Category: Flash News

On February 1st, the Ministry of Civil Affairs recently released four recommended industry standards, including the “Basic Norms for Family Elderly Care Bed Services”, “Safety Norms for Entertainment Services in Elderly Care Institutions”, “Norms for Entrusted Services in Elderly Care Institutions”, and “Norms for Visiting and Caring Services for the Elderly”, which will be implemented from today. These standards cover service institutions, service personnel, service recipients, service content, basic requirements, risk identification, service protection, evaluation and improvement of entertainment services provided by family elderly care beds.

On February 1st, the “Interim Measures for Supporting Youth Employment in Macao through the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone” came into effect today. Eligible young people from Macau, aged between 18 and 45, who are employed in the cooperation zone, can apply for employment subsidies at a rate of RMB 4000 per person per month, with a maximum subsidy period of 36 months; Macao youth who have been employed in the cooperation zone and meet the conditions can apply for a one-time subsidy of 30% according to the relevant policy documents of Guangdong Province if they participate in the vocational skill level recognition organized by the registered social training evaluation organization announced by the Guangdong Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department and obtain the corresponding certificate.

On February 1st, two sources familiar with the matter said that interim US prosecutor Ed Martin has fired approximately 30 federal prosecutors who have been handling the January 6th Capitol Hill riot case in his Washington D.C. office for the past four years. The report stated that these prosecutors had received dismissal notices on the same day. This layoff accounts for about 8% of the total number of prosecutors in the office. This decision will have an impact on the civil, appellate, high court, and violent crime departments of the office.

On February 1st, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the White House stated that a large number of federal employees have accepted “buyout plans”. According to an email sent by the Office of Human Resources Management of the US government to federal government employees, the US government will provide approximately 8 months of salary compensation to all federal government employees who voluntarily resign, but the departing employees need to make a resignation decision before February 6th of this year.

On February 1st, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Ted Inman announced at a press conference on January 31st that the black box of the “Black Hawk” helicopter that collided with the passenger plane has been found and is fully capable of recovering the black box data of the two crashed planes. Ted Inman also stated that he is investigating the air traffic controllers on the day of the plane crash. (CCTV News)

On February 1st, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt announced on January 31st local time that the Senate has confirmed 8 cabinet candidates nominated by US President Trump, including Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. Bogum is scheduled to be sworn in later that day. The White House expects the Senate to quickly confirm the remaining qualified nominees and vote on them in the coming days.

On February 1st, the Israeli Defense Forces issued a statement late at night on January 31st local time, stating that they had heard gunshots while operating in the military buffer zone between Israel and Syria, and confirmed a shooting incident. Israeli soldiers immediately fired back at the source area of the gunshots. The statement stated that the incident did not cause any casualties, and Israeli military forces have been deployed in the area and will continue to carry out operations. Israeli media reported that this is the first such incident since the formation of the Syrian Transitional Government and the deployment of Israeli troops to the military buffer zone between the temporary Israeli Syrian border. The Syrian side has not yet responded to this.

On February 1st, OpenAI, a US company, officially launched its competitor inference model o3-mini on Friday and opened the inference model to free users for the first time. OpenAI introduced that o3-mini supports developers to adjust the “AI inference effort level” option, which is divided into low, medium, and high levels. This flexibility allows o3-mini to “think harder” when facing challenges, while prioritizing response speed when efficiency is needed.

On February 1st, after the release of three Israeli detainees, Israel is expected to release 183 detainees on February 1st local time. Among them, 150 people will be released to the Gaza Strip, 32 people will be released to the West Bank, and one Egyptian citizen will be repatriated to Egypt.

On February 1st, Venezuelan President Maduro met with US President Trump’s envoy Grenell in the capital Caracas on January 31st local time. The Venezuelan side stated that this meeting was initiated by the US side. The Venezuelan side has always maintained an open attitude towards dialogue with the United States and hopes to have an “unlimited agenda” dialogue with the Trump administration on the basis of mutual respect.