Wynn Palace is seen off to slow start

Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s USD4.2 billion Cotai resort is drawing lackluster numbers of new tourists and may be taking business from local rivals, said analysts who are tracking activity in the

Pokemon Go | Chicago lawmaker proposes cracking down on game sites

A popular site for “Pokemon Go” characters in a conservation area on the north Chicago lakefront has attracted hundreds of players and inspired legislation to protect ecologically sensitive areas. Volunteers have

Corporate bits | Sands China announces festive menus

Restaurants at the Sands Resorts Cotai Strip Macao and Sands Macao will be offering an array of menus to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. Canton at The Venetian Macao offers two

Angola | Largest Special Economic Zone opens up to private investors

The largest Special Economic Zone in Angola, the Luanda-Bengo SEZ (ZEELB), which was built with the support of China, will open most of its industrial units to private investment in

US finances management plans for two natural parks in Angola

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) this week in Menongue submitted the management plans for two recently created natural parks in Angola, said the United Stattes embassy in

Three hurt as suicide bomber hits China’s Embassy in Kyrgyzstan

A suspected suicide bomber yesterday crashed a car through the entrance of the Chinese Embassy in the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek, detonating a bomb that killed the attacker and wounded

American woman indicted on charges of spying

An American woman detained in China for more than a year has been indicted by prosecutors on charges of spying, a court confirmed yesterday. The Nanning Intermediate People’s Court in southern China accepted

Flyover | Vegas, Asian investors betting on Sin City’s Chinese tourism

Sin City and Asian investors are going all in on Chinese tourism, as some of Las Vegas’ latest developments on and off the Strip target Chinese nationals and Chinese-Americans. The Chinese

Five-day conference starts today | Myanmar to hold historic peace talks with ethnic armies

Peace talks aimed at ending more than half a century of conflict between Myanmar’s army and an array of armed ethnic rebel groups are due to start in the capital,

New Zealand | 500 cows rustled from farm in unusual case

How do you steal 500 cows? Probably not all at once. That’s according to New Zealand police, who said yesterday that they were investigating reports of the unlikely crime at a

Brazilian political crisis | Rousseff defends self ahead of Senate’s ouster vote

Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, mounted a forceful defense of her time leading Latin America’s most populous nation at her own impeachment trial, warning senators that ousting her would hurt a

EU rules Apple to pay 13 billion euros back

The European Union says Ireland has given illegal tax benefits worth up to 13 billion euros (USD14.5 billion) to Apple Inc. and must now recover the unpaid back taxes from

European ships rescue thousands of migrants off Libyan coast

Italian naval ships and vessels from non-government groups rescued thousands of migrants off the Libyan coast on Monday, the latest surge in desperate attempts to flee to Europe driven by

This Day in History | 1997 – Princess Diana dies in Paris crash

She was taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning where surgeons tried for two hours to save her life but she died at 0300 BST. In a statement

Offbeat | USD210 lobster bought from fish market, set free is found dead

A lobster bought from a Massachusetts fish market for USD210 and set free by twin brothers who didn’t want it to become someone’s dinner has apparently died. Chris and David Schmidt,

Football | Rooney remains captain, back as forward for England

Wayne Rooney will remain as England captain but his midfield experiment with the national team is over, with the Manchester United veteran set to revert to playing as a deep-lying

South Sudan supporter of Infantino to run in FIFA Council vote

The only African voter to publicly support FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s election campaign is competing for a seat on FIFA’s ruling council. South Sudan soccer federation president Chabur Goc is among

The Buzz | Lawyer: Don’t punish client for buying car from drug dealer

A lawyer for a Massachusetts man found with 95 packets of heroin in his car says his client shouldn’t be punished for unknowingly buying a vehicle from a drug dealer. The

World briefs

MYANMAR Peace talks aimed at ending more than half a century of conflict between Myanmar’s army and an array of armed ethnic rebel groups are due to start in the

UN Diplomat: Portugal’s Guterres tops third poll for UN chief

Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres topped the third successive poll of candidates seeking to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the next U.N. secretary-general, making him the clear front-runner for the

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