Daily Archives: Monday, March 11, 2024
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‘Oppenheimer’ crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair’s after-party
Christopher Nolan stood as staid and nonchalant as ever as crowds surrounded him and music pulsed. His celebration was limited to casually holding a best directing ... -
Election leaves the country uncertain of its future but heartens Europe’s radical right
Portugal’s inconclusive general election results mean weeks of political uncertainty ahead and give fresh energy to Europe’s shift toward the radical right. A surge in support ... -
Wong Sio Chak pledges zero tolerance for police violations
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has said he will not tolerate any law or disciplinary violations committed by any police officers, on the sidelines of ... -
Secretaries Cheong and Wong deny speculated run for CE
AndrÈ Cheong and Wong Sio Chak – both senior officials – did not confirm their intentions to run in the upcoming Chief Executive election when they ... -
Fitch Ratings keeps Macau’s long-term credit rating at ‘AA’
In its latest assessment, Fitch Ratings announced on Friday that Macau’s economy maintains its credit ratings (long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings) at “AA” ... -
Zone A details conserve Lighthouse views
Work must be done to save the views between New Urban Zone A and the Guia Lighthouse, the government has announced in the zone’s detailed planning ... -
AAM president believes gov’t wants to use former headquarters as cultural venue
The president of the Board of Directors of the Architects Association of Macau (AAM), Christine Choi, believes that the government plans to use the venue that ... -
UNICEF: 230 million females are circumcised globally, 30 million more than in 2016
Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued late last week by ... -
IAM warns of sausage product with rubber pieces
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has relayed a warning from the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a sausage product ... -
Three workers injured in new Coloane prison construction
Three workers were injured and had to be transported to hospital after an accident on the construction site of the new Coloane prison. According to TDM, ... -
Hengqin hosts natural habitat exhibition in Macau
An exhibition on the natural habitats and ecosystem of Hengqin, China is being held at the Macao Science Center as part of the territory’s second nature ... -
Gradual increase of visitors from Xi’an, Qingdao
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is aiming for international tourists to return to about 60-70% of pre-pandemic levels in 2019, with more than two million ... -
Nearly 90 cruise passengers from Hong Kong on Macau visit
Nearly 90 international cruise passengers from two groups came to Macau via Hong Kong yesterday. This group of international tourists comes from the United States, Switzerland, ... -
Residential property prices dropping y-o-y, Taipa and Coloane down 7.4%
The overall residential property price index for the three months between November 2023 and January 2024 shows a decrease of 1.1% over the previous three-month period ... -
OpenAI has ‘full confidence’ in CEO Sam Altman after investigation, reinstates him to board
OpenAI is reinstating CEO Sam Altman to its board of directors and said it has “full confidence” in his leadership after the conclusion of an outside ... -
Melco participates in ‘Experience Macao’ roadshow in Tokyo
Melco Resorts & Entertainment participated in the “Experience Macao” roadshow hosted in Tokyo, Japan between March 8-10 to promote Macau’s diverse and exciting tourism offerings. By ... -
MGM hosts familiarization trip for Korean travel reps
MGM has organized a four-day familiarization trip to Macau for Korean travel trade representatives from March 4 to 7. This marks the company’s first post-pandemic tour ... -
Cleaner finds two dead babies in glass bottles in a vacated apartment
A cleaning person found two dead baby boys in glass bottles in the living room of a vacated apartment in Hong Kong, police said Saturday. A ... -
N. Korea conducts artillery firing drills in likely response to S. Korea-US military training
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised artillery firing drills aimed at boosting combat readiness, state media reported Friday, days after his country vowed to take ... -
At least 19 dead and seven missing as landslide and flash floods hit Sumatra island
Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 19 people and leaving seven others missing, officials said yesterday. ... -
Pope Francis: Ukraine should have the courage of the ‘white flag,’ negotiate end of war
Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and ... -
1985 Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader
There is a new man in charge at the Kremlin – Mikhail Gorbachev has taken over following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. Chernenko, 73, died yesterday ... -
Sean O’Malley retains bantamweight belt with unanimous decision over Marlon Vera
Sean O’Malley emphatically defended his bantamweight belt Saturday night, unanimously outpointing Marlon “Chito” Vera in UFC 299. In a fight that he controlled from the opening ... -
Top court, prosecutors report surging cyberscams, stress protecting national security
China saw large increases in arrests and cases of phone and internet scams last year, according to reports presented late last week to the National People’s ... -
Israeli president’s presence in Netherlands’ Holocaust museum causes concern
The Netherlands’s National Holocaust Museum opened yesterday in a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence is ... -
Chinese economy ascending, not peaking
China’s 2024 growth target of around 5 percent clearly indicates that its economic trajectory will continue to rise steadily. The target is realistic and attainable amid ... -
Monday, March 11, 2024 – edition no. 4441
* Zero Tolerance — Secretary Wong Sio Chak pledges gov’t will not tolerate any law violations committed by police officers following recent arrest * Secretaries Cheong ...
