Sunac, Wanda seal China’s largest property deal

Sunac China Holdings Ltd. agreed to buy hotels, land and projects from Dalian Wanda Group Co. for 63.2 billion yuan (USD9.3 billion) in China’s largest property

Shell plans to spend USD1b a year on clean energy by 2020

Royal Dutch Shell Plc plans to spend as much as USD1 billion a year on its New Energies division as the transition toward renewable power

Corporate bits | Mixed martial arts showdown at the Venetian Macao

The Venetian Macao is holding a mixed martial arts (MMA) event titled “One: Kings & Conquerors” on August 5. The main event will be a match

Angola | First cotton harvest after independence

The first cotton harvest under Angola’s production recovery program is scheduled for July in the provinces of Malanje and Kwanza Sul with a symbolic result of 200

Mozambique | IFAD supports agricultural development

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will apply about USD150 million in the agricultural sector in Mozambique, which will be disbursed over the next

US has apologized for Taiwan name gaffe

The United States has apologized for mistakenly describing Chinese President Xi Jinping as the leader of Taiwan, China said yesterday. Chinese scholars said the error shows a lack of

Beijing said to order carriers to bar personal VPNs by February

China’s government has told telecommunications carriers to block individuals’ access to virtual private networks by Feb. 1, people familiar with the matter said, shutting a

China takes lead in Pacific shipping after USD6.3b deal

China is the new leader of shipping trade to the Americas. State-owned Cosco Shipping Holdings Co.’s USD6.3 billion offer to buy Orient Overseas International Ltd. would create

Hospital: Liu Xiaobo in critical condition

The hospital treating imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo said yesterday his condition is now critical and doctors are in “active rescue” mode for China’s best-known

Australia | Cardinal returns to face sexual assault charges

The most senior Vatican cleric to ever be charged in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal returned to Australia yesterday to stand trial in his

India | Police patrol for poachers as animals flee flooding

Police are patrolling for poachers as rhinoceros, deer and wild buffalo move to higher ground to escape floods devastating parts of northeast India, including a

Pakistan | Senior diplomat summoned after Kashmir fire

Pakistan summoned India’s deputy high commissioner in Islamabad Sunday after five civilians were killed by “unprovoked” Indian fire across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region.

Briefs | Vietnam seizes 3 tons of ivory

Police in northern Vietnam have seized nearly 3 tons of ivory smuggled from South Africa in the latest action taken against the illegal trade. Thanh Hoa provincial police

Cambodia passes bill tightening screws on opposition

Cambodia’s National Assembly passed a bill yesterday barring political parties from having links with convicted criminals, a move aimed at keeping the opposition Cambodia National Rescue

Indonesia | Bomb maker wanted to join Philippine fight

Indonesian police said yesterday that a man whose home-made bomb accidentally exploded in the West Java city of Bandung was obsessed with the idea of joining Islamic

Mosul liberation leaves Iraq counting cost of Islamic State rule

Soldiers cleared explosives from Mosul’s historic quarter after its liberation all but ended Islamic State’s presence in Iraq, three years of occupation that left a trail of

Old German caves, Poland silver mines make UN heritage list

Ancient caves in west Germany with art dating back to the Ice Age and disused silver ore mines in southern Poland were among the sites that a

Kremlin disavows knowledge of lawyer-Trump staff meeting

President Donald  Trump’s eldest son changed his account over the weekend of a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, saying Sunday that the

China’s ambition, US retreat on show in Serbian factory town 

A giant Chinese red flag flutters on a pole where an American flag used to fly at a steel mill in this dusty industrial Serbian town. The company

Offbeat | Afghan students denied US visa to attend robot competition

Six female students from war-torn Afghanistan who had hoped to participate in an international robotics competition in the U.S. this month will have to watch via video link

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