Hong Kong | Activists see virus fueling more support for movement

Prominent activist Ventus Lau stood outside a restaurant this week, handing out surgical masks and asking recipients to shout pro-democracy slogans - including the popular rallying cry “Liberate Hong Kong!

When Chinese consumers stay home, the world’s retailers take hit

The spreading coronavirus is showing the world what happens when Chinese consumers stay away: Shopping streets empty out, stores close and sellers of everything from sneakers to fancy handbags sound

MGM waives 15 days of rent for retail tenants

MGM China has announced it will waive 15 days of basic rent for the period of February 5 to 19 for all retail tenants inside the MGM Macau and MGM

SJM donates 20 million patacas to Hubei

Casino operator Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, S.A. (SJM) has announced a donation of 20 million patacas to aid coronavirus control and relief efforts in Hubei province, including purchasing much-needed

China’s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall

China’s virus death toll rose by 89 yesterday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, but fewer new cases were reported in a possible sign

Doctor’s death highlights dangers on front lines of outbreak

The death of a doctor who issued an early warning about the new virus in China represents a grim reminder that the first health care workers to recognize new outbreaks

Singapore | Grocery chain starts limiting how much people can buy

Singapore authorities urged residents to relax on their shopping sprees that have emptied supermarket shelves, saying supplies aren’t under threat even as response efforts to battle the coronavirus outbreak have

Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest shooting spree in Thailand

A soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand’s worst shooting spree before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country’s northeast yesterday,

Australia mega-fire doused as torrential rain brings relief

A wildfire that burned out an area eight times the size of Manhattan has been put out as torrential downpours across Australia’s east coast brought relief to firefighters who have

Syrian troops gain territory in push to control key highway

Syrian government forces captured new areas from insurgents in their efforts to control a key highway in the northwest Saturday, as Turkey sent more reinforcements into the war-torn country, state

Israel blocks Palestinian exports in escalating trade crisis

The Israeli military blocked Palestinian agricultural exports yesterday in the latest escalation of a monthslong trade war that comes amid fears of renewed violence as well. Following Defense Minister Naftali Bennett’s

This Day in History | 1952 – India passes first test of democracy

The Congress Party of India, led by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, has won an outright victory in the country’s first general election. The party has won 249 of the 489 seats contested

Offbeat | Puppy in crime: Deputies take man, dog into custody in theft

A Florida man and his furry “accomplice” were taken into custody by authorities who said the man shoplifted from a store. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Logan Wilson was arrested Wednesday

Skating champion Hanyu wins Four Continents

Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu won’s the men’s free skate on Sunday to claim his first Four Continents figure skating title and complete a Japanese sweep of the men’s and

Ex-Olympic swim champ blames contamination for failed test

Former Olympic swimming champion Roland Schoeman said Saturday that contaminated supplements were responsible for him failing a doping test and being banned for a year. Schoeman claimed in a statement that

Crypto sphere begins to feel ill effects of virus

The coronavirus outbreak in Asia is starting to ripple through the cryptocurrency world in some unanticipated ways - the cancellation of conferences and even the shuttering of facilities that process

World Briefs

HONG KONG has lifted a quarantine on the World Dream cruise ship after clearing all crew members of the new virus. The ship has been placed under quarantine since it

Tax Matters | Major changes to stamp duty

The Legislative Assembly of Macau has passed a new law introducing substantial changes to the Stamp Duty (“SD”) Regulations and Chart. The law was unanimously approved by lawmakers

Monday, February 10, 2020 – edition no. 3468

• A ‘dramatic reduction’ in new coronavirus cases could be imminent if the global containment strategy works, experts said. Yesterday, the death toll from the virus surpassed that of SARS,

Pangolins a potential intermediate host of novel coronavirus: study

The genome sequence of the novel coronavirus strain separated from pangolins was 99 percent identical to that from infected people, indicating pangolins may be an intermediate host of the

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