Daily Archives: Friday, June 23, 2023
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Iconic Dragon Boat races are back in full force as thousands of spectators gather
Thousands have gathered to watch the iconic dragon boat races, a highlight of the annual Chinese Dragon Boat festival. The city recorded a total of 16,000 ... -
New Lai Chi Vun cultural space opens to the public tomorrow
The first phase of the new cultural project that aims to revive the old shipyards of Lai Chi Vun in Coloane will open tomorrow, the Cultural ... -
Top court orders former Iek Long land stakeholder to pay outstanding land premium
The ex-stakeholder of the land for the former Iek Long Firecracker Factory has been ordered by the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) to pay the outstanding ... -
Hondurans see little hope for nation’s prisons as details of cold-blooded massacre emerge
Authorities in Honduras began to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned corpses of 46 women killed in the worst riot at a women’s prison in ... -
HK security chief meets with Macau counterpart, visits Qingmao checkpoint
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak on Tuesday met with his Hong Kong counterpart who was visiting Macau to discuss past and future cooperation. After the ... -
AL committee holds month-long ‘sectoral consultation’ on Civil Code amendments
Legislative Assembly (AL) Third Standing Committee members agree that the bill aiming to promote changes in the Macau Civil Code requires the input of those more ... -
Former PSP superintendent sentenced to jail on probation
A former deputy superintendent of the Public Security Police Force (PSP) has been sentenced to jail with probation for unlawfully viewing two other people’s immigration records ... -
Six locals caught up in phone scams
Six new reports of phone scams have been recorded by the Judiciary Police (PJ). The victims of the crimes were all local residents, a PJ spokesperson ... -
15 CE Electors express support at public consultation session
At Wednesday’s public consultation session for the review of the Legislative Assembly Electoral and Chief Executive Electoral Laws, 15 of 160 chief Executive Electoral College electors ... -
UM Confucius Institute holds graduation ceremony for Mandarin course students
The University of Macau (UM) Confucius Institute has held a graduation ceremony for students in its Mandarin courses in the second semester of the 2022/2023 academic ... -
Concrete truck, seven-seater crash, causes no injury
A concrete truck collided with a seven-seater car on Wednesday near Wynn Palace in Cotai. There were no injuries. Incorrect details of the crash were initially ... -
41 suspected illegal workers caught in May
A total of 41 people were detained by the Public Security Police Force (PSP) in the course of the last month on suspicion of illegal work ... -
Arraial na Ervanários presents 3D cat videos
Three-dimensional video which can be seen with the naked eye is making a debut at this year’s Arraial na Ervanários fair which opened on Tuesday to ... -
Int’l education summit in Hong Kong highlights development of Asian universities
The Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Universities Summit recently kicked off, gathering academic leaders from around the world to discuss the development and future of Asian ... -
City sees nearly 100,000 tourists on first day of long weekend
The city has recorded 96,305 tourist arrivals as of 9 p.m. last night, the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The National Immigration Administration ... -
Microsoft, US regulators head to court over $69 billion deal that could reshape video gaming
Microsoft will today (Macau time) try to gain clearance to complete a $69 billion takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard in a legal showdown with ... -
Norway raises key interest rate to fight inflation and expects further hikes ahead
Norway’s central bank said yesterday that it has raised its key interest rate by half a percentage point in an effort to “bring inflation down to ... -
France, China should deepen cooperation to tackle global challenges, says expert
A head of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact to be held until today, French international affairs expert Bruno Guigue expected that France and ... -
US Coast Guard ship sailed through Taiwan Strait a day after Blinken’s China visit
A U.S. Coast Guard ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken completed a trip to Beijing during which ... -
Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China
Cooking gas caused a massive explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China, killing 31 people and injuring seven others during national celebrations on the eve ... -
New Zealand debates whether ethnicity should be a factor for surgery waitlists
New Zealanders this week were debating a thorny health care issue — whether ethnicity should be a factor in determining when patients get surgery. It turns ... -
Australia’s online safety watchdog demands answers from Twitter on how it tackles online hate
Australia’s online safety watchdog has issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an explanation of what the social media giant is doing to tackle a surge ... -
Macron calls for massive investment to respond to climate emergency and poverty at Paris summit
French President Emmanuel Macron called yesterday for concrete solutions and massive investment for developing countries at the start of a two-day summit aimed at seeking better ... -
1985 Air India jet crashes killing 329
A passenger jet has disintegrated in mid-air off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board. The Air India flight was only 45 minutes ... -
Movie Review: A fantasy adventure with riot-grrrl energy in ‘Nimona’
A powerful, shapeshifting teenage girl and a disgraced knight-in-training suspected of killing a beloved queen are at the heart of “ Nimona,” a vibrant and irreverent ... -
Jason Isbell’s writing flair sings in latest with 400 Unit, ‘Weathervanes’
Further cementing his credentials as a songwriting force, Jason Isbell and his band have created another Alabama-accented earworm of an album that flaunts the power of ... -
Star Chefs Discovery Journey
This week, MGM joins hands with sister group in mainland China, Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality to present the third “Star Chefs Discovery Journey” gastronomic event in Macau. ... -
Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases, EU agency says
European Union officials warned yesterday there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in Europe due to climate change. The ... -
Colombian military searches for heroic dog who helped find children in the jungle
With his powerful snout and his pointy ears, Wilson became a national hero in Colombia when he helped the military find four Indigenous children who survived ... -
NATO divisions cast into stark relief
NATO member countries are expected to inaugurate a new leader at the organization’s July 11-12 summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, to succeed its current Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, ... -
Friday, June 23, 2023 – edition no. 4273
* Fast and furious — Dragon Boat races back in full force, exceeding gov’t expectations as three-day event sees 16,000 spectators * New Lai Chi Vun ...
