Yearly Archives: 2025
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Poly MGM Museum welcomes 500,000 visitors in three months
Poly MGM Museum has reached a major milestone, welcoming its 500,000th visitor within three months of its opening in November 2024. Since its launch, the museum ... -
Melco earns global recognition for corporate sustainability
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has earned global recognition for its sustainability efforts, being included in the prestigious S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2025. The company was named ... -
Downloads of DeepSeek’s AI apps paused in S.Korea over privacy concerns
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy ... -
Australia plans to deport three violent criminals to Nauru
Australia will soon deport three violent criminals including a convicted murderer to Nauru even though they are not citizens of the tiny Pacific atoll, after an ... -
Economy grows more than expected on strong exports and moderate consumption
Japan’s economy grew at a better-than-expected annual rate of 2.8% in October-December, underlined by steady exports and moderate consumption. On a quarter-to-quarter basis, the world’s fourth ... -
Europe tries to muscle up as US plots mediation
European leaders took steps yesterday [Macau time] to answer assertive U.S. efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, as France announced a meeting of continental leaders ... -
1954 McCarthy hunts ‘army Communists’
The Secretary of the US army has ordered two generals, subpoenaed by anti-Communist senator Joseph McCarthy, to ignore the summons. The move by Robert T Stevens ... -
Friedrich of Germany locks up World Cup bobsled 4-man, combined season titles again
Francesco Friedrich won two more World Cup bobsled overall titles yesterday [Macau time], the 21st and 22nd of the German star’s career. Friedrich drove to a ... -
Exit awaits Real Madrid or Man City and at least three more title holders
Now the jeopardy really kicks in for the Champions League with a title chase, pride and hard cash on the line. At least four former European ... -
‘Conclave’ wins best picture as ‘The Brutalist’ takes directing and acting prizes
Papal thriller “ Conclave ” won four prizes including best picture yesterday [Macau time] at the 78th British Academy Film Awards, where genre-bending musical “ Emilia Pérez ” proved that ... -
An Indian court sentences a man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish backpacker
A court in India’s western Goa state yesterday sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort ... -
China a source of certainty in world of turbulence and transformation
The world is rapidly changing, and it is once again experiencing the turbulence of transformation. As in days gone by, people are trying to read the ... -
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 – edition no. 4662
* Uptech — Xi promises policy stability at meeting with tech business leaders * Dragon Boat | SJM introduces new mixed category to enrich races * ... -
Mike Pence emerges as one of the few Republicans willing to challenge Trump 2.0
His group spent nearly $1 million on ads opposing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's pick to lead the nation's health agencies. He's delivering speeches urging ... -
Public housing applications decline sharply amid ‘oversupply’
The number of applications for public housing in Macau has seen a sharp decline over the past three application periods, according to government data. This marks ... -
Two-year-old girl remains in coma following gas explosion in Taiwan
Macau’s tourism crisis assistance team, in collaboration with the Macau Red Cross, reached out to the local family affected by a tragic gas explosion in Taichung, ... -
Gov’t considers more support for SMEs
The government is exploring additional campaigns aimed at boosting community neighborhoods, according to the Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT). In a reply to lawmaker Ella ... -
Macau extends automated border passages to Brazilians and Germans
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) has announced that Brazilian and German nationals can now use their passports to enter and exit Macau through the automated ... -
Four residents still detained abroad in work fraud schemes
Four of the five victims of fraudulent work schemes are still detained by authorities in the regions where they were forced to work and have not ... -
Gov’t plans to ban substandard tiny apartments. Low-income families fear higher rents
Jimmy Au’s world shrinks to about the size of a parking space whenever she gets home. Her cramped Hong Kong home is one of four units ... -
Some answers to frequently asked questions on emergency situations
Is a dog urinating blood an emergency? Although seeing blood in the urine can be scary or upsetting, it is not always the symptom of an ... -
Kiang Wu Hospital sees growth in patient visits, plans salary increases
Kiang Wu Hospital saw a 2.2% increase in Emergency Department visits in 2024, treating 1.46 million patients. The hospital’s director, Lau Veng Seng, highlighted a drop ... -
IAM distributes ornamental flowers
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) distributed ornamental flowers to the public yesterday, aiming to promote environmental awareness and extend the life of festive plants. Beginning at ... -
Legal Education Alliance holds fifth council meeting in Macau
The Fifth Council Meeting of the Mainland-Hong Kong-Macau Legal Education Alliance convened at the University of Macau’s Faculty of Law, bringing together representatives from 16 institutions. ... -
Macau hosts session on China’s education master plan
A promotional session for the “Master Plan on Building China into a Leading Country in Education (2024-2035)” was held in Macau last Friday, attended by around ... -
TSI denies appeal in ‘relationship fraud’ case
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has dismissed a defendant’s appeal in a fraud case involving a romantic relationship, upholding the Court of First Instance’s (TJB) ... -
MGM credits record-breaking 2024 to strong performance in Macau
MGM Resorts has announced that total revenue for 2024 surpassed USD16.16 billion, marking a 6.7% increase over the previous year and setting a new all-time high ... -
Sam Hou Fai meets Hong Kong CE to discuss GBA cooperation and development
Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai recently met with Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu at Government House to discuss enhancing industrial cooperation across various ... -
Police help would-be victims avoid online love scams on Valentine’s Day
Australian and Philippine authorities took steps on Valentine’s Day to help would-be victims avoid hurting their “hearts and bank accounts” in online love scams. The Australian ... -
Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families
North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government ... -
Trump wants denuclearization talks with Russia and China, hopes for defense spending cuts
President Donald Trump said late last week that he wants to restart nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China and that eventually he hopes all ... -
Tech TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in the US
TikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the U.S., after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a TikTok ban. TikTok, ... -
1959 Turkish leader involved in fatal crash
Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes has survived an air crash near London that killed 12 people. Mr Menderes was on his way to the British capital ... -
Wembanyama thought he had a time-saving idea; the NBA DQ’ed him and Chris Paul anyway
Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul made history on All-Star Saturday night. The wrong type of history, that is. The San Antonio teammates were disqualified from the ... -
Residents compete to name twin panda cubs who just turned six months old
Panda craze has once again gripped Hong Kong as residents compete to name the territory’s first locally-born giant panda cubs who just turned six months old. ...
