Corporate bits | Sands China participates in charity bazaar

China Care Ambassadors participated in the Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar over the weekend, marking the sixth year in a row Sands China has helped raise funds for Caritas’ annual event. Dave

Samsung to offer digital assistant service in Galaxy S8

Samsung Electronics said yesterday it will offer an artificial intelligence assistant service in the upcoming flagship smartphone, as the South Korean firm seeks recovery from its global smartphone recalls. The Galaxy S8

Beijing announces plan to curb carbon emissions

China has announced a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next several years, while capping coal consumption and increasing the use of non-fossil fuels. Under the plan, by 2020, the

Diplomat urges US, Russia to resume Syria talks

China will expand its involvement in political efforts to end the fighting in Syria, but limit its direct participation to providing humanitarian aid, a senior Chinese diplomat said Friday. Special envoy to

Wanda buys Dick Clark Productions for USD1b

China’s Dalian Wanda Group has added another entertainment trophy to its stable of overseas acquisitions, paying USD1 billion for Dick Clark Productions, the TV company that produces the Golden Globes and

Andre Villas-Boas replaces Eriksson as Shanghai SIPG coach

Former Chelsea and Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas will replace Sven-Goran Eriksson as coach of Shanghai SIPG, making him the latest top name to join the big-spending Chinese Super League. The 39-year-old

Indonesia | Jokowi blames ‘political actors’ for violence at rally

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has accused “political actors” of inflaming tensions after a mass rally in Jakarta against the city’s Christian governor turned violent. Police on Friday fired tear gas at

Philippine police say drug-linked mayor shot dead in jail

Philippine police killed a town mayor in his jail cell in a purported gun battle, the second killing in a week of a politician linked to illegal drugs under President Rodrigo

Two former aides of Park arrested as South Korea scandal widens

South Korean prosecutors yesterday formally arrested two former presidential aides as they bring their investigation over a bizarre political scandal that has engulfed the nation a step closer to President Park

Mosul battle rages as IS bombings elsewhere in Iraq kill 20

Iraq’s special forces worked yesterday to clear neighborhoods on the eastern edge of Islamic State-held Mosul as bombings launched by the extremist group elsewhere in the country killed at least

UK Lord Chancellor defends court after Brexit decision furor

U.K. Lord Chancellor Liz Truss, responding to calls that she defend British courts after a ruling on Brexit sparked blistering criticism in the press, said court independence is “the foundation upon

Trump, Clinton take different strategies to shore up votes

Donald Trump is promising to take his campaign into traditional Democratic territory as a sign that he’s not giving up on appealing to people outside the Republican Party. Hillary Clinton

This Day in History | 2000 – Hillary Clinton is first First Lady in Senate

Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of the president, has won a seat for the Democrats in the Senate to become the only First Lady to win elective office in US history. Votes

Offbeat | Technical glitches delay auction of 123-year-old jeans

There are vintage jeans. And then there are the 123-year-old jeans up for sale in Maine. The bona fide Levi Strauss & Co. blue jeans from the American Old West are

Boxing | Pacquiao wins lopsided decision with Mayweather watching

Floyd Mayweather Jr. stopped by to see an old foe, and Manny Pacquiao tried his best to give him a show. With Mayweather watching intently from a ringside seat, Pacquiao dropped Jessie Vargas

Shiming, Magdaleno win titles

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming of China won his first professional flyweight title Saturday night, taking a lopsided 12-round decision over Thailand’s Prasitak Phaprom. Zou knocked down Phaprom in the

IC unveils new cultural heritage website

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has launched a new cultural heritage website yesterday. This new site is based on a user-friendly design concept, focusing on the release of cultural heritage’s

World briefs

CHINA has announced a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next several years, while capping coal consumption and increasing the use of non-fossil fuels. INDONESIA The death toll in

Pitt seeks joint custody in divorce from Jolie

Brad Pitt is asking a judge to grant him joint custody of his six children in his split from Angelina Jolie Pitt, according to a divorce filing Friday. The actor’s request

World Views | Japan may be too scared of failure to succeed

Of all of the scary economic data that routinely streams out of Japan, this statistic should terrify you: USD800 million. That’s the total value of venture capital deals completed in

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