Hyundai Motor’s profit halved to lowest level since 2010

Hyundai Motor said yesterday its quarterly profit was halved to its lowest level since 2010 as its auto sales in China and the U.S. plunged as the South

Corporate bits | MGM receives award from DSAL and IAS

MGM was awarded at the biennial “Hiring Disabled Staff Recognition Scheme,” organized by the Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL) and the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) for the fifth time.

US and China report progress on new North Korea sanctions

The United States and China said Tuesday they are making progress on a new U.N. resolution that would impose additional sanctions against North Korea following its test of an

Telephone fraud suspects deported to Beijing

Police in Cambodia have deported to China 17 telephone fraud suspects, among hundreds of alleged scam artists who have been caught and expelled in recent years. The 17 were

Concerns increase in Wisconsin over deal for Foxconn plant

Concerns are increasing among lawmakers and others in Wisconsin over what incentives the state may offer to become the first U.S. home of Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn. Little has

Philippines | Rights groups ask Duterte to retract threat to bomb schools

Human rights groups asked the Philippine president yesterday to retract a threat to order airstrikes against tribal schools he accused of teaching students to become communist rebels, warning such

Maldives urged to restore parliament’s independence

Outside governments yesterday asked the Maldives to restore its legislature's independence, days after the opposition said parliament was locked down on orders from the president in an attempt to

Thailand | Ex-prime minister vows to fight negligence charge

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whose bank accounts were frozen this week, says she will fight to prove her innocence as a trial that could put her

Sri Lanka | Army deployed to distribute fuel during strike

Sri Lanka's government deployed army troops yesterday to restore fuel distribution crippled during a strike launched by trade unions who want to stop leases of oil tanks

Boris Johnson welcomes Australian tech entrepreneurs

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson assured concerned Australian tech entrepreneurs yesterday that they will be welcome to continue working in his country after it leaves the European Union. Johnson

Artist uses Iraq refugees, war veterans in radio project

In 2016, an Iraqi-American artist sat down with Bahjat Abdulwahed — the so-called "Walter Cronkite of Baghdad" — with the idea of launching a radio project that would

Climate Change | Al Gore on ‘Inconvenient Sequel,’ Trump, and the environment

Al Gore admits he was frustrated upon hearing the news last month that President Trump was pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord, but since then he's become

Heritage | Ruling lets Italy hunt abroad for new Colosseum chief

The international search for a new director for Rome's Colosseum will go forward after a legal challenge by the city that had halted it was dismissed by a national

Offbeat | Fires force evacuation of 12,000 in 3 French Riviera towns

French authorities ordered the evacuation of up to 12,000 people around a picturesque hilltop town in the southern Cote d'Azur region as fires hopscotched around the Mediterranean coast for

This Day in History | 2003 – Comic legend Bob Hope dies

American icon and legendary comedian Bob Hope has died, just two months after celebrating his 100th birthday. He had been ill with pneumonia, and died in his sleep at

FINA World Championships | Hungary’s proud water polo tradition goes on at home worlds

The spirit of the 1956 Olympics lives on in the Hungary men's water polo team. Some 61 years after the infamous "Blood in the Water" game against the Soviet

Tennis | Djokovic will sit out rest of 2017 because of injured elbow

For more than a year, Novak Djokovic's right elbow hurt when he hit serves or forehands. The pain kept getting worse, and now he's going to give his

Cricket | India 399-3 after Dhawan’s 190

India finished day one of the opening test against Sri Lanka in the commanding position of 399-3 yesterday after a powerful 190 from opener Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan hit

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MALDIVES Outside governments yesterday asked the Maldives to restore its legislature's independence, days after the opposition said parliament was locked down on orders from the president in an attempt to

The Buzz | Mayweather-McGregor to be shown live in movie theaters

Movie theaters around the U.S. will show the Aug. 26 fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor. The bout between the undefeated boxer and the Irish UFC champion

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