Entry policies in Macau will not change due to new confirmed imported case
Macau News Agency - 22/01/2021
Health authorities today (Friday) indicated that that entry policies will not change due to the new confirmed case reported on a passenger on board of a special flight from Tokyo.
Yesterday, it was revealed that one of the passengers onboard one of the two special Air…
Portugal: Costa announces UK flight ban
Lusa - Portugal - 22/01/2021
The Portuguese prime minister has announced that, as of Saturday, there will be a total interruption of flights between Portugal and the United Kingdom, except for humanitarian flights or to repatriate Portuguese and British citizens.
António Costa announced this measure…
Macau: Legislator demands action against 'collusion' between casinos, officials
Lusa - Macau - 21/01/2021
A member of Macau’s legislative assembly, José Pereira Coutinho, on Wednesday called on the region’s chief executive to take action against what he described as “collusion” between casinos and those responsible for regulating the gambling sector, in…
Pandemic increases Africa's debt to 70% of GDP
Jornal de Angola - 21/01/2021
Covid-19 is expected to increase Africa’s debt to about 70% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), concludes a report presented Tuesday that considers the pandemic to be “an unprecedented threat” to financing the continent.
“Covid-19 poses an…
Most local talents overseas want to return
Macau News Agency - 20/01/2021
The majority of local qualified staff who live and work outside Macau want to return to the city, according to a survey of more than 300 people released today (Wednesday) by the Talents Development Committee.
The survey, which was sent to more than 800 qualified…
Trump halts deportation of Venezuelans for 18 months
AFP - USA - 20/01/2021
On his last night in the White House, outgoing President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday suspending the deportation of Venezuelans from US territory for a period of 18 months, citing the ongoing crisis in their own country
“I have determined that it…
Gov’t won’t lower guard against Covid-19 in face of uncertainty, says Chief Executive of Macau
Lusa - Macau - 19/01/2021
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng today (Monday) reiterated that the local government remains committed to the prevention and control of Covid-19 “in the face of the complexity and uncertainty of the evolution” of the pandemic, “without ever letting its guard down”.
Ho…
Britain to host first G7 summit of Biden era in June
AFP - UK - 17/01/2021
Britain will host a G7 summit in June, the government said Friday, announcing what will be the first face-to-face meeting of the group since the start of Joe Biden’s US presidency
Outgoing US President Donald Trump was forced to cancel last year’s meeting…
India set for huge vaccine drive as global virus deaths top 2 million
AFP - International - 16/01/2021
India was set to begin one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination drives Saturday as the pandemic spread at a record pace and global Covid-19 deaths surged past two million.
The World Health Organization has called for accelerating vaccine rollouts…
Sister of N. Korea's Kim Jong Un slams South's 'idiot' authorities
AFP - International - 14/01/2021
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed authorities in Seoul over their tracking of a possible military parade in Pyongyang at the weekend, the North’s state media reported Wednesday.
“The southerners are a truly weird group hard to…
