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Nepal Cricket debut in the Asia Cup

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Nepal's debut match in the Asia Cup against Pakistan, which ended in a heavy defeat for Nepal. Despite making a bright start with the ball, Nepal was unable to contain Pakistan's batting, with skipper Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed scoring centuries and taking the match away from Nepal. In reply, Nepal struggled with their batting and lost the last seven wickets for a paltry 31 runs. The article includes comments from both captains, with Nepal skipper Rohit Kumar Paudel crediting his Pakistani counterpart Babar Azam and fellow centurion Iftikhar Ahmed for brilliant batting, while Azam praised his bowlers. The Asia Cup is a premier tournament in the region, and Nepal qualified for it by winning the ACC Premier Cup on home soil in May. This was a significant achievement for Nepal, as they had to wait for 19 years to earn a berth in the tournament due to political tensions between India and Pakistan. While this match did not go well for Nepal, it is an important learning experience...

Mpay partnership with Alipay+.

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Macau-based e-payment platform mPay is set to expand beyond Macau to over 40 countries in partnership with Alipay+. The expansion is expected to take place between September and December 2023. The partnership will cover countries such as the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Qatar, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States of America, as well as the 24 countries that make up the European Economic Area.          However, the cross-border payment function will only be available to mPay users who are Macau residents and have acquired a user status on the mobile app of JR (Junior), Intermediate-3A, and Advanced-3B levels. Payments abroad will be completed by switching the Alipay+ overseas payment code on mPay when seeing the Alipay+ logo at merchants in these countries.  The Chairman and CEO of Macau Pass, which owns mPay, Sun Ho, said that the demand for elec...

Weather warning signals

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According to the present forecast track, Tropical cyclone “Saola” will continue to move west-north-westward towards the eastern Guangdong coastal area, approaching the Pearl River Estuary thereafter. Though the circulation of “Saola” is small, it moved slightly faster than expected, and will enter within 200 km from Macao on 1st Sept afternoon. By then, winds will start strengthening significantly and thus the possibility of issuing the Tropical cyclone signal no.8 is high between 13:00 and 15:00 on the 1st Sept. Moreover, affecting by the strong rainband near the centre of “Saola”, there will be showers and thunderstorms in the next few days, heavy at times between the 2nd and the 3rd of Sept. Under the influence of astronomical tide, flooding of 0.5 meters or below will occur within inner-harbour area during daytime on the 1st Sept. In addition to the joint effect of storm surge, more significant flooding will occur in low-lying areas during daytime on the 2nd Sept. Sinc...