The Asian high-spender (HS) market has changed dramatically in recent years and is now being dominated by Chinese consumers, according to a new report released by Tourism Research Australia. The study,
AFGHANISTAN A suicide bomber in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province has killed 29 people, mainly members of illegal armed groups that have clashed with security forces and the insurgents in the
One year after the shooting that cast greater scrutiny on how police in the United States interact with black communities, the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, was being
Israel intensified its crackdown on Jewish extremists yesterday, jailing two high-profile ultranationalist Israelis for six months without charge and arresting additional suspects in West Bank settlement outposts, security authorities said. The
The craft arrived just after 1730 BST (1630 GMT). Soon after, controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California instructed it to fire its solid-rocket motor for 83 seconds to
A state lawmaker had an email sent to his Republican supporters falsely claiming he had been caught having sex with a male prostitute, apparently believing such a smear campaign would
Internationally renowned architect Frank Gehry is working on a master plan to redevelop the Los Angeles River. The designer of the steel-clad Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the
The most overhyped debate in history opened with a shock: loud boos for Donald Trump, the only candidate who raised his hand to say he wouldn’t rule out running as
Casino billionaire James Packer sold his Sydney harborside mansion for a reported A$60 million (USD44 million), a new record in Australia’s biggest city. The six-level La Mer property in the suburb
INDONESIAN police have rescued 45 Burmese fishermen, believed to be trafficking victims, from a hotel in central Jakarta where they were taken after traveling on fake documents, officials and the
A USD5 billion money-laundering trial of the Bank of China and 297 other defendants in Italy is scheduled to begin in March, deputy public prosecutor Giulio Monferini said Wednesday. At issue is more
A bomb ripped through a mosque in Saudi Arabia used by Interior Ministry special forces in the southwestern city of Abha yesterday, killing 17 people, according to the official Saudi Al-Ekhbariya news channel. A Saudi Interior Ministry official told
A sheriff’s office in the United States has posted a flyer on its Facebook page asking drug dealers to turn in their rivals. Media outlets report the Sheriff’s Office in Franklin
General Amin said all Asians who are not Ugandan citizens - around 60,000 - must leave Uganda within 90 days. The military ruler’s latest statement amended his original expulsion order two
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh wants to ban the use of snuff and chewing tobacco in sports venues across the city. The proposal follows passage of a similar ordinance in San Francisco,
CHINA A diocese in central China ordains the country’s first Catholic bishop in three years amid tensions between Beijing and the Vatican and a strained relationship between the Chinese leadership
MGM Resorts International rose the most since March after reporting better-than-expected quarterly results and outlining plans to boost the stock price. The shares advanced after Chief Executive Officer James Murren
Working to prevent tension with a treaty ally, Vice President Joe Biden reassured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday that the U.S. limits its surveillance of friendly nations, after
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made dueling appeals to the American Jewish community Tuesday as they sought to rally support for their opposing positions on the
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has made the cut for tonight’s leadoff debate of the 2016 presidential race, joined by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and seven
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