Corporate bits | Melco Crown announces bonus payout for non-management employees

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited announced a one-month discretionary bonus for its non-management workers. The bonus will be paid out before the Chinese New Year. “Through the

Japan hotel chain under fire over denial of Rape of Nanking

A fast-growing Japanese hotel chain is facing criticism over a book penned by the hotel’s owner that says the Rape of Nanking was fabricated. APA Group, a Tokyo-based

2,500 wartime Japanese chemical weapons destroyed

China’s military said Tuesday that more than 2,500 abandoned Japanese wartime chemical weapons collected from northern China, including Beijing and the port city of Tianjin, have been

Hong Kong | In final speech, CY Leung warns on independence push

Hong Kong’s outgoing leader warned in his farewell policy speech yesterday that independence for the Chinese-controlled territory is not possible. In his annual address to

Top judge attracts criticism with remarks

China’s top judge has drawn criticism from legal professionals after he dismissed the concept of judicial independence as an “erroneous Western ideal,” a statement seemingly aimed at

China calls on US to bar Taiwan from Trump inauguration

China yesterday called on the U.S. to bar a Taiwanese delegation from attending Donald Trump’s inauguration tomorrow, underscoring concerns that the incoming president could seek to redefine

Coal mine caves in, killing nine workers

The partial collapse of a coal mine in northern China has left nine people dead, state media reported yesterday, reflecting the stubborn persistence of safety problems

MH370 | Australia defends end of missing plane hunt; investigation continues

Australian officials defended their suspension of the fruitless deep-sea sonar search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, insisting yesterday that the enormous costs involved played no

UN report | Asian growth outlook bright despite uncertainty

A United Nations report says Asia’s economic outlook for 2017 is strong despite slowing global growth due to sluggish international trade and investment. The world

South Korea \ Seoul court considers arrest of Samsung de facto head

A South Korean court is considering whether to approve the arrest of Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong, one of the country’s wealthiest business leaders, on charges

Caroline Kennedy boosted | US-Japan ties as US ambassador

Caroline Kennedy stepped down yesterday after three years as U.S. ambassador to Japan, where she was welcomed like a celebrity and worked to deepen the

Climate change | Global warming could steal postcard-perfect weather days

Global warming is going to steal away some of those postcard-perfect weather days in the future, according to a first-of-its-kind projection of nice weather. On

USA | Obama shortens Manning’s term, grants clemency to hundreds

President Barack Obama granted clemency to Chelsea Manning yesterday , allowing the transgender Army intelligence officer convicted of leaking more than 700,000 U.S. documents to go

Russia | Authorities extend residence permit for Snowden

Russian authorities have extended a residence permit for U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked thousands of secret documents from the National Security Agency.

This Day in History | 2000 – ‘Internet twins’ taken into care

The American twin girls at the centre of an internet adoption scandal have been seized from a hotel in north Wales and taken into care.

Offbeat | US: Missing hunter located in Alabama jail

Searchers spent time looking for a missing hunter in north Alabama until officers realized he was actually in jail. Relatives of 50-year-old Randy Keith Holt

Figure Skating Nathan Chen leads the way at US championships

The pain in his hip is gone. All that’s left is a surgical screw and a scar. Nathan Chen hardly thinks about it these days,

Cycling | Richie Porte wins 2nd stage of Tour Down Under

Australian cyclist Richie Porte won the second stage of the Tour Down Under yesterday, giving him the overall lead in the opening event on the 2017

Golf | Europe announces changes to Ryder Cup qualifying system

Europe’s team for the 2018 Ryder Cup in France will have an extra captain’s pick and is set to contain more in-form players following a

World briefs

MALI A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attacked a camp in northern Mali yesterday, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 100 soldiers and

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