Companies are struggling to offload foreign acquisitions, from yachts to pizza

China Inc. is struggling to offload overseas businesses and the accompanying debt in an increasingly volatile market. In just a few weeks, companies from yacht makers to luxury clothing and pizza

Gov’t has a new plan for PRP industry: small-time lending

It was once a roughly $150 billion industry - an innovative marketplace where individuals could lend to each other. But after years of fraud, defaults and few investor safeguards, China’s

Naruhito takes throne as Japan’s first new emperor in 30 years

Japan completed the months-long coronation of Emperor Naruhito in an elaborate ceremony in Tokyo, as assembled global royalty and political leaders looked on. Clad in layers of intricately patterned silk, Naruhito

Bangladesh to start relocating some Rohingya to island soon

Authorities in Bangladesh said yesteday that they want to start relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to a Bay of Bengal island soon from crammed camps near the border with Myanmar,

US diplomat drawn into Trump’s Ukraine effort set to testify

William Taylor has emerged as an unlikely central player in the events that are at the heart of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. The retired career civil servant was

This Day in History | 1956 Hungarians rise up against Soviet rule

  Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Hungary to demand an end to Soviet rule. There are believed to have been many casualties in a day which

Offbeat | Television’s Weather Channel wades into climate debate

The Weather Channel is moving beyond cold fronts and heat waves to wade into the politics of climate change, with a special planned for early next month that includes interviews

Springsteen surprises moviegoers at film preview screenings

Bruce Springsteen surprised moviegoers by introducing his new concert film in his New Jersey hometown. The Asbury Park Press reports Springsteen introduced two showings of “Western Stars” at the AMC Loews

Alexis Bledel is the most dangerous celebrity online

Actress Alexis Bledel has been bookish and sweet on “Gilmore Girls” and “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” But the actress herself is now officially dangerous. Cybersecurity firm McAfee on Monday crowned

Football | Beckham’s stadium complex for Inter Miami taking shape

Piles of steel sit at one end of the property, waiting to be lifted into place. Workers were going in all directions, some pounding nails into wood, others ready to

Asian soccer player of the year banned for five months

Asia’s reigning player of the year has been banned for five months for confronting a referee in the Asian Champions League semifinals. The Asian Football Confederation banned Abdelkarim Hassan, the left

The Buzz | South Pole’s ozone hole shrinks to smallest since discovery

The ozone hole near the south pole this year is the smallest since it was discovered, but it is more due to freakish Antarctic weather than efforts to cut down

Louvre exhibit acclaims Da Vinci, 500 years after his death

Much about Leonardo Da Vinci remains an enigma: the smile of the “Mona Lisa”; why the world’s most famous painter left so many works unfinished; and more recently, who bought

World Briefs

  PHILIPPINES President Rodrigo Duterte is cutting short his trip to Japan due to “unbearable pain” in his spinal column caused by his fall during a motorcycle ride last week, his

Macau Matters | A better way to make hydrogen

The Hazer group (www.hazergroup.com.au), a West Australian based technology company, is developing a much cheaper and more effective way to make hydrogen based on original research done at the University

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 – edition no. 3400

• German driver Sophia Flörsch was spotted yesterday at a Formula 3 International post-season training event held in Valencia, Spain, prompting speculation she is mulling a return to Macau * Sands

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