Tourism | Package tour visitors climb 3.1pct in June

Visitors on package tours totaled 682,000 in June 2018, according to the latest data from the Statistics and Census Bureau, up by 3.1 percent year-on- year and

Gaming | MGM, Caesars racing to cash in on sports betting market

Two titans of the casino industry are racing to cash in on the newly created U.S. sports betting market, taking steps to expand their footprint and strengthen

Billionaire Li’s FWD said to mull Singapore dual-class IPO

Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li’s FWD Group is considering listing in Singapore with a dual-class structure, as the insurer moves ahead with its initial public

Angola | Embargo on forest resource exploitation lifted

The Angolan Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry plans to remove the embargo placed on exploration of forest resources on August 8 with the opening

Brazil | Chinese ambassador announces interest in railway investment

China’s government is interested in investing in railways and urban transport in Brazil, in the case of the VLT or light railway and the metro itself,

Su Lingmin | Leukemia patient livestreams to pay for treatment

At least once a week, Su Lingmin films herself singing, sharing health tips and chatting with hundreds of fans from her hospital bed. “Now I’m a

Australia says US, Japan partnership doesn’t challenge China

An Australian minister said yesterday a new infrastructure partnership with the United States and Japan does not challenge growing Chinese investment in the Indo-Pacific region. The U.S. Overseas Private

South China Sea | Philippines raises concern over Chinese radio warnings

The Philippines has expressed concern to China over an increasing number of Chinese radio messages warning Philippine aircraft and ships to stay away from newly fortified

Survey | China manufacturing weakens in July

China’s manufacturing decelerated in July as exports and domestic demand weakened, a survey showed yesterday, adding to challenges for Beijing amid rising trade tension with Washington.

Malaysia | Civil aviation chief quits over Flight 370 lapses

Malaysia’s civil aviation chief said yesterday he has resigned to take responsibility after an independent investigative report highlighted shortcomings in the air traffic control center during

Australia | Extremist sentenced to 17 years in prison for plot

An extremist who planned a suicide attack with Molotov cocktails in Australia after he was prevented from flying to Syria to fight was sentenced by an

Koreas | Rival generals discuss easing military confrontation

Generals from the rival Koreas met yesterday at their shared border for talks on easing their countries’ decades-long military standoff, the second such meeting since their

Japan | Tokyo pledges to reduce plutonium, but doesn’t say how

Japan’s nuclear policy-setting panel yesterday approved revised guidelines on plutonium use, putting a cap on its stockpile and pledging to eventually reduce it to address international concerns,

Animal Rights | Undercover video shows pig abuse but also common practices

Recently released undercover video showing pigs being kicked, hit and punched at a Kentucky supplier for the world’s largest meat producer drew prompt condemnation from animal rights

US | Threats aside, Trump says he’s willing to meet with Iranians

President Donald Trump said that he’d “certainly meet” with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and without preconditions, if the Iranian leader were willing. Speaking yesterday

Offbeat | Huge sea-life sculptures made from ocean’s plastic trash

Huge sculptures of sea life are dotted about New Orleans’ aquarium and zoo, all of them made from plastic trash that washed ashore. There’s a great white shark

This Day in History | 1944 Uprising to free Warsaw begins

The Polish Home Army has begun a battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European capital to fall to the Germans nearly five years ago. At 1700

Tennis | Murray tests hip, comes back to edge McDonald in Washington

Andy Murray let out one yell, then another, and violently pumped his right fist. Quite a reaction, considering this was merely a first-round victory over an

Rugby | James Slipper to make comeback for Super Rugby XV

Former Australia prop James Slipper will return from a two-months drug suspension to play for an Australian Super Rugby selection against the Wallabies Friday in a warm-up

Football | NZ women’s coach quits after player uprising

Andreas Heraf, the Austrian-born coach of the New Zealand women’s football team, has resigned weeks after players decried his tactics and coaching methods in an unprecedented and public mutiny.

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