Corporate bits | Macau and HK children cast for ‘The Sound of Music’ at the Venetian

Eighteen children from Macau and Hong Kong have been chosen to play the roles of the von Trapp children in “The Sound of Music” when it comes

Party congress opens door for other Asia dollar bond sellers

China’s Communist Party congress this month is expected to slow dollar bond issuance from the nation’s borrowers in the fourth quarter, which may be good news

Big pharma gets boost as Beijing speeds up new drug approvals

For decades, Chinese patients have struggled to gain access to cutting-edge medicines thanks to bureaucratic delays that have hamstrung drug development. Now a sweeping government overhaul of drug

Philippines apologizes to China over wrong Taiwan logo

The Philippine defense department has apologized to China for the “grievous but purely unintentional mistake” of using Taiwan’s defense ministry logo during a ceremony where the

United Nations | Chinese Qian Tang among top candidates to lead UNESCO

Voting by UNESCO’s 58-member executive board starts today (Macau time) and continues through the week until a candidate wins a majority. The choice then goes to the

Hong Kong | American cancels flight after loading equipment catches fire

An American Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles was canceled yesterday after a piece of loading equipment caught fire while it was preparing to put

North Korea | At party meeting, leader’s sister gets promotion

Kim Jong Un has promoted his younger sister to a new post within North Korea’s ruling party. The promotion of Kim Yo Jong came at a

Australia | High Court to consider fate of seven lawmakers

Australia’s prime minister said yesterday that he was confident that government lawmakers would win a court challenge this week that threatens his administration’s slender majority.

USA | Indigenous Peoples Day? Italians say stick with Columbus

Is it time to say arrivederci to Christopher Columbus? A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day has gained momentum

Nobel Prize | Richard Thaler wins award for work in behavioral economics

The Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago for his contributions to behavioral economics. The 9-million-kronor prize was awarded

Offbeat | Facebook begins ‘human review’ of potentially sensitive ads

Facebook says it will begin manually reviewing advertisements that target certain groups and address politics, religion, ethnicity and social issues. The company has informed some advertisers about

This Day in History | 1975 – Liz Taylor and Richard Burton remarry

Actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor have secretly remarried in Africa only 16 months after getting divorced. The couple who split last year after nearly 10

Paris 2024 Olympics triggers race for contracts worth billions

After an especially long, tortuous process, the International Olympic Committee is expected to award the 2024 Olympics to Paris on Wednesday with a vote in Lima. Lone

World Cup Qualifiers | Salah sends Egypt to World Cup for first time since 1990

Mohamed Salah scored from a penalty kick deep into injury time on Sunday to send Egypt to the World Cup and end a near 30-year wait for

World Cup qualifiers | Ronaldo back in lineup for Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to return to Portugal’s lineup for the decisive World Cup qualifier against Switzerland early tomorrow . Ronaldo did not start in

Liberia | Football Star, ex-warlord among hopefuls for president

Disappointed by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s failure to deliver on her pledge to make education free for all, Kumba Tamba is pinning her hopes on the

World briefs

FRANCE-SPAIN The French European Affairs minister says France won’t recognize Catalonia if it unilaterally declares independence from Spain. Nathalie Loiseau said that “if there were to be a

The Buzz | NATO chief: ‘We don’t want a new Cold War’ with Russia

NATO’s chief said the alliance does not want a “new Cold War” with Russia, despite members’ concerns about the Russian military buildup close to NATO’s border. Secretary

South Africa revives groundbreaking apartheid-era musical

The rise and fall of flamboyant, ferocious Ezekiel Dlamini, a black South African boxer known as “King Kong” who was jailed for murder, inspired a 1959

Our Desk | A Golden ‘Weak’

National Day and the subsequent “Golden Week” that follows – one of the semi-annual 7-day national holidays, implemented in 2000 by China’s Central Government - is always one

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