Chinese switch to flashlights, generators amid power cuts

People ate breakfast by the light of smartphones and shopkeepers turned on generators as cities across China enforced power cuts yesterday to meet official conservation targets and ease shortages in

COVID-19 | Harbin kills three housecats that tested positive for virus

A city in northern China has killed three housecats after they tested positive for COVID-19, according to a local media report yesterday, as the country takes increasingly strict measures to

China vows to keep Taiwan out of Pacific Rim trade group

Beijing said yesterday it will block Taiwan’s application to join a Pacific Rim trade initiative, citing as its reason the island’s refusal to concede that it is a part of

Japan | Ex-diplomat Kishida wins party vote, to become new PM

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the governing party’s leadership election yesterday and is set to become the next prime minister, facing the tasks of reviving a pandemic-hit economy

This day in history | 1955 James Dean killed in car smash

The Hollywood film star James Dean has been killed in a road accident in California, USA. The 24-year-old actor was behind the wheel of his German-made Porsche sports car when it

Zimbabwe | Vaccine mandates squeeze some of world’s poorest

For months, Acholo Jani was told to get a COVID-19 vaccination because it might save his life. He hesitated, fearful of potential side effects. But the moment he was told

Agriculture | UK permits development of gene-edited crops in climate fight

Britain’s government plans to allow researchers to use gene-editing techniques to develop crops that can increase yields, reduce the need for pesticides and cut greenhouse gas emissions as the U.K.’s

Aviation | Troubled HNA Group proposes paying 40% of debts

HNA Group, a Chinese airline operator that ran into financial trouble after a global acquisition spree, has proposed a plan to settle $61 billion in debts owed to thousands of

The Ritz-Carlton Macau partners with Max Mara to launch tea set

Ritz-Carlton, Macau is collaborating with Italian fashion brand Max Mara to present the exquisite Max Mara Anniversary Afternoon Tea Set and the Max Mara Anniversary Signature Coffee Collection at The Ritz-Carlton Bar & Lounge

Sands China participates in responsible gaming promotion

Sands China team members participated in a Gaming Industry Responsible Gaming Promotion Day 2021 roadshow recently at Sands China properties, hosted by the Macao Gaming Industry Employees Home Integrated Services Centre. Held in back-of-house

Football | Newcomer Sheriff stuns Real Madrid in Champions League

Real M 1, Sheriff 2 The start to life in the Champions League couldn’t be going much better for Moldovan club Sheriff. Sébastien Thill scored a 90th-minute winner as the newcomers stunned

The Buzz | Think tank finds Chinese aid to Pacific nations has declined

China gave significantly less aid to Pacific island nations in recent years despite Beijing’s diplomatic efforts to increase its influence in the region, according to a Sydney-based think tank. Chinese aid

Milley defends calls to Chinese at end of Trump presidency

The top U.S. military officer told Congress that he knew former President Donald Trump wasn’t planning to attack China and that it was his job to reassure the Chinese of

Animal Farm | Economy, where are you and where are you going?

  1. Deflation (measured by the average change in CPI over 12 months, and which is nothing more than negative inflation) started in March this year and has worsened monthly, until

Thursday, September 30, 2021 – edition no. 3868

— Ho Iat Seng said that if no new Covid-19 cases are detected today, the quarantine to enter Zhuhai from Macau will likely be lifted at the strike of midnight *

THE CONVERSATION | Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines: How effective are they?

John Hart Clinical researcher, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Fiona Russell Senior Principal Research Fellow; pediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist, The University of Melbourne In June, China reached a milestone of having administered more than one

Neighborhoods of three new cases placed under yellow zone

The neighborhoods near the residences of Macau’s latest three Covid-19 patients will only be classified as yellow zones not red zones, pulmonologist Alvis Lo, director of the Health Bureau (SSM),

Covid-19 | MGTO, SSM discuss possibility of violation

Further evaluation is needed to decide whether the quarantine hotel will be penalized following the discovery of new cases on the premises, Liz Lam Tong Hou, head of Public Relations

Tested residents receive text messages to take the NAT

  Some re According to sources, the individuals have received a message noting that they haven’t been tested and demanding that they go to a paid nucleic acid test station. “Since you have

Briefs | Over 450 in temporary shelter

  From September 25 to midday of yesterday, 454 residents were housed in the Temporary Shelter of Social Welfare Bureau located at Rua Leste da Ilha Verde, Edifício do Bairro da

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