The move is part of a growing global trend to curb children’s use of smartphones, believed to be broadly detrimental to their mental health and ability to learn

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Two new papers add to a growing body of evidence that the world is not taking the necessary steps to curb climate change
A legislative committee is aiming to finish the process before the conclusion of the final session of the seventh-term Legislative Assembly on 15 August
The city has procured 11,000 new doses of flu vaccine, and will increase the appointment quotas accordingly
Ung Choi Kun was speaking in response to data showing that there were just 3,057 property transactions in Macao last year, less than half of the pre-pandemic figure
The SAR’s fertility levels are considered extreme by the United Nations, which says Macao has no chance of attaining a replacement rate in the next 30 years
However, CTT warns customers that ‘adjustments to the United States postal service policies cannot be ruled out at any time’
The animated fantasy quickly became the highest grossing Chinese film of all time, then the first non-Hollywood film ever to join the billion-dollar club
Macao’s twice-yearly craft market returns to Tap Seac Square in April and the Cultural Affairs Bureau is inviting applications from stallholders
Total trade between China and the nine-member bloc of Portuguese-speaking countries increased by almost 2 percent in 2024
Responses on social media and in the island’s newspapers lamented that ‘only in Sri Lanka’ could a single monkey do so much damage
China’s top representative on Macao affairs visited Hengqin last Friday and Saturday to inspect the island’s development in areas such as life sciences and e-commerce