Finance | Micro-lender assault threatens path to US listings

A new assault by Chinese authorities on the country’s cash micro-lenders threatens to stymie any new listings in New York, as regulators in Beijing escalate their campaign

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | Uganda’s foreign minister urged to quit over alleged bribe

Uganda’s foreign minister faced growing calls for his resignation yesterday following allegations in the United States that he accepted a bribe shortly after finishing his term as

Ships, aircraft search for three US sailors missing in crash

U.S. and Japanese ships and aircraft searched in the Philippine Sea yesterday for three sailors missing since a U.S. Navy aircraft crashed a day earlier. Eight

Myanmar | UN envoy says sexual attacks against Rohingya may be war crimes

Widespread atrocities against Rohingya Muslim women and girls have been orchestrated and perpetrated by Myanmar’s military and may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide,

Papua New Guinea | Officials pressure refugees to leave camp

Papua New Guinea authorities yesterday removed dozens of asylum seekers and ratcheted up pressure on more than 300 others to abandon a decommissioned immigration camp, where refugees

Zimbabwe | Country facing new leader, wonders ‘Where is Mugabe?’

As Zimbabwe prepared to swear in a new leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa, after 37 years, attention turned to the fate of Robert Mugabe and the wife who

Germany | Protests, criticism overshadow Chinese soccer friendlies

China may be regretting the decision to have its under-20 soccer team to play a series of friendlies against lower- level German clubs. The Chinese team

Offbeat | Cat nap burglar: Police find tired thief asleep amid Doritos

British police say an alleged thief was found covered in Doritos beside a half-eaten pie after he broke into a house and then fell asleep. Monklands Police

This Day in History | 1963 – Kennedy ‘assassin’ murdered

The man accused of assassinating the US President, John F Kennedy, has himself been shot dead in a Dallas police station. Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24-year-old

Football | Champions League: History repeats for Mourinho, Man United with loss at Basel

Jose Mourinho brought his team to Basel in the Champions League for the first time in four years. And lost again. Manchester United came to Basel

Rugby | England players not sharing match fees with Samoa players

England’s players have decided not to donate some of their match fee to Samoa’s players on ethical grounds. Veteran prop Dan Cole said it shouldn’t even

World briefs

MYANMAR An agreement was signed yesterday between Myanmar and Bangladesh covering the return of Rohingya Muslims who fled across their mutual border to escape violence. SOUTH CHINA

The Buzz | Pope Francis to visit three Baltic nations next year

Pope Francis is planning a visit to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia next year, when the three Baltic nations celebrate their 100th anniversaries. Daiva Ulbinaite, a spokeswoman for

Balloons, Broadway stars and security at Macy’s parade

New faces and old favorites will fly, float and march in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as police go all-out to secure it in a year marked

Kapok | At a snail’s pace

Looking back at the titles of my column over the past five years, I have now exhausted almost every possible expression to convey the idea of “slow” and

Friday, November 24, 2017 – edition no. 2934

* Non-gaming income gains weight in casino industry * Travel agencies congress starts * Rewards system pays off * Country wonders ‘where is Mugabe?’   DOWNLOAD

Thanks to the tribe

  * Movies: Mudbound * Books: Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison * Music: Reputation by Taylor Swift * Wine: The Alchemist’s

‘Mudbound’ a moving, literary epic of family, race

Perhaps it’s a sign of the times that after seeing an epic story as poetically told as Dee Rees’ “Mudbound,” feelings of awe and admiration are quickly

Crew of the Oregon fights most ruthless villain yet

Juan Cabrillo and his elite crew of the ship the Oregon fight their most ruthless villain yet in “Typhoon Fury” by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison, the

Taylor Swift’s ‘reputation’ is pure pop magic

If you’d stop thinking about her reputation, you’d actually appreciate the musicality of Taylor Swift’s “reputation.” Sure, she named the album that so there will be

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