Muslim and Christian residents of Mosul told Pope Francis of their lives under the brutal rule of Islamic State on Sunday as the pontiff blessed their vow to rise up from ashes, telling them that “fraternity is more durable than fratricide.”Francis, on...
The audience for the National Theatre Brno’s recent production of Leos Janacek’s opera Jenufa, being screened as part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival’s celebration of Czech music this year, might be forgiven for thinking that the staging was inspired by...
In January 2018, New York street cleaners were fascinated to find Dai Fujiwara in Times Square vacuuming up garbage in the frigid cold. “They said, ‘Dai, what are you doing?’” the Japanese design giant recalls, laughing. “I spent a week in Manhattan, c...
Amartey, who had been at fault for Adam Lallana’s first-half opener, made amends as he nodded in Marc Albrighton’s corner three minutes from time
Hong Kong martial arts films owe much of their success to martial arts choreographers. But their history is mainly undocumented. A brief 1999 essay by the Hong Kong Film Archive’s Yu Mo-wan, called Martial Arts Directors in Hong Kong Cinema, set out th...
Cyprus’ entry for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) has drawn the wrath of Christians, who demonstrated in front of state broadcaster RIK's headquarters in the capital, Nicosia, on Saturday.The song “El Diablo,” Spanish for “The Devil,” by singer Elena...
Bernard Byrne, deputy CEO of Davy, has been appointed interim CEO
Hong Kong’s weekend property sales saw mixed reception at two different projects, as homebuyers picked and chose their way through two projects that had been on the market for at least nine months.At Lohas Park in Tseung Kwan O, CK Asset Holdings sold ...
Several European countries are hoping a successful 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will lead to an explosion of Chinese winter sports tourism, with experts suggesting that ski resorts in the continent may need to adapt to accommodate mainland arrivals.A r...
Spring is on, so why not sow something to celebrate