Hong Kong | Asian funerals go green, high-tech at trade fair

Death is inevitable but it doesn’t have to be bad for the environment. Caskets made of paper and wicker coffins on display at a recent

THAAD issue | Chinese, South Korean officials meet in attempt to repair ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met yesterday with a special envoy sent by new South Korean President Moon Jae-in as the two countries attempted to mend a

Australia | Tax official charged in USD123 million fraud probe

A senior Australian tax bureaucrat and two of his children are among 10 people charged in connection with a sophisticated tax fraud that police say netted 165 million Australian dollars (USD123

New Zealand | Quake scientists discover surprise: Hot water

When researchers in New Zealand drilled deep into an earthquake fault, they stumbled upon a discovery they say could provide a significant new energy source for the South

Cambodia | Australian woman in court in surrogacy case

The lawyer for an Australian woman charged with providing commercial surrogacy services in Cambodia says his client is innocent. Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy last

South Korea | Arrested Thai activist gets human rights award

A  Thai law student arrested for sharing a critical article about his country’s new king that was posted on Facebook is this year’s winner of South Korea’s most prestigious human

Russiangate | Trump assails ‘witch hunt’ after naming of special counsel

President Donald Trump lashed out at the appointment of a special counsel to investigate allegations that his campaign collaborated with Russia to sway the 2016 election,

This Day in History | 1974 – Giscard d’Estaing voted French president

Valery Giscard d’Estaing has been elected President of France, winning the second round of elections by a narrow margin to defeat Francois Mitterrand, the communist-backed socialist.

Offbeat | Munich council rejects Oktoberfest beer price cap plan

Munich’s city council has rejected an attempt to take the froth off beer prices at the annual Oktoberfest. Deputy mayor Josef Schmid, who oversees the Bavarian

Football | Madrid a draw away from Spanish title after win over Celta

Monday, 2:00am Malaga v Real M H 13, D 7.5, A 1.25 Cristiano Ronaldo has taken Real Madrid to the verge of its

World briefs

SAUDI ARABIA, hoping to dazzle U.S. President Donald Trump on the first stop of his first overseas visit as chief executive, is hosting a line-up of summits and

European Union says Philippines declines new EU grants

The Philippines will no longer accept new grants from the European Union, officials said yesterday, forgoing possibly more than 250 million euros (USD278.7 million) in funds for development projects in

The Buzz | Portugal seizes 10 metric tons of hashish in Mediterranean

Portuguese police say they have seized about 10 metric tons of hashish from a vessel in the Mediterranean after a yearlong investigation that involved five European countries and

Bizcuits | G2E Asia USA

G2E Asia has been on in Macau this week. The expo expanded into Asia in 2007 from its Las Vegas foundation at a time when there was clearly

Friday, May 19, 2017 – edition no. 2803

* G2E Asia | Social gaming may help casinos to attract millennials * Police hold drill to assess capabilities * Exhibition shows the process of making art * Thai activist receives human rights

Welcome to New Vegas

  * Movies: Wakefield * Books: It's Always the Husband by Michele Campbell * Music: Gumbo by PJ Morton * Wine: Sparkling World * Digital Life: Pantsuit Nation   DOWNLOAD

Bryan Cranston shines in moody, escapist ‘Wakefield’

Have you ever fantasized about one day walking away from your well-ordered life? Just ditching work and the humdrum routine of life? You have? Then, before you

‘It’s Always the Husband’ is riveting novel

Relationships — whether marriage or friendship — have the power to enrich lives or destroy them. Some relationships do both as Michele Campbell shows in her riveting

Maroon 5’s PJ Morton thrives on new solo album

PJ Morton may be the keyboardist for pop-rock band Maroon 5, but he returns to his New Orleans musical roots on his new solo album. Morton,

News of the world | The Vegas Namaste: Yoga on a Ferris wheel, near dolphins

Surrounded by imposing Las Vegas hotel-casinos in the foreground and desert mountains in the background, the group breathed deeply and loudly as an instructor guided them

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