The next operator of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal will manage the entire site, including public areas, and face financial penalties if it underperforms, according to a new government tender aimed at transforming the area into an attractive tourist destination. Authorities on Wednesday launched an open tender for the next operator of the terminal…
Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a remarkably preserved section of an ancient imperial highway built more than 2,200 years ago—an infrastructure marvel now being hailed as the ancestor of modern expressways. The discovery sheds new light on the extraordinary engineering capabilities of the Qin Dynasty, the empire that unified China for the first time in history….
Japan’s “Empress of Pop” Ayumi Hamasaki stood alone on a brightly lit stage in Shanghai, her voice echoing through a stadium filled with empty seats. Hours before showtime, she was informed that her concert could not proceed with an audience for “an inevitable reason”. The vague explanation has become familiar to organisers of Japanese cultural…
Bold. Striking. Experimental. These three words describe The Agency’s “Into The Matrix” fashion show, held on Friday, Nov. 21. “I think events like these are very important because I think it’s good to show people what’s out there,” Zoie Daughtry, the creative director of The Agency, said. “I think that there’s so much out there…
If the good people of Hampshire, England’s sixth most populous county of 1.8 million, want the answer to a burning question about pride, they’ll find it above the urinals at Carshalton AFC in what was formerly the neighbouring county of Surrey. The citizens of Southampton or Portsmouth may disagree, but there, on a Carshalton cistern,…
Before Franz Kafka died in 1924, he had a simple wish for his friend and literary executor Max Brod: burn all of Kafka’s unpublished writing and papers. Fortunately for the rest of the world, Brod largely ignored what Kafka had said, which is why today we have works like The Castle and The Trial, not…
Both the right-wing Conservatives and Reform insist they have no desire to destroy the BBC. “There is a future for the BBC, because it does have a strong global brand, but in order to retain its trust and confidence, it’s got to respect its impartial charter responsibilities and make sure that the news and current…
Though back-to-school season is a distant memory for most adults, it doesn’t mean that many don’t have that nostalgic yearning to sit under a tree on a college campus in a chunky-knit sweater and read Marcel Proust. But even if you aren’t currently matriculating, it doesn’t mean you can’t let your inner prepster out, especially…
You’ve probably heard by now the blockbuster news that Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the richest people to ever walk the planet, has had a change of heart on climate change. For several decades, Gates poured billions of dollars into the climate-industrial complex and was howling that the end is nigh unless we stop…
Scenes from the runway at last year’s Native fashion show, which returns to Northern Quest this weekend. Photo courtesy Northern Quest Resort & Casino Porcupine quills, buckskin and glistening dentalium shells — each material carries a story, a memory. These spectacular elements shimmer to life on the runway at Northern Quest Resort & Casino’s upcoming…