Monthly Archives: July 2023
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Brazil delegation visits UM, MUST
A Brazil delegation led by Secretary for Technological Development and Innovation from Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Guilherme Coutinho Calheiros, has visited the University of ... -
Volkswagen takes steps to boost its China business as first-half earnings fall by 20%
Volkswagen saw after-tax earnings fall by 20% in the first half of the year, to 8.5 billion euros ($9.45 billion), as the automaker tries to engineer ... -
Sands China holds responsible gaming carnival for parents and kids
Over 200 Sands China team members, members of local NGOs, and their children have participated in the Sands China Responsible Gaming Parent-Child Happy Carnival. Themed “Seeking Help for ... -
Sands China’s mega shopping event draws 110,000 visitors, offering free business platform for local SMEs and Sands retailers
The city’s signature shopping event, the Sands Shopping Carnival, saw 110,000 visitors flock to The Venetian Macao as Sands China hosted its annual fair for avid ... -
Pakistan’s finance minister says Beijing rolls over $2.4 billion loan for Islamabad for two years
Pakistan’s finance minister yesterday said China has rolled over a $2.4 billion loan for the cash-strapped Islamic nation for two years, a move aimed at helping ... -
Shantou joins parts of Taiwan in shutting down schools, offices for storm
The coastal Chinese city of Shantou yesterday joined parts of Taiwan in shutting down schools and offices as Typhoon Doksuri brings heavy wind and rain to ... -
Indonesian President Widodo arrives in China, plans talks with President Xi
Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived yesterday in China and planned to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a state news agency reported. Widodo was due to ... -
Kim meets with Russian defense minister to discuss military cooperation
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to discuss military issues and the regional security environment, state media said yesterday, ... -
1965 US orders 50,000 troops to Vietnam
President Johnson has commited a further 50,000 US troops to the conflict in Vietnam. Monthly draft calls will increase from 17,000 to 35,000 – the highest ... -
Indie-folk quartet Darlingside sings the blues with a lovely, inviting intimacy
Even the percussion is pretty. Darlingside’s “Everything Is Alive” achieves a melancholy-inducing beauty from the sum of its parts. That includes the quartet’s vocals, whether individually ... -
Galaxy celebrates sumptuous Hokkaido sea urchins at Hotel Okura Macau
Sea urchin lovers will savor sumptuous delights this summer at Nagomi at Hotel Okura Macau, Galaxy Macau Resort, with the prestigious bafun uni breed of sea ... -
Angry Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on Odesa
In an escalation of Russia’s anger at Ukraine and its Western backers, Russia refused to speak at a U.N. Security Council meeting called to discuss Moscow’s ... -
Mutinous soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger’s president on TV
Mutinous soldiers claimed to have overthrown Niger’s democratically elected president, announcing on state television yesterday [Macau time] that they have put an end to the government ... -
BRICS acts for collective good of Global South
The BRICS platform, which began life as a dialogue mechanism for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has evolved into a key platform for cooperation ... -
Friday, July 28, 2023 – edition no. 4296
* For his eyes only — Only the Chief Executive can handle matters classified as state secrets by state-authorized entities, according to new bill under discussion ... -
Int’l realtor calls for dropping ‘tough’ market-cooling measures
The government should drop some of the existing market-cooling measures to help economic revival, the Macau office head of an international realty agency told a press ... -
CPU members: Small Taipa Hill hotel project ‘unsuitable’
Several members of the Urban Planning Committee (CPU) have raised issues with the building of a 4-star hotel unit at the Jardins de Lisboa in the ... -
Gov’t, Kiang Wu mull introducing TCM preparations at hospitals
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) preparations may be introduced in local hospitals, Pharmaceutical Administration Bureau (ISAF) has announced in a statement. Choi Peng Cheong, president of the ... -
Macau records temperatures of 37.4 degree Celcius under Doksuri’s influence
The thermometers in Macau reached as high as 37.4 degree Celcius yesterday afternoon at the weather station of the Maritime Museum in Barra, but several other ... -
Typhoon blows off roofs, floods villages and displaces thousands
Typhoon Doksuri slammed an island and lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain yesterday, displacing nearly 16,000 villagers as it blew tin roofs off ... -
SAR, Brazil to boost trade cooperation
The Macau and Brazil governments exchanged views on issues relating to the promotion of economic and trade cooperation between the two regions, facilitation of exchanges between ... -
AL committee submits opinions to plenary on assisted reproduction
Closing the discussion on the Medically Assisted Reproduction Bill, the Second Standing Committee of the parliament will revert the bill to the plenary for second reading. ... -
Food festival, light show, cultural week to be held in Hengqin in 2H
In the second half of this year, the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin will hold a series of special cultural and tourism activities such as ... -
Flight check-in service at HZMB to open August
A flight check-in service center for the Macau immigration building at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) for flights serving the Macau airport will be officially opened ... -
Craft market calls for co-branded products applicants
The Tap Seac Craft Market is now calling for co-branded products on its 15th anniversary. Selected participants can design and produce co-branded products for sale with the ... -
NIKI concert canceled over ‘internal venue scheduling conflict’
The upcoming concert of Nicole “NIKI” Zefanya at The Venetian Macao has been canceled due to “an internal venue scheduling conflict”. According to Live Nation, the ... -
CPTTM co-hosts wedding gown design competition with resort
The Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center (CPTTM) will co-organize a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Wedding Gown Design Contest with SJM Resorts, S.A. for ... -
Foreign minister Qin is ousted, but his combative style is expected to continue
China’s “sharp-tongued” foreign minister, Qin Gang, who echoed the words of nationalist Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping, warning of “conflict and confrontation” with the ... -
Blinken visits tiny Tonga as US continues push to counter China in the Pacific
Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the tiny kingdom of Tonga yesterday, as the United States continues to increase its diplomatic efforts in the Pacific while ... -
PM Hun Sen says he will step down in three weeks and his son will succeed him
Longtime Cambodian leader Hun Sen said yesterday he will step down in three weeks as prime minister and hand the position to his oldest son, who ... -
Chinese and Russian officials to join North Korean commemorations of armistice
Russia and China are sending government delegations to North Korea this week for events marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the ... -
1978 Transatlantic balloonists in trouble
Two British balloonists battling to be the first to cross the Atlantic are in difficulties half way across the ocean. Don Cameron, 39, and Major Christopher ... -
Native ethnic groups promote their heritage during Oaxaca’s biggest cultural festival
Leticia Santiago carries her ancestral heritage wherever she goes. Every time she addresses the crowds during the Guelaguetza, the biggest cultural event in southwestern Mexico, her ... -
Indigenous Football Australia pushes for direct funding out of Women’s WC legacy
The Indigenous Football Australia Council has urged FIFA to address what it calls an “egregious omission” of First Nations-led organizations in a Women’s World Cup legacy ... -
First panda born in France says goodbye and heads to China
Ensconced in a glass cage lined with bamboo shoots, the first panda ever born in France bid ‘’adieu’’ to the French zoo where it grew up ...
