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In ‘Green Room’ a punk band faces the truly hardcore

Play your early stuff,” is the advice given to the punk band The Ain’t Rights when their dirt-broke, gas-siphoning tour lands a last-minute gig at an Oregon backwoods roadhouse in

Duchovny hits home run with new novel

Actor David Duchovny, recently seen as Fox Mulder on "The X-Files" TV revival, follows his humorous New York Times best-seller "Holy Cow" with another funny and heartfelt story, "Bucky F------

Pet Shop Boys stay danceable and electric on ‘Super’

Pet Shop Boys take another drink from the fountain of youth on "Super," offering more dance than pop 13 studio albums and more than 30 years after "West End Girls." Written

NEWS OF THE WORLD | At Disney, running a race is all about the costume

Disney has races to honor classic Disney and Pixar characters (January and September), princesses (February), Tinker Bell (May) and superheroes from Disney’s Marvel comic books (November). There’s also one at

The Grand Duchy

With a population of ca. 560,000 and covering just under 2,600 sq km, Luxembourg – officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – is the 7th smallest country in Europe by

Legend of the Orient

MDT, Bangkok It’s three o’clock in the afternoon and I have just arrived at the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok following a short flight from Macau. While the temperature in this city is

The Buzz | US troops, Philippine police in bar brawl face sanctions

American troops involved in a bar brawl with Filipino policemen face possible disciplinary sanctions in an incident earlier this month that the Philippine military says has no bearing on ongoing

Out of India | British royal couple goes on wildlife safari

After a night of traditional music and dance, The Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge, headed out in a jeep yesterday into the wilds of remote northeast India for a

World Briefs

TAIWAN A Mormon missionary from North Ogden has died after he was hit by a car in Taiwan while riding a bike. Mormon church officials said yesterday in a news

Report | CCAC probes mostly relate to civil servants infractions

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) received a total of 793 complaints and reports in 2015, including 262 allegations of criminal corruption and 482 administrative complaints which have been pursued. Of

Kick off meeting for the 2016 Sands China Macau Eco TrailHiker

Hiker. This year’s event will take place on Saturday October 29 and will  include a 10km “Family & Fun Event” and a 30km “Corporate Challenge.” The Macau TrailHiker press conference

CRIME | Mother accused of sexually abusing three-year-old son

A local 27-year-old woman was arrested yesterday by the Judiciary Police (PJ), under suspicion of sexually assaulting her three-year- old son. According to the PJ, the woman, unemployed, recorded the assault and

Mike Leven | Former Las Vegas Sands number two steps down

Las Vegas Sands (LVS) announced yesterday that longtime board member and former president, Michael Leven has decided to retire from the company’s board of directors. According to the Las Vegas

Indoor pollution worse than outdoor, HK study reveals

Pollutant levels in Hong Kong have soared to 1,250 percent higher indoors than outdoors, and indoor levels of small-particle pollution, known as PM2.5, are worse than outdoor levels next to

ILCM gears up for charity ball

The International Ladies Club of Macau (ILCM) will host their annual charity ball on Saturday night at Studio City Macau, hoping to best the roughly MOP1.14 million that was raised

Agreement inked on ‘cultural cooperation’

The cooperation program includes an exchange of human resources and enhanced communication. Alexis Tam, together with other cultural affairs officials, granted funds to three people involved in cultural heritage. Folk

Jackson Chang | IPIM president: ‘Macau can serve as an ideal platform for investors’

The Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) aims to promote external trade and attract investment to Macau. In an MDT/Macauhub exclusive interview, IPIM’s president Jackson Chang stresses the development of

Arts | Typography exhibition to open tomorrow

According to a press release, the exhibition, especially curated for Weingart by the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, has been developed from the museum’s own collection, which displays in various themes

Macau-based chef wins Singaporean award of excellence

Wolfsgruber has had an extensive career as an executive pastry chef in Macau having held the role at the Grand Hyatt, MGM Macau – where he worked until January this

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