Scientists link nearly complete skull to humans’ Denisovan relative

Analysis        BEIJING – For fifteen years, scientists had grappled with a fundamental mystery about Denisovans, human beings’ ancient cousins. They wondered what Denisovans looked liked. The answer to this question held special significance for East Asian and Oceanian communities, who carry distinct traces of Denisovan DNA.Now, two landmark studies published yesterday in Science and Cell, respectively, present molecular evidence confirming that a remarkably preserved

June 19, 2025 | BY admin

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Int’l community must push for de-escalation in Middle East

China Daily Editorial        Although the international community has tried to prevent the escalation of the Middle East crisis since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct 7, 2023, the situation has continually worsened ever since.The outbreak of the Israel-Iran conflict last week marked the transformation of the crisis into a showdown between the two archrivals in the region.As the major battlefield changes from Gaza to Iran and Israel, some European countries that once showed

June 19, 2025 | BY admin

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2025 Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund List to be published today

The Social Security Fund (FSS) announced in a statement yesterday that its list of beneficiaries for the 2025 Special Allocation from the Budget Surplus under the Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund System will be published today. Individuals included in the list will receive a disbursement of 7,000 patacas, without the need for additional procedures.  For first-time recipients, a one-time incentive basic fund of 10,000 patacas will also be granted.  To qualify for the 2025

June 18, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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‘230V Macau Warmth’ photo contest showcases ‘vibrant daily life’: CEM

The recently concluded “230V Macau Warmth” Photo Contest has showcased the city’s vibrant daily life through the lenses of local photographers.According to a statement by power utility CEM on Monday, the competition, which drew hundreds of entries, was “centred on capturing Macau’s daily life through photography and promoting artistic popularisation and innovation.”The statement noted that the competition, jointly organised by CEM and the Macao Digital Photography Association

June 18, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Police arrest mainlander for sexually harassing local woman

A man from the mainland was arrested on Monday for sexually harassing a local woman, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.Kong identified the suspect as a male surnamed Zhang in his sixties, who claimed to be retired. The victim is a local woman in her thirties.According to the victim’s statement to the police, while she was queuing at a supermarket on Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues (羅理基博士大馬路) on Sunday, the

June 18, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police nab Filipino cleaner for selling drugs

A male non-resident worker (NRW) from the Philippines was arrested on Monday for selling drugs, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 37-year-old man surnamed Velayo, who works as a cleaner.According to Cheong, based on a tipoff, the Judiciary Police (PJ) suspected Velayo of selling drugs in Macau to his compatriots. The police arrested Velayo near his flat in the central district on Monday afternoon.

June 18, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Govt confirms validity of all 6 indirect election candidacy nomination lists

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) has confirmed the validity of the candidacy nominations of all the six electoral lists that had submitted the involved associations’ signatures endorsing their respective candidacy for the upcoming indirect legislative election.The legislature’s 12 indirectly-elected seats comprise four seats representing the city’s industrial, commercial and financial sector, three seats from the professional sector, two seats from the labour

June 18, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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UM ranks among top 0.1 pct worldwide in 3 ESI research fields

The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement on Monday that it now ranks among the top 0.1 percent worldwide in the research areas of engineering, computer science, and pharmacology & toxicology, according to the latest data from the Essential Science Indicators (ESI).The public university’s rankings in these areas are up from its previous position in the top 1.0 percent, the statement noted.The statement said that the ESI database ranks institutions based on citation frequency of

June 18, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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'Arraial de São João' festival slated for this weekend

The Arraial de São João (St. John’s Festival, aka Feast of Saint John) will take place at the weekend, with this year’s event again to be held at the Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre-Outdoor Plaza and featuring a raft of vibrant activities.Held in June every year, the festival, according to the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) Cultural Heritage website, had taken place at Bairro de São Lázaro (望德堂坊) since 2007. It commemorates Portugal’s victory against the

June 18, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Locals find Zhuhai eateries ‘better than those in Macau’: MUST survey

The private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) released its “2025 Macau Consumer Satisfaction Index” at a press conference on Monday, which revealed that local residents are more satisfied with restaurants and other kinds of eateries* in Zhuhai than those in Macau.The Macau Consumer Satisfaction Index is funded by the Macau Foundation (FM) and carried out by MUST’s Sustainable Development Research Institute.According to an MUST statement, the index comprises four categories

June 18, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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‘Dance Drama: Dragon Boat’ is highly creative, refreshing & well-crafted

Review by William Chan        The large-scale contemporary stage production “Dance Drama: Dragon Boat”, created by the Guangzhou Song and Dance Theatre, held two performances over the weekend at The Venetian Theatre. I attended the premiere on Saturday and was completely captivated by its innovative approach.Last year, I had the chance to view several patriotic works celebrating Macau’s 25th Anniversary of its return to the motherland. Unfortunately, many of them

June 18, 2025 | BY admin

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Zhuhai checkpoints leading to Macau, HK log 100 million trips

GUANGZHOU – A total of 100 million inbound and outbound passenger trips were recorded in 2025 via checkpoints in Zhuhai connecting to Macau and Hong Kong by Sunday, 22 days earlier than last year, official data show.These checkpoints in Zhuhai include those of Gongbei, Hengqin, Qingmao and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.According to the Zhuhai exit-entry inspection station, surging cross-border travel of mainland, Hong Kong and Macau residents has been fueled by a variety of favorable

June 18, 2025 | BY admin

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DSEDT aims to attract visitors to Zape in wake of closure of satellite casinos by year-end

Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) Director Yau Yun Wah told reporters at the Macau Science Centre (MSC) in Nape yesterday that a raft of measures will be implemented in Zape district, with the aim of attracting visitors and improving the area’s business environment, due to the fact that five of the 11 satellite casinos slated to close by the end of this year are located there.Zape is the Portuguese initialism for Outer Harbour Land Reclamation Zone. Nape is the initialism

June 18, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Amap ride-hailing services now cover Macau's 'black taxis'

Mainland web-mapping giant Amap, known as Gaode (高德) in Chinese, said in a statement yesterday that it has launched its taxi ride-hailing services in Macau where smartphone users can use the services via both the Amap mapping app and the MPay app.MPay is the mobile payment app run by Macau Pass.The statement said that “the first batch of” common taxis, commonly known as black taxis, in Macau has joined the Amap taxi ride-hailing services. The statement did not say how many black taxis

June 18, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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