Nine children have been rescued in the Philippines following the arrest of an accused paedophile in Australia.
The lives of the kids, aged between two and 16 years, changed forever when the man from small town regional Victoria, 61, was stopped at the Australian border in November 2019.
Authorities suspected the Victorian man of child sex crimes and allegedly found sexual conversations on his phone where he asked about girls ages.
That sparked a Federal Police raid on his home near the Victorian-New South Wales border.
There, officers found videos of the man allegedly raping underage Filipino girls. The Victorian was charged and his case is before the courts.
There was “reason to be optimistic” about the first-quarter outlook for the Macau gaming market, said on Wednesday Hubert Wang, president and chief operating officer (COO) of MGM China Holdings Ltd.
There was in particular, “no reason to believe” advisory notices to limit out-of-province travel in mainland China after new Covid-19 cases, “will stay in place for a long period of time,” added the executive.
Mainland China is the only place to have a largely quarantine-free travel bubble with Macau.
Mr Wang was speaking on the fourth-quarter earnings call of MGM China’s parent, United States-based MGM Resorts International.
Mr Wang noted that MGM China had been “cash flow positive” each month in the fourth quarter, against the backdrop of travel restrictions between the mainland and Macau easing from late September.
Damen forms alliance with Sea Machines Robotics
On February 2nd, Damen Shipyard and Sea Machines Robotics signed an alliance agreement to further investigate the adoption of collision avoidance functionality on board of Damen ships. For the past four years Damen Shipyards Group has been investing in autonomous shipping technologies. The shipbuilder has participated in several joint industry projects to research the readiness level of technologies. Damen is now entering the next phase by establishing a strategic alliance with the Boston, USA-based company. The alliance aims at speeding up the adoption of several navigating technologies to increase autonomy levels on Damen-built vessels.
Damen, Sea Machines partner up on autonomous ship tech
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group and Sea Machines Robotics,
the USA-based startup developing autonomous ship solutions, have signed an alliance agreement to further investigate the adoption of collision avoidance functionality onboard Damen-built ships.
Image Courtesy: Damen
For the past four years, Damen has been investing in autonomous shipping technologies. The shipbuilder has participated in several joint industry projects to research the readiness level of technologies.
As informed, Damen is now entering the next phase by establishing a strategic alliance with the Boston-based company. The alliance aims at speeding up the adoption of several navigating technologies to increase autonomy levels on Damen-built vessels.
Shares of Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) moved lower in after-market trading after the company reported Q4 results.
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