CNY | Bullet trains are transforming the world’s biggest migration

China already has the globe’s longest bullet-train network, but it’s plowing 3.5 trillion yuan (USD556 billion) into expanding its railway system by 18 percent over the

China to select theaters nationwide to show propaganda films

China plans to select 5,000 movie theaters to screen propaganda films and will boost their box office with group sales, discounted tickets and other financial backing. The notice

South China Sea | Britain plans to sail warship in disputed waters

Britain will sail a warship through the South China Sea to assert the right of free passage, the country’s defense chief was quoted yesterday as saying, potentially

Sun Zhengcai | Former Chongqing party boss charged with bribery

A former Politburo member once seen as a rising star in Chinese politics has been charged with bribery, becoming the highest-ranking serving official to be ensnared by President Xi

Beijing imposes anti-dumping measure amid trade tensions

China told importers of a U.S. industrial chemical to start posting deposits yesterday in preparation for possible anti-dumping duties amid rising trade tension with Washington. A

Malaysia trial | Year after Kim’s killing, suspected masterminds evade justice

Lost in the glare of North Korea’s missile launches, rhetorical battles with Washington and charm offensive at the Winter Olympics, two women stand accused of a crime

Philippines | Duterte slammed over threat to shoot rebels in the genitals

Human rights groups condemned the Philippine president yesterday for saying that troops should shoot female communist rebels in the genitals to render them “useless,” which they

USA | Bill, Melinda Gates turn attention toward poverty in America

Bill and Melinda Gates, as the world’s top philanthropists, are rethinking their work in America as they confront what they consider their unsatisfactory track record on

UK | A prize for thrillers without female victims divides opinion

It’s a chilling cliche of thrillers that women often end up abducted, abused or dead. One writer is so sick of the violence that she

offbeat | Dozens of nude models brave cold, rain for Polar Bear Paint

Cold feet can’t stop naked models from parading around New York City. Dozens of body-painted models walked through the chilly streets and posed for photos in

This Day in History | 1989 – Ayatollah sentences author to death

Iranian Muslim leader Ayatollah Khomeini has issued a death threat against British author Salman Rushdie and his publishers over the book Satanic Verses. Scotland Yard is providing the

Football – Champions League | Ronaldo-Neymar showdown with jobs at stake

Thursday, 3:45am Real Madrid v Paris St Germain H 2.47, D 3.86, A 2.9 The Champions League resumes with a mouthwatering meeting of the aristocrats

Winter Olympics | Chloe Kim takes family on one more epic ride

Chloe Kim stamped her name on a new era of snowboarding with a run down the halfpipe that, officially, did not mean anything, but to

World briefs

MALAYSIA Lost in the glare of North Korea’s missile launches and charm offensive at the Winter Olympics, two women stand accused of a crime that could send them

The Buzz | Oxfam’s deputy chief executive resigns in Haiti scandal

Oxfam’s deputy chief executive resigned yesterday, saying she took “full responsibility” for failing to act immediately in the sexual misconduct scandal involving the charity’s workers in Haiti following

Vanessa Trump taken to hospital after white powder scare

Donald Trump Jr.’s wife was taken to a New York City hospital as a precaution after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that contained an

Macau Matters | How big data will transform medicine

I always look forward to getting my weekly information “fix” from The Economist, and a few recent stories in have pointed out that data analysis, especially using Artificial

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 – edition no. 2987

* CNY holidays | Rising tide of travelers from China floods Macau, Asia * local startup warned in Japan * Fitch upgrades Macau's rating * Long-stalled Vegas casino gets new life   DOWNLOAD

Transportation | DSAT does not want more public buses

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) wants bus companies to improve their efficiency, but is not willing to allow the expansion of the public bus fleet. DSAT director Lam Hin

Steve Wynn is out but Vegas is still a tough town for women

The jobs were advertised as some of the best in Las Vegas: collect big tips while dealing blackjack on the Strip. But inside the casino “party

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