and, when compared with other countries or territories with a similar profile, has a much lower ... -
Pandemic measures causing GDP collapse
Economists are sounding the alarm over the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) results for Macau this year. On the line seem to be the pandemic prevention and ... -
New Crown boss Carruthers ‘not banking’ on Chinese high rollers returning to Australia
Crown Resorts’ new chief executive Ciaran Carruthers said the Australian casino giant is not banking on Chinese high rollers returning to Australia to boost its bottom line, ... -
Zhuhai mulls allowing Macau public transport to operate on Hengqin
In the future, public transport vehicles in Macau may be allowed to enter and operate in Hengqin, following the elimination of quotas for Macau private light ... -
Chengdu enforces strict lockdown despite earthquake
Authorities in southwestern China’s Chengdu have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown measures on the city of 21 million despite a major earthquake that killed at least 65 ... -
IC to ‘support’ Pui Ching administration building revamp
President Leong Wai Man of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) disclosed yesterday the government would support the restoration of a private school’s administration building. The Cultural ... -
Hong Kong environmentalists ‘jealous’ of Macau plastic ban
Hong Kong “has fallen behind Macau” in banning single-use plastic tableware, green campaigners have said. Critics quoted by the South China Morning Post yesterday said the ... -
IC reaffirms legality of demolition of Guia Hill wall
Officials at the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) are remaining firm on the legality of the disassembly of the 400-year-old city wall on Guia Hill, despite no ... -
Tsai cites threat of Chinese ‘cognitive warfare’
Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday that China is conducting “cognitive warfare” by spreading misinformation in addition to its regular incursions into nearby waters and airspace ... -
East Timorese leader flies to Australia for critical talks
East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta is scheduled to arrive in Australia yesterday for a state visit as negotiations over lucrative gas resources reach a critical stage ... -
Australia says its navy can resume visits to Solomon Islands
Australia said yesterday its navy ships have been given clearance to resume visits to the Solomon Islands, which had last week announced a temporary block on ... -
Kim’s N.Korea supplying Russia with weapons: US reports
The Russian Ministry of Defense is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for its ongoing fight in Ukraine, ... -
1992 Troops kill 24 at ANC rally
At least 24 people have been killed and 150 injured when soldiers fired on an African National Congress demonstration on the border of Ciskei in South ... -
US airlines count on business travelers to keep recovery going
With summer vacations winding down, airlines are counting on the return of more business travelers to keep their pandemic recovery going into the fall. Air travel ... -
Melco’s in-house program wins global accolade
Melco Resorts & Entertainment’s in-house training program “Morpheus Moments – Whatever It Takes, Whenever, However” has won the top ATD 2022 Excellence in Practice Award by the ... -
Swiss retailer rolls out ‘coffee balls’ to replace capsules
Swiss retailer Migros said yesterday that it is launching a coffeemaking system designed to replace capsules that produce thousands of tons of waste worldwide each year. ... -
Champions League is a group-stage sprint; marathon to final
In this unusual season for European soccer, the World Cup in Qatar has split the Champions League into a sprint and a marathon. The group stage ... -
Three rescued dolphins swim free from Indonesia sanctuary
Three bottlenose dolphins were released into the open sea in Indonesia last week after years of being confined for the amusement of tourists who would touch ... -
Boris Johnson arrives at Queen’s estate to offer resignation
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has arrived at Queen Elizabeth II’s estate in Scotland to formally offer his resignation to pave the way for Liz Truss to succeed ... -
Sign of rebounding militarism
The defense budget request made by Japan’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday is the largest ever. If approved, it will continue the country’s soaring military spending over ... -
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 – edition no. 4090
* ‘Faultless’ — Ten local academics published a paper in the International Journal of Biological Sciences praising Macau Government’s handling of the pandemic: ‘faultless’ * ...
