Beijing 2022 | Chen flips, spins way to world-record score at Olympics

Nathan Chen flipped, whirled and even punched his way to a world-record score in the men’s figure skating short program at the Beijing Olympics. Next up

SNAPSHOT | Olympic press can grab high-tech naps

With nowhere really to go, journalists inside the Beijing Olympics bubble are encouraged to sleep on the job. They can’t visit the village rooms where

Oscars 2022 | ‘Power of the Dog’ tops noms with 12; ‘Dune’ nabs 10

Jane Campion’s gothic western “The Power of the Dog” led nominations to the 94th Academy Awards, where streaming services more than ever before swept over Hollywood’s top

The Buzz | Retired pope asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing

Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness yesterday for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denied any personal or specific wrongdoing after an

China Daily | Washington reneges on Taiwan pledges

How far is Washington willing to push the envelope on the question of Taiwan? This is not just a grave concern for China, since Taiwan is an integral

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 – edition no. 3947

— Gongbei Border Customs top official Xiong Zhenguo expelled from post after he was found to have accepted gifts, banquets and travel arrangements contravening the ‘spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation’ *

Crime | Croupier couple cons man out of HKD2.2 million

A local couple in their fifties is accused of defrauding a mainland man of the sum of HKD2.2 million over an alleged currency exchange deal, the

Crime | Motorcyclist accused of hit and run involving pedestrian on sidewalk

A local 27-year-old man is accused of a hit and run after riding a motorcycle on the sidewalk and hitting a pedestrian, the Public Security Police

Chinese New Year arrivals at over 113,000

Visitor arrivals for the seven-day long Chinese New Year holiday totaled to 113,699 tourists, far fewer than the average 20,000 daily tourist arrivals the government had

Mobile payment transactions rise to 57m in Q4

The number of transactions carried out using local mobile payment tools grew by 5.4% from the previous quarter, to 56.9 million in the fourth quarter

UM research team develops novel metal-phenolic network

A research team from the University of Macau (UM) has developed a novel metal-phenolic network to potentiate the activation of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway within tumour

TSI imposes heavier penalty for document forgery

The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has ruled in favor of an appeal from the public prosecution regarding a case involving forged documents and false

Registered firms slightly increases to over 81,000 in 2021

The number of registered companies in Macau totaled 81,060 in 2021, a slight increase of 5.7% compared to the number of firms registered in 2020 when

LVS terminates agreement with three primary gaming promoters

Las Vegas Sands has confirmed that it has terminated its contracts with three gaming promoters as of December 2021.  In its annual report, the

A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble

China's capital city returned to work yesterday after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday that was muted by the pandemic — especially for the thousands

Olympic diplomacy | Xi meets Poland, Pakistan leaders

Chinese President Xi Jinping met las weekend with leaders from Poland and Pakistan in a flurry of diplomacy on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympic

Covid-19 | Across Asia, spike in virus cases follows Lunar New Year

Many Asian countries are facing a spike in COVID-19 infections after the widely-celebrated Lunar New Year holidays, as health officials grapple with the highly-transmissible omicron variant

Leaders meet around the globe hoping to calm Ukraine crisis

International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified yesterday, with French President Emmanuel Macron set to hold talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in

This day in history | 1952 New Queen proclaimed for UK

Lords of the Council - numbering 150 - representatives from the Commonwealth, officials from the City of London - including the Lord Mayor - and other dignitaries witnessed

Beijing 2022 | Shiffrin’s fall in Olympic giant slalom will stick with her

Mikaela Shiffrin will not soon forget what happened yesterday in her first race of the Beijing Olympics. The poor transition that came five turns, and about

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