What it’s really like to live in Macao“I only go to casinos once a year, on Chinese New Year,” says Vivian Lai, a second-generation Macao resident who is training as a nurse. The tradition of gambling is said to bring good luck for the year to come, whether you win or lose.
‘Americans just work harder’ than Europeans, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund, because they have a higher ‘general level of ambition’Norway’s “trillion-dollar man” believes America’s attitude toward failure is helping propel the nation ahead of its European counterparts—where workers may have a better work-life balance but aren’t as ambitious.
Opinion: Right now, I’d rather raise my child in Taiwan than America. I’m not the only oneI was raised in the land of the free, where freedom of speech is enshrined in the constitution as a human right. And yet, decades later, I ended up doing the exact opposite of what my parents did.
Record Tourist Numbers Are Clogging Up Kyoto's Public TransportAs more visitors head to Japan’s ancient capital, public anger is rising and presenting its new mayor with a tough challenge.
In EU speech, Macron says Europe is 'mortal' and 'can die'A few weeks ahead of the June European elections, the French president outlined his vision of Europe in a speech at the Sorbonne university in Paris.
Notion’s Productivity Software Gets Used for Relationships, Journaling, Plant-WateringThe $10 billion company’s appeal in the tech world extends beyond its corporate customers.
50 years since the revolution, where is Portugal today?Portugal is better off today than it was at the end of its military dictatorship. But where does it stand compared to other European countries?
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