Crime | Man stabbed in downtown mall

A Macau Ginza Plaza computer shop owner has narrowly escaped an attempted murder earlier this week after a man tried to cut his neck. The

Yahoo Japan launches gaming platform that bypasses app stores

Yahoo Japan Corp., operator of the nation’s second-most popular website, announced a new web-based gaming platform called Game Plus. The new service offers titles

Cathay Pacific’s first-half performance disappointing, CEO says

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.’s operating environment remained challenging in the first half of the year, Chief Executive Officer Rupert Hogg said, dashing expectations of an early

Corporate bits | MGS launches government subsidy scheme for show visitors

The organizers of the Macau Gaming Show (MGS) have joined with the Macau government to launch an official visitor subsidy scheme for international buyers and business partners coming

Beijing confidential: Wanda’s Hollywood expansion blocked

Wang Jianlin, China’s second-richest man, has made no secret of his ambition to dominate Hollywood. But suddenly the billionaire chairman of Dalian Wanda Group Co. has run

China urges India withdrawal in standoff, stages drills

China yesterday renewed a call for India to immediately withdraw its troops from disputed territory high in the Himalayan mountains, following a report that Chinese forces recently held

Users report WhatsApp disruption amid censorship fears

Users of WhatsApp in China and security researchers have reported widespread service disruptions amid fears that the popular messaging service may be at least partially blocked by authorities

Markets to lure USD3 trillion as foreigners can’t resist, Citi says

China has opened a path for a transformation of its financial markets that could see them match the U.S. in size and lure more than USD3

Indonesia | Parliament speaker denies corruption allegations

The speaker of Indonesia’s parliament, once hailed by President Donald Trump as one of Indonesia’s most powerful men, has denied any wrongdoing after being named

Philippines | Duterte asks Congress to extend martial law

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to extend martial law in the southern third of the country until the end of the year because

Australia | Second senator quits because of dual citizenship

A second Australian senator in less than a week said yesterday she was quitting Parliament after discovering she was a dual national and had therefore never

US, British volunteer fighters in forward role in IS battle 

Hunkered down in sniper positions on the top floor of an abandoned building in the Syrian city of Raqqa, two Americans and a British volunteer face off

Hungary’s Orban: Collaboration with Nazis was mistake, sin 

Hungary’s collaboration with Nazi Germany during World War II was a “mistake” and a “sin” as it failed to protect its Jewish community, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor

South Sudan climate change | War-torn country at grave risk

I’m addicted to cutting trees,” says Taban Ceasor. His stained hands sift through jagged pieces of charcoal in his busy shop in South Sudan’s capital. But the

Offbeat | US YouTube star in Thailand finds coin stunt falls flat

An American expat in Thailand who is a YouTube star with 3.29 million subscribers is in hot water for posting a video of an age-old practice among kids:

This Day in Hhistory | 1965 – South Korea’s first president dies in exile

The former leader of the Republic of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, has died in exile in the US state of Hawaii at the age of 90. In

Football | FIFA’s second most senior official arrested in graft probe

Police arrested the head of Spain’s soccer federation, throwing the leadership of the sport in the World Cup-winning nation into disarray a year before the next

Golf – British Open | Lego scene recreates Justin Rose’s Birkdale moment

Royal Birkdale is where it all began for Justin Rose. Now, there’s a Lego scene to prove it. Rose was a slight 17-year-old golfer

Cycling – Tour de France | Matthews wins Stage 16, Froome keeps yellow jersey

Michael Matthews won a sprint to the line on Stage 16 of the Tour de France as Britain’s Chris Froome kept the yellow jersey yesterday

World briefs

US-IRAN The Trump administration slapped 18 Iranian individuals and groups with sanctions yesterday for aiding the country’s non-nuclear weapons programs, in a bid to show that

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