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Macau (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 - Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in Macau on Wednesday afternoon for a three-day visit as the casino hub prepares to celebrate 25 years of Beijing rule.
Dec 18, 2024
Macau (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 - A decade ago, the elegant cobblestone streets of Macau's Tap Seac Square were jam-packed with people clamouring for change and government accountability - the high-water mark for the former Portuguese colony's political awakening.
Dec 18, 2024
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 18, 2024 - California ground squirrels that scientists thought ate only grains are eating voles, too, according to researchers at University of California-Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Dec 18, 2024
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 - Researchers at Nagoya University, in collaboration with Meisei Electric Co. and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, have demonstrated the high performance of t
Dec 18, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 - New research from an international team of scientists, including Northwestern University, has pinpointed the timing and duration of Ocean Anoxic Event 1a (OAE 1a), a catastrophic episode 119.5 milli
Dec 18, 2024
Helsinki (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 - Finnish-Swedish forestry group Stora Enso said Wednesday it will record impairments totalling some 724 million euros ($760 million) in its fourth quarter, citing weaker demand and increased costs.
Dec 18, 2024
Sydney (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - A powerful earthquake hit the Pacific island of Vanuatu on Tuesday, smashing buildings in the capital Port Vila including one housing the US and other embassies, with a witness telling AFP of bodies seen in the city.
Dec 17, 2024
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - EU countries on Tuesday backed plans to curb plastic pollution by toughening rules for companies using the pellets that constitute the building blocks of most plastic products.
Dec 17, 2024
Geneva (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - The Red Cross said Tuesday it feared that more than 200 of its volunteers were missing on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after Cyclone Chido ripped through the islands.
Dec 17, 2024
Maputo (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - Cyclone Chido claimed at least 34 lives after sweeping across Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced Tuesday.
Dec 17, 2024
Strasbourg, France (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - The EU parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to delay the implementation of a sweeping anti-deforestation law by one year - ditching a late push to water down the controversial rules.
Dec 17, 2024
Latakia, Syria (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - The military chief of Syria's victorious Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said on Tuesday it would be the first to dissolve its armed wing and integrate into the armed forces.
Dec 17, 2024
Macau (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - In the shadow of the Grand Lisboa, the Macau casino world-famous for its golden lotus design, fashion boutique owner Suzanne Leong wonders if the economic miracle that initially made her fortune has now cast her aside.
Dec 17, 2024
Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - Overconsumption and unsustainable farming are fuelling overlapping crises in nature and the climate, putting crucial ecosystems such as coral reefs at imminent risk of destruction, a landmark UN report said Tuesday.
Dec 17, 2024
London (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - As Britain's new Labour government bids to reset long-fraught ties with China amid a suspected spy scandal, another issue could mar relations: Beijing's controversial plans to open the largest embassy in the UK.
Dec 17, 2024
Badung, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - A critically endangered elephant living at a zoo on the Indonesian resort island of Bali was found dead in a river Tuesday after being swept away by strong currents following days of torrential rain, officials said.
Dec 17, 2024
