MGM receives special recognition for corporate social responsibility

MGM’s commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) has once again been recognized at a regional level. Thanks to their outstanding endeavors in CSR, MGM has received the “Special Recognition in

Moon calls for Chinese role in denuclearizing North Korea

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said yesterday the global diplomatic push to defuse the nuclear standoff with North Korea is at a “critical crossroads” and called for China to continue

Huawei asks court to throw out US telecom funds ban

Chinese tech giant Huawei is asking a U.S. federal court to throw out a rule that bars rural phone carriers from using government money to purchase its equipment on security

Three charged over Australia’s largest crystal meth seizure

Two customs agents and an information technology worker appeared in a court yesterday charged with drug offenses over Australia’s largest seizure of methamphetamine, which had been smuggled to Melbourne from

Environment | Experts say Mekong River’s new color a worrying sign

The Mekong River has recently acquired an aquamarine color that may beguile tourists but also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams, experts in Thailand say. The river usually has a

Anti-headscarf law activist sues Iran in US over harassment

An Iranian-American activist famous for her campaign against the Islamic Republic’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, for women has sued Iran in U.S. federal court, alleging a government-led harassment campaign targets

This Day in History | 1978 Spain set to vote for democracy

Spaniards have been turning out in force today to cast a vote for democracy and end almost 40 years of dictatorial rule. The majority of the 25 million Spaniards eligible to

Offbeat | Man found in freezer was husband of recently deceased woman

A man whose body was in a freezer for as long as 11 years was the husband of the woman who had recently died in their apartment west of Salt

South Korea’s Lost Kids

• Many children of mix marriages – half-Chinese, half-N.Koreans – are alienated and frustrated as they struggle to navigate a strange culture   * Movies: The Two Popes

In ‘The Two Popes,’ a buddy movie investments

Believers of all religions can agree on one thing: the Vatican is an unlikely place for a bromance. The novelty of Fernando Meirelles’ “The Two Popes”

17 stories inspired by great American paintings

Writers take their inspiration from a variety of sources: an unforgettable face, overheard conversation or perhaps, a painting. The well-known crime writer Lawrence Block has parlayed

All-star Mose Allison tribute hits the right spots

It may be a tired cliche to say someone was one of a kind, but Mose Allison most definitely was. A jazz and blues pianist whose songwriting career meshed

News of the World | Half-North Korean, half-Chinese kids struggle in South Korea

Song Hong Ryon looks like any other young woman in South Korea. But three years after her arrival from China, the half-North Korean, half-Chinese 19-year-old has made

Travelog | Not exactly the Orient Express, but Europe’s sleepers are back

Romanticized by movies like “Murder on the Orient Express” and “From Russia With Love,” sleeper trains had all but disappeared in Europe. Now, some of their magic

Life & Style | New Zealand finds perfect spokesman: Stephen Colbert

New Zealand has relied on hobbits, bungy jumping and rugby to entice tourists in the past. Now Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may have found

Figure skating | Hanyu, Chen face off at Grand Prix Finals

Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu owns the last two Olympic gold medals. No man has won three in a row. American Nathan Chen owns the last two world

World briefs

  MALDIVES-CHINA The Maldives foreign minister says his country needs to restructure its massive debt to China, which he says has put the Indian ocean archipelago in a

Eiffel Tower shuts down as mass strikes cripple France

The Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s vaunted high-speed trains stood still and teachers walked off the job as unions launched nationwide strikes and protests Thursday over

World views | Trump is the least of NATO’s problems

It was meant to be a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But the mood at a gathering of the alliance’s leaders this

Friday, December 6, 2019 – edition no. 3432

  * Macau never had it so good • Two Chief Executives and a Chief-to-be say the last two decades have been the best in the SAR’s history * HK residents stress over

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