Gov’t fines tech giants for content exploiting children

China’s internet watchdog said yesterday it has fined platforms operated by e-commerce company Alibaba and gaming firm Tencent for spreading sexually suggestive content involving children, as regulators seek to clean

Hong Kong | Police arrest former Apple Daily senior editor

Hong Kong national security police yesterday arrested a former editor at the now-defunct Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper, weeks after the paper was forced to close after authorities froze its assets. Lam

Organizing committee vows to deliver ‘simple, safe and splendid’ Beijing 2022

Beijing 2022 organizers have once again assured the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the world that China will deliver a “simple, safe and splendid” Winter Olympic Games in fewer than

Death toll rises to 25 from heavy rains in Henan

The death toll from torrential rains in central China’s Henan Province has risen to 25, with seven people missing, local authorities told a press briefing yesterday afternoon. Since July 16, over

This day in history | 1977 Deng Xiaoping back in power

The disgraced deputy Prime Minister of China, Deng Xiaoping, is to return to Chinese Government. The Chinese Communist Party conference has restored him to the offices of Vice Premier of the

France | Use of NSO spyware probed; Macron a possible target

The cellphones of French President Emmanuel Macron and 15 members of the French government may have been among potential targets in 2019 of surveillance by spyware made by the Israel-based

Haiti installs new leader as country mourns slain president

Haiti’s government installed a new prime minister on Tuesday, while officials mourned assassinated President Jovenel Moïse and arrested at least three police officers implicated in his killing. Designated Prime Minister Ariel

Daimler: USD4.3 billion quarterly profit despite chip shortage

German auto maker Daimler reaped strong profits in the second quarter as demand for its Mercedes luxury cars continued to rebound from the depths of the pandemic, generating cash that

Japan | Exports, imports zoom amid world pandemic recovery

Japan’s exports in June jumped 48.6% from the year before, marking the fourth straight month of growth, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. Imports for the month grew 32.7%, totaling 6.83 trillion

Sands China brings back shopping carnival

The 2021 Sands Shopping Carnival is coming up this weekend, July 23-25, bringing the city’s largest shopping event of its kind back to The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo for a second year. Visitors to the 21,000- square-metre Friday-Sunday carnival can enjoy browsing

The Ritz-Carlton Spa announces new treatments

The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Macau announces three new treatments to ensure guests achieve “the perfect balance of total peace and rejuvenation” this summer: the latest Ultimate HydraFacial, the Summer Soothe Treatment,

Tokyo, Paris, LA, Brisbane – 2032 Olympics go to Australia

How about this for an Olympic-scale list of world cities: Athens, Beijing, London, Rio, Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles and, wait for it, Brisbane. Since the Summer Games were last hosted in

The Buzz | German Cabinet approves some USD472 million in first flood aid

Germany’s Cabinet yesterday approved a roughly 400 million-euro ($472 million) package of immediate aid for victims of last week’s floods and vowed to get started quickly on rebuilding the devastated

India | Pandemic death toll could be in the millions

India’s excess deaths during the coronavirus pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive

China Daily | Wolves howl wolf at the cyber door

  Almost simultaneously, the United States and its allies in Europe and the Indo-Pacific alleged they were all victims of cyberattacks on Monday. Although they fingered China as the guilty party,

Thursday, July 22, 2021 – edition no. 3819

— The Housing Bureau guaranteed that it has been conducting an in-depth analysis for the sandwich-class housing scheme to help local residents secure apartments * Elections 2021 | CAEAL dismisses complaints

12th IIICF | Forum to highlight synergy of finance, green development and construction 

The 12th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (12th IIICF) will hone in on Macau’s distinguishing elements to help local practitioners access infrastructure-related opportunities through collaboration between China and Portuguese-speaking

ICBC offers interest subsidies to 2,000 SMEs on loans

  As part of an initiative to help local small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) cope with challenges associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau)

Gov’t, Transmac see no link between schedule and drivers’ deaths

The “4-4 shift” has been practiced for three decades, and no driver who is on such shift has had any negative feedback, Lam Hin San, director of the Transport Bureau

Covid-19 | Gov’t to invite mainland experts to evaluate city’s anti-disease measures

The Macau government has plans to invite mainland health experts to evaluate the city’s pandemic control measures, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Elsie Ao Ieong U, said yesterday at

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