Theatre Hikosen has returned to Macau to present The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at the Cultural Centre, opening tonight with shows running until Christmas day. Having toured through some
The yuletide season has long arrived with many cheers for the awaited Christmas offerings that are within everyone’s reach. With just two days to go before Christmas, here is
Donald Trump will be the first U.S. president to have ever owned a casino, and the gambling industry is wondering how he will handle three major issues: internet gambling,
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is back on the U.S. government's annual list of "notorious markets" that sell pirated goods. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Wednesday that Alibaba's on-line
Truck Alliance Inc., an Uber-type service for trucks known in China as Huochebang, raised about USD115 million in a financing round that valued the startup at $1 billion. The
China's foreign minister yesterday warned that ties with the U.S. will likely see new complications and that the only way to maintain a stable relationship is by respecting each other's
Four men in eastern China accused of murder and rape have been exonerated after a 16-year legal ordeal in the latest instance of Chinese courts overturning deeply flawed verdicts. A Jiangxi
China has targets for just about everything, from ethanol production to reaching Mars. Now the top economic planning body wants to get more tourists to hit the road,
The Shanghai Tower, China’s tallest skyscraper, said it has resolved fire-safety issues that have delayed its full opening for 18 months. Fire inspections have been completed for all of
Japan’s cabinet approved a record defense budget of just over 5 trillion yen (USD42.5 billion) for the year starting April, as tensions with China simmer over disputed islands in
South Korea's Constitutional Court yesterday held its first preparatory hearing in the trial of impeached President Park Geun-hye, whom lawmakers voted to remove over an explosive corruption scandal that saw millions
A Swiss man convicted of blackmail linked to a Malaysian financial scandal was freed this week after serving over a year in a Thai prison. Xavier Justo was one of around 30,000
Pyongyang's pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel, which poetically enough was built with some help from Egyptians, is one of the world's strangest landmarks and most conspicuous construction-project fails. Intended to
A van carrying gas cylinders exploded outside the headquarters of a Christian lobbying group in Australia's capital, though there did not appear to be any political or religious motivations behind the
German officials had deemed the Tunisian man being sought in a manhunt across Europe a threat long before a truck plowed into a Christmas market in Berlin — and even kept
Some brought photos of their missing loved ones to the Mexican fireworks market where a series of explosions killed at least 33 people, while others who had already claimed their
Seventeen masterpieces valued at USD17.7 million were returned to Italy from Ukraine on Wednesday after being stolen by masked, armed robbers from a Verona art
Ten thousand people are feared dead after a two-hour earthquake ripped through the Nicaraguan capital of Managua. Initial reports suggest whole communities have been wiped out as an
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics estimate the total cost of hosting the 2020 Games will be between 1.6 and 1.8 trillion yen (USD13-$15 billion). The official cost estimate announced Wednesday was below
Few imagined at the start of the season that a fifth-tier club upon its foundation in 2009 would prove Bayern Munich's biggest obstacle to an unprecedented fifth straight Bundesliga
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