Dancing Water show suspended for refurbishment

Melco Resorts and Entertainment has suspended performances of its long-running show The House of Dancing Water (HODW) until April 24 for refurbishment and facility upgrades, according to

Residential property price index up 8.5pct in 2018

The overall residential property price index of Macau rose by 8.5 percent year-on-year to 265.5 in 2018, a slowdown from the 11.6 percent growth seen in 2017.

Indonesia | Instagram removes gay Muslim comics after warning

Instagram has removed an account that published comic strips depicting the struggles of gay Muslims in Indonesia following a frenzy of moral outrage online in the

Lawyers leading defense of Nissan ex-chairman Ghosn resign

Motonari Ohtsuru, the lawyer heading the defense for Nissan Motor Co.’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn, has resigned. Ohtsuru’s office and a statement submitted to the court

Corporate Bits | Sands China organizes training trip to Shenzhen

Sands China Ltd. recently led a delegation to Shenzhen as part of the company’s professionalism training initiatives. The second “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Visit” was co-organized with the

Tesla rushes Model 3s to China before trade war truce expires

At least three ships roughly the length of two football fields are slated to arrive at ports in China by the end of this month, each

Sci-Fi writer sparks debate on slack in state economy

China’s most prestigious science fiction novelist revealed that a lot of his work was written during work hours at a state-owned power plant, sparking debate about the

Trade war | US, China envoys hold last talks before March 1 deadline

U.S. and Chinese negotiators are meeting this week for their final trade talks before President Donald Trump decides whether to escalate a dispute over technology with a

Zhang Yimou’s ‘One Second’ dropped from Berlin film festival

The latest film from famed Chinese director Zhang Yimou has been dropped from the Berlin film festival for what the festival described as technical reasons.

North Korea | K-pop and fancy sneakers: Kim Jong Un’s cultural revolution

Dancers in hot pants. Factories pumping out Air Jordan lookalikes. TV dramas that are actually fun to watch. North Korean pop culture, long dismissed by critics as

South Korea | Lawmaker won’t apologize for Japan emperor remarks

The speaker of South Korea’s parliament said he had no intention to apologize for his comments about Japan’s emperor, suggesting the issue could continue to stoke tensions

Thailand | Party fighting for survival after gaffe with princess

The Thai political party that took the unprecedented and ultimately unsuccessful step of nominating a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister was

India | Short circuit likely caused deadly hotel fire

A fire at a budget hotel in India’s capital that killed 17 people was likely caused by a short circuit, police said yesterday. No foul play is suspected

Iran | Supreme leader says any talks with US can only ‘harm’

Iran’s supreme leader said yesterday that any negotiations with the U.S. “will bring nothing but material and spiritual harm” in remarks just ahead of an American-led meeting on the

Dutch fishermen try to avert EU ban on electric shocks

Dutch fishermen protested Tuesday outside parliament in a last-ditch attempt to avert a European Union ban on the practice of using electric shocks to stun fish before

Brazil | Slow-going restoration at fire-gutted museum

Five months after fire gutted Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum, the site that once held some of the nation’s greatest treasures remains a ruin of scorched walls, twisted

Spain | Budget defeat puts center-left government on ropes

Catalan separatist and right-wing lawmakers in the Spanish parliament’s lower house rejected yesterday the ruling Socialist government’s 2019 budget plan, likely paving the way for

Swiss set quotas for UK citizens in event of no-deal Brexit

British citizens hoping to work in Switzerland will face immigration quotas, just like people from countries such as Canada or Japan, in the event of a cliff-edge Brexit.

This Day in History | 1945 Thousands of bombs destroy Dresden

British and US bombers have dropped hundreds of thousands of explosives on the German city of Dresden. The city is reported to be a vital command

Offbeat | Gucci creative head breaks silence over ‘blackface’ sweater

Gucci’s creative director broke his silence Tuesday over an USD890 sweater that resembled blackface, saying racism was never his intention. Alessandro Michele, a design force at

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