Corporate Bits | MGM organizes annual summer program for local youth

This August, MGM once again organized the Golden Lion Summer Camp and A Day with MGM summer program for local youth, where young people can learn new skills

China rejects US lawmakers’ sanctions call over Muslim camps

China said yesterday that U.S. lawmakers were wasting taxpayer money by urging President Donald Trump’s administration to impose sanctions on Chinese officials allegedly tied to the mass

Beijing urges US to make ‘right decision’ as USD200b tariffs near

China urged the Trump administration to back away from imposing new tariffs on another USD200 billion tranche of its goods, as the end of a formal comment

Private fund chief arrested after USD2.6b goes missing

Shanghai Fuxing Group’s chairman was arrested overseas and escorted back to China on suspicion of manipulating stocks and other economic crimes, according to Shanghai’s police department.

Gov’t says no plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan

China yesterday denied reports that it plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan, saying the neighbors are engaged merely in “normal military and security cooperation.” Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Wu

Malaysia | 1MDB probe moves overseas as 60 percent of evidence compiled

Malaysian investigators have completed 60 percent of their probe into troubled state fund 1MDB after reopening the case about three months ago. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption

India | Currency decree did little to root out ‘black money’

Nearly all of the currency removed from circulation in a surprise 2016 attempt to root out illegal hoards of cash came back into the financial system, India’s

Myanmar | Rights group sees blocked aid to Kachin as war crime

Myanmar has deliberately obstructed aid deliveries to civilians in war-torn Kachin and northern Shan states, actions that may amount to war crimes, a human rights group said

As Bali awaits financial elite, a volcano is still rumbling

Jerome Powell’s upcoming Asia visit will test the Federal Reserve chief’s appetite for risk on a far different scale to the U.S. economy. As Indonesia prepares

Germany | Saxony governor goes to city shaken by protests

The governor of Germany’s eastern state of Saxony traveled yesterday to the city where anger over the suspected killing of a man by migrants sparked violent protests. Police

US leaker Chelsea Manning to be barred from Australia

Convicted classified document leaker Chelsea Manning will not be allowed to enter Australia for a speaking tour scheduled to start Sunday, her event organizer said yesterday.

Offbeat | Hong Kong’s co-working surge sees a landmark leasing deal

One of Hong Kong’s biggest co-working leasing deals has added to an explosion in the number and size of such agreements. Start-up Campfire Collaborative Spaces leased three floors of

This Day in History | 1957 – Malaya celebrates independence

The Federation of Malaya is now independent. The handover of power from Britain took place at midnight. Thousands of young members of the Malay, Chinese and Indian parties, which

Luka Modric wins UEFA vote as best player in Europe

Croatia captain Luka Modric has been voted the best player in Europe last season, edging former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah for the

Football | Ronaldo’s Juventus drawn with Man United in Champions League

Cristiano Ronaldo is going back to Manchester United and Paul Pogba will return to Juventus after the teams were drawn together in a Champions League group along

Asian Games | Combined Koreas basketball team to play for gold

A combined Koreas team reinforced by WNBA center Park Ji-su has reached the women's basketball final at the Asian Games after an 89-66 win over Taiwan. The team,

World briefs

MALAYSIA The Philippine government has asked Filipinos in Malaysia to brace for a possible crackdown on illegal immigration in the Southeast Asian country, where it estimates about 400,000 Filipinos

The Buzz | Prince Harry, Meghan join Lin-Manuel miranda at ‘Hamilton’

Prince Harry sang and joked with Lin-Manuel Miranda on the stage of "Hamilton," after he and his wife Meghan joined audiences for a gala charity performance of the smash-hit

As temperatures rise, farmers plant crops in S. Korean tunnel

Behind a blue wall that seals a former highway tunnel stretches a massive indoor farm bathed in rose-tinted light. Fruits and vegetables grow hydroponically — with no

Bizcuits | The elephant on the bridge

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) has long been proposed (2002), planned (from 2004) and contracts signed (2009). It has long been in development, long been seen under construction

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