Gaming | Wynn Resorts drops founder’s name for new casino

Wynn Resorts has renamed the USD2.5 billion casino it’s building outside of Boston to Encore Boston Harbor, as the company continues to take steps to

Carlos Dias back to ‘tell a story in each photo’

Local photographer Carlos Dias will soon present a photography exhibition titled “Magic in the Streets of Macau” that will open its doors to the

Briefs | Gov’t says it has a plan for Pearl Horizon plot

The Macau government says that it has a plan for a future development project to be based on the site of the controversial Pearl Horizon land plot. Following

China issues rules for securities ventures by foreign firms

China’s securities regulator issued guidelines on the country’s previously announced move to allow foreign firms to own a majority stake in local securities joint ventures.

Film | World’s biggest movie hub opens in Qingdao to woo Hollywood

Four gigantic, Chinese characters are aligned on a hill overlooking a seaside film studio complex, in a nod to the fabled Hollywood sign, the American cultural icon

‘Europe’s Florida’ sparks rift as Portugal lures rich pensioners

After a lifetime of long Swedish winters and hefty tax bills, Dan Wikstrom’s dream of a comfortable retirement in the sun has come true. Not in a Caribbean tax

Asian tigers leave Taiwan behind as economic fortunes diverge

Of Asia’s fabled “tiger” economies, one is burning less brightly than the rest. Taiwan is set to lag further behind its three peers -

Tencent-backed Little Red Book is said to seek USD200m

Chinese e-commerce startup Xiaohongshu, or “Little Red Book,” is in early talks to raise at least USD200 million at a valuation or more than $2.5 billion to

China, India agree to avoid military dispute on tense border

THE leaders of Asia’s two most-populous countries agreed to strengthen communication between their two militaries to avoid disputes along their contested Himalayan border, after last year’s months-long

US-China trade fight unfolds as diplomats spar in Geneva

Just a month after President Trump upended the global order with threats of tariffs against allies and adversaries alike, his ambassador to the World Trade Organization took

Briefs | Philippines: WWII sex slaves statue removed

A statue honoring women who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II was quietly removed from a busy seaside promenade in the Philippine capital,

Singapore PM: ASEAN growing closer to ‘new powers’

Southeast Asian countries will work more closely with “new powers” China and India to counter the pressure of protectionism and ensure continued growth, Singapore’s prime minister said

US reaffirms its ‘ironclad commitment’ to defend S. Korea

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke on Saturday with their South Korean counterparts after the historic meeting between leaders of the two Koreas, and

Pyongyang to close nuke test site in May

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to shut down the country’s nuclear test site in May and open the process to experts and journalists from

Briefs | Spain: Gang rape verdicts spur third day of protests

Tens of thousands of people have marched in northern Spain for a third consecutive day to protest the acquittal of five men on gang rape charges. Local police

What’s at stake if Trump kills the nuclear deal with Iran?

U.S. President Donald Trump has until May 12 to decide whether to perhaps fatally undermine a years-in-the-making nuclear deal with Iran, with the consequences likely to

Deadly violence erupts again in Gaza at Israeli border fence

Hundreds of Palestinians converged on the Gaza Strip’s border fence with Israel on Friday, trying to burn and rip through it before drawing heavy Israeli fire in one of

Offbeat | Fruit’s pungent smell mistaken for gas leak, prompts panic

The pungent smell of the rotten durian fruit at an Australian university library has been mistaken for a gas leak, prompting an evacuation of the building.

This Day in History | 1952 – Anne Frank published in English

The book was first published in Dutch in 1947 under the title Het Achterhuis (The Secret House) by her father Otto Frank, who survived the

Sumo | Japan Association to consider opinions on female ban

The Japan Sumo Association says it will consider outside opinions from experts and the public over its much criticized policy of banning women from entering the sumo

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