Yearly Archives: 2024
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Parliament wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back home, not sent to US
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said late last week he hoped for an amicable end to the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after lawmakers ramped ... -
China’s coast guard to ramp up patrols near Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago after two fishermen die
China is stepping up patrols in the waters off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, days after two of its fishermen drowned while being chased by the Taiwanese ... -
Electioneering tariff talk belies the reality
There has been plenty of hoopla about the effectiveness of tariffs when it comes to correcting what in the eyes of US policymakers is unfair trade ... -
Monday, February 19, 2024 – edition no. 4426
* Dirty money — Criminal gangs associated with junket ops have moved from Macau to poorly regulated countries in Southeast Asia; shifts to online operations: Report ... -
Daily visitors hit almost 180,000, reaches pre-pandemic levels
The first five days of the Spring Festival Golden Week, from Feb. 10 until Feb. 17, brought to Macau more visitors than in 2019, provisional figures ... -
February GGR might top MOP19.8b amid casino stocks surge
Shares of MGM China Holdings Ltd. surged 10% in Hong Kong, reaching their highest level since June 2021. Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. and Wynn Macau also ... -
MGM records all-time high in revenues as casino shares hit 20%
Last year was MGM China’s best in terms of income collected, hitting 20% market share. In an earnings report, the gaming operator revealed all-time highs for ... -
Japan slips into a recession, loses spot as world’s third-largest economy
Japan’s economy is now the world’s fourth-largest after it contracted in the last quarter of 2023 and fell behind Germany. The government reported the economy shrank ... -
Ho Iat Seng: SAR seeks economic diversification in Year of Dragon
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said it is necessary to be proactive to realize substantial progress in appropriate economic diversification in the Year of the Dragon. ... -
Float parade and performances dazzle city during CNY
The float parade and performance organized by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) made its debut on earlier this week, with 15 floats, 30 performance groups, and ... -
Several local residents caught smuggling products into the mainland
Mainland authorities have reportedly caught several local residents trying to smuggle several kinds of products into the mainland. There were at least three different cases reported ... -
HK watchdog warns Alvin Chau’s former firms over Russia deal
Hong Kong’s securities regulator has warned it may delist two companies formerly headed by jailed junket mogul Alvin Chau over concerns about its USD116 million sale ... -
Q1 MICE events to attract 33,000 participants
Macau expects to welcome approximately 33,000 visitors in the current quarter through a series of nearly 20 convention and exhibition events, as reported by the Macao ... -
Water consumption up 7.1% in 2023
Water consumption in Macau has seen a year-on-year increase of 7.1%, with business consumption rising by 21.7%, according to the director of the Marine and Water ... -
MGM enchants Chinese New Year with melodies by A-Lin
The Golden Melody Awards winner and songstress, A-Lin, delivered a two-night full-house concert, “A-Lin Chinese New Year Music Show at MGM.” The concert successfully concluded on ... -
SJM celebrates Lunar New Year with lion dance parade
On the first day of the Chinese New Year, SJM Resorts, S.A. celebrated the advent of the Dragon Year with the “SJM Lion Dance Parade” at ... -
Russia and China clash with US and UK over strikes on Red Sea ships
Russia and China yesterday [Macau time] accused the United States and Britain of illegally attacking military sites used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to launch missiles at ... -
Two mainland fishermen drown after chase with Taiwan’s Coast Guard, which alleges trespassing
Two Chinese fishermen have drowned while being chased by Taiwan’s Coast Guard off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, the coast guard said Wednesday while accusing ... -
Who is Prabowo Subianto, the former general who’s Indonesia’s next president?
A wealthy ex-general with ties to both Indonesia’s popular outgoing president and its dictatorial past looks set to be its next leader. He’s promised to continue ... -
Are we about to find out the moon’s origin? Space agency says it may now have clues
An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks, a greater-than-expected achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the ... -
A Carnival day, from a morning street party to an evening samba parade
A typical Carnival day in Brazil starts around 7 a.m., when the first blocos — as the free street parties are known — start their loud ... -
On the IKE, four months of combat at sea facing Houthi missiles
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent four months straight at sea defending against ballistic missiles and flying ... -
1959 Castro sworn in as Cuban PM
Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has become the country’s youngest ever premier. At the age of 32, he has been sworn in as Prime Minister in ... -
Dakota is fun enough, but ‘Madame Web’ is repetitive and messy
There is a lot of pretty niche comic book mythology swirling around “Madame Web,” the inspiration for the newest of Sony’s “Spider-Man” spinoffs. This is a ... -
Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson imparts wise and caring lessons of love
The month of February, with its overload of flowers, candy and everything heart-shaped, is an annual celebration of that warm, fuzzy feeling we call love. But ... -
Celebration of Hokkien Cuisine
Island Shangri-La Hong Kong announces the much- anticipated opening of Ming Pavilion, a new culinary gem that pays homage to the rich heritage of Hokkien cuisine ... -
NATO chief hails record defense spending, says Trump’s remarks undermine security
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said this week that its European members and Canada have ramped up defense spending to record levels, as he warned that former ... -
Microsoft says US rivals are beginning to use generative AI in offensive cyber ops
Microsoft said that U.S. adversaries — chiefly Iran and North Korea and to a lesser extent Russia and China — are beginning to use its generative ... -
Lessons to be drawn from Trump’s betrayal of European allies
On February 10, in one of those remarks bordering on the outrageous, the candidate who the Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), ... -
Friday, February 16, 2024 – edition no. 4425
* Holy Moly — Official CNY visitors’ estimates short of actual stats — more than 1.5 million may have visited Macau during the 10-day holiday * ... -
Asian shares drop after disappointing US inflation data sends Dow down
Shares declined today (Wednesday) in Asia after disappointingly high U.S. inflation data sent stocks sliding on Wall Street, raising prospects that interest rates will remain elevated ... -
Gov’t to present array of festive events for CNY
To mark the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, Macau is abuzz with multiple festive activities, including the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the ... -
Macau remains the city with most Forbes five-star hotels
Macau has maintained its status as the city with the highest number of Forbes-recognized five-star hotels in the world. 22 hotels received this prestigious rating in ... -
Trade unionist calls for tailor-made training
Ella Lei, trade unionist and lawmaker, yesterday called for targeted training programs for certain groups such as middle-aged jobseekers to facilitate their employment opportunities. On the ... -
MGTO makes conservative forecast of 120,000 visitors per day
Over the first eight days of the Spring Festival Golden Week, Macau is expected to receive some 120,000 visitors per day on average, the director of ...
