Wynn Resorts cuts ties to salon manager after founder’s exit

Wynn Resorts Ltd. cut ties this month to Claude Baruk, the celebrity hair stylist whose salons in Las Vegas figure in the Steve Wynn sexual-harassment allegations. The salons

Contract for Vegas casino employees nears expiration

The two largest resort operators in Las Vegas would lose more than USD10 million a day combined if housekeepers, cooks and others go on strike, a

Turmoil at Korean dynasty deepens as misdeed allegations mount

Add tax evasion and embezzlement to the mounting list of allegations that one of Korea’s richest families is facing, deepening the turmoil at a business

Zhang Wenzhong | Chinese retail tycoon’s fraud conviction thrown out

China’s supreme court threw out a retail tycoon’s fraud conviction yesterday in an unusual show of leniency toward entrepreneurs amid a string of high-profile detentions that

Trial begins for ex-CIA man accused of espionage

Prosecutors say a former CIA case officer betrayed his country by giving a Chinese spy information about human assets and other top-secret information in exchange for

Wife of detained lawyer Yu Wensheng barred from travelling

The wife of a detained Chinese human rights lawyer said that she has been prevented from leaving her neighborhood, the latest apparent case of extra-legal harassment

Australian says China uses different tone in private talks

An Australian official said yesterday that China used a different tone in private talks than it used in a recent public statement that demanded Australia take “concrete

Thailand | Appeals court dismisses case against British activist

A Thai appeals court yesterday vindicated a British labor rights activist entangled in a years- long legal confrontation with a fruit-packing company after he publicized alleged human rights violations

Pakistani prisoner on death row dies in Indonesia

A terminally ill Pakistani prisoner on death row in Indonesia passed away in a hospital yesterday, shortly after rights activists in Pakistan sought his release on humanitarian

Kim Jong Un complains of US ‘hegemonism’ as summit nears

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un complained of “U.S. hegemonism” to Russia’s visiting foreign minister yesterday, as one of his top lieutenants was in New York trying

Corruption | Malaysia working with Singapore to recover lost 1MDB funds

Malaysia said it’s working with Singapore to recover money believed to have been embezzled from its state investment company 1MDB, as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s

Puerto Rico | Grid ‘teetering’ despite USD3.8 billion repair job

After months of darkness and stifling heat, Noe Pagan was overjoyed when power-line workers arrived to restore electricity to his home deep in the

This Day in History | 1970 British Prime Minister hit by flying egg

The Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, has been hit in the face with an egg thrown by a Young Conservative demonstrator. The raw egg, thrown at close range, hit

Offbeat | La Scala’s 2018-19 season features Verdi, Woody Allen

The storied La Scala opera house announced that it will open the 2018-19 season with a new production of Verdi’s “Attila,” continuing the tradition of Italian opera, while

Football | Zidane quits as Real Madrid coach after third Champions League

At least as a coach, Zinedine Zidane is going out on top. After ending his playing career by headbutting an opponent in the 2006 World

World briefs

SOUTH CHINA SEA The leaders of Japan and Vietnam agreed yesterday to bolster cooperation in maritime safety and defense, and expressed shared concerns over China’s growing activity in

The Buzz | Spain’s gov’t poised to fall, Socialists prepare for power

Spain’s conservative government yesterday appeared doomed to lose a no-confidence vote in parliament, with the center-left Socialist party poised to take power. A Basque nationalist party’s decisive

Science Says | Ambien’s odd side effects don’t include racism

Ambien and similar sleep aids are well-known for sometimes causing some weird behavioral side effects, but changing one’s political or cultural views is not one of them.

Harvey Weinstein indicted on rape, criminal sex act charges

Harvey Weinstein was indicted on rape and criminal sex act charges, furthering the first criminal case to arise from a slate of sexual misconduct allegations against

Editorial | Of eggs and paper planes

In 1970, Prime Minister Harold Wilson was being harshly attacked by the opposition Conservative Party and by many people because of unpopular tax measures he had implemented, which

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