MGM Resorts wants to settle Vegas shooting victims’ claims

MGM Resorts International wants to negotiate a possible settlement with the victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, shooting at the Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, in which

Cathay enlists firm once sued for data breach to help after hack

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. has enlisted a company that was itself once caught up in a hacking scandal to help deal with the fallout of a

Liquor giant Moutai’s sales rise 4pct on festival demand

China’s Kweichow Moutai Co. posted a nearly 4 percent increase in revenue as demand for products from the world’s most valuable distiller climbed in the runup to the

Shifting toward China, Sri Lanka’s political crisis deepens

A leadership struggle in Sri Lanka is the latest skirmish in the broader battle for influence in South Asia between India and China and has left the tiny

Woman with knife injures 14 children in Chongqing

A knife-wielding assailant injured 14 children at a kindergarten in the western Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, police reported. The attacker, a 39-year-old woman, was taken into custody

US Treasury sanctions 2 Singapore firms for N. Korea dealings

An executive of one of two Singapore companies accused by the U.S. Treasury Department of violating U.N. sanctions against North Korea said Friday that he was

Severe weather | Super Typhoon Yutu threatens Philippines with deadly winds, surf

Super Typhoon Yutu could rip into eastern Luzon in the Philippines tomorrow, extending the toll of destruction it left in the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands earlier this

Japan, India leaders build ties amid trade, security worries

The leaders of Japan and India are reaffirming their ties amid growing worries about trade and regional stability. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived

Thailand | Main opposition party picks leader ahead of election

Thailand’s main opposition Pheu Thai Party picked acting head Viroj Pao-in as its leader ahead of a general election expected in 2019 after more than four

Istanbul to unveil new airport, seeks to be world’s biggest

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held plenty of grand opening ceremonies in his 15 years at Turkey’s helm. Today he will unveil one of his prized jewels —

Georgians choose new president directly for last time

Voters in Georgia are choosing a new president for the former Soviet republic on the Black Sea, the last time the president will be elected by direct

USA | How the FBI used science to identify mail bomb suspect

In the hours before his arrest, as federal authorities zeroed in and secretly accumulated evidence, Cesar Sayoc was in his element: spinning classic and Top 40

IMF board approves USD56.3b credit line for Argentina

The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved a USD56.3 billion credit line for Argentina, clearing the way for the embattled South American economy to receive a larger

Offbeat | Look what we found: Tiny female lion cub in French garage

France’s customs agency says it’s made an extremely surprising discovery in a garage in Marseille: a lion cub. Marseille’s customs brigade found a small female lioness

This Day in History | 1975 – Franco’s 36-year reign ends

General Franco’s dictatorship has effectively ended with the announcement heir designate Prince Juan Carlos will take over as provisional head of state for Spain. The move

McLaren’s USD2.3 million monster roars at Lamborghini and Ferrari

On Friday, McLaren debuted the £1.75 million (USD2.3 million) Speedtail, previously known by its BP23 codename. The all-new, three-seat “hyper-GT” is the next model in McLaren’s

Report | Leicester City chairman was on chopper when it crashed

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the chairman of Leicester City, was on a helicopter that crashed outside the English Premier League soccer club’s King Power Stadium, the BBC reports.

World briefs

TAIWAN  Tens of thousands of people gathered in Taiwan’s capital over the weekend for the city’s annual gay pride parade ahead of referendums next month that will determine

The Buzz | Bus plunges off bridge into China’s Yangtze River, killing two

A bus has plunged off a large bridge spanning China’s Yangtze River, with state media saying two people were killed. Police say the bus suddenly veered into the wrong lane

Brazil | Country on course to usher in new era of hard-right politics

Brazil looks set to pivot sharply to the right with the election of a former Army captain who wants to privatize state companies in an ailing economy,

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