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
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
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
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
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
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
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’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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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