Gaming | Japan approves ‘integrated resorts’ law

Gaming operators got the green light they’ve been waiting for after Japan’s parliament approved yesterday an “integrated resorts” law that is a first step toward allowing casino gambling.

Taiwan | Weekends at last: workers to get 2 days off a week

Since Taiwan industrialized in the 1960s, its workers have strived to do whatever their employers asked, including putting in free overtime, out of fear of being

Smokers chased in Beijing as gov’t considers national law

A group of anti-smoking volunteers in blue vests marched through an office building on a recent morning in China’s capital, trailed by two police officers and the building’s management.

Report | Beijing adds weapons to South China Sea islands

China appears to have installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on its man-made islands in the strategically vital South China Sea, a U.S. security think tank says, upping

Putin, Abe hold talks on Japan-Russia territorial dispute

The leaders of Russia and Japan held talks at a hot springs resort in western Japan yesterday on a territorial dispute that has divided their countries for 70

USA | The electoral voters speak, and they’re not out for a revolt

Hounded to abandon Donald Trump, Republican electors appear to be in no mood for an insurrection in the presidential campaign’s last voting ritual. This most untraditional of elections

This Day in History | 1977- Queen opens ‘tube’ linkto Heathrow

The Queen has formally unveiled a £71m underground link from central London to Heathrow’s terminals - the first of its kind in the world from a capital

Offbeat | New York, New York! City booked USD629 hotel rooms for homeless people

A report says New York City paid a rate of USD629 a night to house homeless people at a hotel on two days in September. The report was issued

Football | Real Madrid advances to Club World Cup final

Real Madrid beat Mexican side Club America 2-0 to reach the Club World Cup final yesterday and extend its unbeaten run to 36 games. Karim Benzema

World briefs

CHINA Police have detained a prominent human rights campaigner for allegedly using ID that wasn’t his own to buy train tickets, his lawyer said yesterday. Family and

The Buzz | US dollar surges on prospect of more Fed rate hikes

The dollar surged to near-14 year highs against the euro yesterday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in a year and indicated that

Museum of Art to exhibit flower vessels

Jointly organised by the Macao Museum of Art (MAM), the exhibition “Flower Vessels from the Palace Museum” would commence tomorrow, featuring 100 sets of vessels from the

Kapok | Frustrating exhilaration

Against all odds, the democratic fervour that has engulfed Hong Kong in the past two years appears far from being abated—quite the contrary. The clear cut victory

Friday, December 16, 2016 – edition no. 2706

* MGM Cotai’s exterior façade nears completion * Crown sells Macau stock * Japan legalizes casinos * Taiwan workers to get 2 days off a week   DOWNLOAD

Miss Toughness

* Movies: Lion * Books: Out of Bounds by Val McDermid * Music: 4 Your Eyez Only by J. Cole * Wine: The

Can you go home again? The lovely ‘Lion’ says yes

There are two ways to view “Lion.” One is as a heart-warming tale of love beyond boundaries and the incandescent pull of home. The more cynical view is that

Police detective Karen Pirie returns in ‘Out of Bounds’

Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie has always been a workaholic. But now immersion in her work doesn’t just give her life structure, it also has become a kind of

J. Cole’s low-key return focuses on fragility of life

J. Cole’s latest album, “4 Your Eyez Only,” is an intimate one. It unfolds like an old journal that’s been unearthed and shared with an audience of

NEWS OF THE WORLD | Miss World contestant challenges China on organ-harvesting

Anastasia Lin was due to compete at Miss World last year when it was hosted by China but was barred from entering the country due to her activism

The Holy Spirit

One of Germany’s 16 Bundesländer (Federal States), Freistaat Bayern (Free State of Bavaria) is no doubt one of the most powerful and characterful. Covering some 70,500 sqkm – equivalent

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