Thai beer company to buy KFC restaurants in fast-food push

Thai Beverage, the spirits giant that makes Chang beer and SangSom rum, is expanding into the fast-food business to take advantage of the rising appetite for fried

Nissan to pay USD98 million air bag malfunction settlement

Nissan Motor Co. and its U.S. unit will pay almost USD98 million to settle economic-loss claims tied to Takata Corp. air bag recalls. The agreement, filed in court Tuesday,

Disney to launch streaming services for movies, live sports

With new streaming services in the works, Disney is trying to set itself up for a future that’s largely been framed by Netflix: Providing the stuff

Corporate bits | Jimmy Barnes to perform at the Parisian

Australian rock singer, Jimmy Barnes, is performing his greatest hits at The Parisian Macao’s Theatre for one night only, on December 9. According to a press release

Niagara Falls | Chinese woman awarded USD461,000 over run-in with US border agent

A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Chinese businesswoman who was injured during a 2004 confrontation with American border agents at Niagara Falls and

4,500 outlets by 2022 | McDonald’s plans to nearly double restaurants in China

McDonald’s will nearly double the number of restaurants in China in the next five years, eventually surpassing Japan as the hamburger chain’s second-biggest market outside the U.S. The

North Korea | Trump offers tough talk, despite miscalculation risk

Warning of “fire and fury,” President Donald Trump answered North Korea’s threats with rhetoric the nuclear- armed nation might appreciate. The risk now is the tough

Guam residents fear attack after Pyongyang statements

Residents of the tiny Pacific island of Guam say they’re afraid of being caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea after Pyongyang

Briefs | India: Thousands march for gov’t job quota

Tens of thousands of people waving saffron flags are marching through Mumbai demanding quotas in government jobs and education for the Maratha community in western India. The

India | Wild energy trends raise doubts over coal’s future

Within the wild energy market of the world’s second-most populous nation, predictions are proving tricky. India had been projected to become a carbon-belching behemoth, fueled by

Spain | Catalans think twice about risks of rupture as good life returns

Joan Boix has been attending separatist demonstrations in Catalonia for at least five years and he contributes to the campaign for a split from Spain.

France | Man arrested in search for driver who hit soldiers

French police shot and arrested a man yesterday suspected of slamming a BMW into soldiers in a Paris suburb, injuring six of them in what appeared

Offbeat | 3-day-old deer pulled from wild to spend life in captivity

A 3-day-old baby deer is being sent to a wildlife reserve after somebody thought they were helping the fawn by removing it from a desert area in

This Day in History | 1962 – US spaceman orbits Earth

The first American to orbit the Earth has landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Marine Lieutenant John Glenn, 40, travelled about 81,000 miles (more than 130,000km)

Olympics Paris open to eSports on 2024 program

Video gamers could be competing for Olympic medals by 2024. Tony Estanguet, co- president of the Paris Olympic bid committee, told The Associated Press that

Britain | Makwala turned away from stadium because of illness

Isaac Makwala was turned away from the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday after being ruled ineligible to compete at the world championships because of a stomach bug that

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US-NORTH KOREA Residents of the tiny Pacific island of Guam say they’re afraid of being caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea

The Buzz | Veteran cinematographer elected film academy president

Cinematographer John Bailey is the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The organization’s board of governors elected Bailey to a one-year term

Atlantic City | Casinos embrace eSports even as they work to understand it

Casinos are slowly embracing competitive video game tournaments as a way to help their bottom lines, but the money is coming from renting hotel rooms to

Girl About Globe | Murder and an Orient success?

Hercule Poirot. A name many of us know but we are perhaps uncertain of further detail. If he were to have a Tinder profile (unlikely, but it is

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