Brazil’s road deaths rise during 2026 Carnival holiday

   SÃO PAULO – Brazil recorded 130 deaths and 1,481 injuries in 1,241 traffic accidents on federal highways during the 2026 Carnival holiday from Feb. 13 to 18, the Federal Highway Police (PRF) said in a statement yesterday.   The provisional figures exceed those from the 2025 Carnival, with 85 deaths and 1,433 injuries in 1,190 accidents. The statement noted that even with preliminary data, this year's Carnival is already the deadliest on federal roads since 2020,

February 20, 2026 | BY Xinhua, MPD

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Nearly 230,000 visitors arrive in Macau on third day of CNY

     A record 227,943 visitors arrived in Macau yesterday, the third day of the Chinese New Year (CNY), the Public Security Police (PSP) announced today. The previous record was set on the third day of the CNY in 2019, at 226,326, according to official data.In the Chinese mainland, the CNY holiday began on Sunday and will end on Monday. Macau’s three-day CNY holiday concluded yesterday. Since Sunday, aks of yesterday, Macau had recorded some 779,000  visitor arrivals, with

February 20, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macao stages float parade, fireworks celebrating Year of the Horse

     A grand float parade and the first of three Chinese New Year drone-enhanced fireworks displays lit up Macao yesterday, the third day of the Year of the Horse, drawing residents and visitors into festive celebrations.   About 1,300 performers from Macao, Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and elsewhere joined the parade, alongside 17 floats, according to a statement by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO).    The float

February 20, 2026 | BY Xinhua, MPD

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Group of Friends of Global Governance calls for safeguarding UN Charter, int'l rule of law

   UNITED NATIONS - At a time when the world is filled with uncertainty and instability, coupled with mistrust and rising polarization, the international community must safeguard the UN Charter and uphold the international rule of law, the Group of Friends of Global Governance said on Wednesday.   At the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, the group said in a joint statement that faced with major

February 19, 2026 | BY Xinhua

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Myanmar orders Timor-Leste's diplomat to leave

   YANGON – Myanmar has instructed the chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of Timor-Leste in Myanmar, Elisio do Rosário de Sousa, to leave the country by  tomorrow, February 20, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar on Sunday.   The ministry summoned the diplomat last Friday, ordering his departure from Myanmar territory no later than February 20 under Article 9 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.  

February 19, 2026 | BY Xinhua, MPD

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Mozambican president sends Chinese New Year greetings

   MAPUTO - Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo yesterday sent a congratulatory message on the occasion of the Chinese New Year.   Mozambique and China celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2025, reaffirming the solidity of historical ties that date back to the national liberation struggle and that have today evolved into comprehensive and mutually beneficial cooperation, Chapo said.   He noted that 2026, proclaimed

February 18, 2026 | BY Xinhua

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Mozambique welcomes China's zero-tariff policy for African countries

   MAPUTO  -The Mozambican government yesterday welcomed China's decision to grant full tariff exemptions on products imported from 53 African countries that maintain diplomatic relations with China, noting that the measure is a new opportunity to further expand exports to the Chinese market.   Speaking at a press conference following the weekly Council of Ministers meeting in the capital, Maputo, government spokesperson Inocencio Impissa said Mozambique received

February 18, 2026 | BY Xinhua

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Macao SAR Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai delivers Chinese New Year Message for Year of the Horse.

Macao SAR Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai's Chinese New Year Message for Year of the HorseFull text released by the  Office of the Chief Executive on Chinese New Year's Eve, February 16, 2026   Dear fellow Macao residents and friends, As we bid farewell to the Year of the Snake and welcome the Year of the Horse, all families are ready to ring out the old and ring in the new together. On behalf of the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), I

February 17, 2026 | BY admin

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Pocket money increasingly turns digital as kids grow up: Macau survey

The findings of a survey released on Friday show that while 57 percent of parents who have children aged between 7 and 12 said that they still give their children pocket money in cash, the remainder said that they give their kids pocket money via mobile payment apps.The survey was jointly carried out between July and October last year by four community facilities run by the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong in Cantonese), namely its community service

February 16, 2026 | BY admin

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Tourist coach in Macau hits taxi, injuring 5

A traffic accident involving a tourist coach which collided with a taxi in Taipa at 4 p.m. yesterday, resulting in five people from the Chinese mainland being injured, according to a statement by the Fire Services Bureau (CB).According to the preliminary investigation by the Public Security Police (PSP), two pedestrians were jaywalking opposite the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) barracks on Estrada da Baía de Nossa Senhora da Esperança (望德聖母灣大馬路) in Taipa, causing a taxi to

February 16, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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New FM Commissioner Bian pays courtesy calls on Macau's chief judge, top prosecutor

The newly appointed Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), Bian Lixin, has paid separate courtesy calls, after assuming office late last month, on Court of Final Appeal (TUI) President Song Man Lei, and the prosecutor-general (chief public prosecutor) of the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), Tong Hio Fong.During her meeting with Tong on Friday, according to a statement by the commissioner’s office that day, Bian praised the

February 16, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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MGTO chief expects up to 80,000 spectators for Macau's CNY float parade

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told reporters on the sidelines of blessing ceremony on Saturday that this year’s Chinese New Year (CNY) float parade is expected to attract 70,000 to 80,000 on-site spectators, or up to about 11 percent of Macau’s population. The blessing ceremony for the CNY float parade’s celebration of the year of the Horse was held in Praça do Lago Sai Van (Sai Van Lake Plaza) on Saturday. In the runup to the

February 16, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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Spring Festival weather set to be warm, humid: Macau observatory

Macau can expect to see mild and humid weather conditions during the Spring Festival, with temperatures on the rise since Saturday and forecast to reach around 26 degrees Celsius today, (Chinese New Year’s Eve), according to a statement by the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) on Friday.According to the local observatory, the Chinese New Year (CNY) weather will be influenced by a warm and humid air current brought by a weak ridge of high pressure, leading to higher daytime

February 16, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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The Macau Post Daily's Chinese New Year holiday break

Due to the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) public holiday from tomorrow through Thursday,  The Macau Post Daily’s print edition’s reporting and editing team will be taking today and the rest of the week off, returning to work on Sunday (February 22) so the print edition of your favourite newspaper will be on the newsstands or delivered to your home and office again on the morning of next Monday.However, our website https://www.macaupostdaily.com will be updated by our

February 16, 2026 | BY admin

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