Gaming | Tycoon Okada’s Universal wages biggest bet in Manila casino

Kazuo Okada, Universal Entertainment Corp. chairman and former Steve Wynn partner, plans to challenge Macau in wooing Chinese gamblers to his Manila casino resort that could cost USD4 billion and is

Corporate bits | Sands restaurants receive wine spectator awards

Six restaurants at Sands Resorts Cotai Strip Macao and Sands Macao have once again received recognition from U.S. lifestyle magazine Wine Spectator for their outstanding wine lists. Portofino, North, Canton and

Seaplane crashes on inaugural flight in China, killing five

A seaplane making its inaugural flight crashed into a highway bridge outside Shanghai yesterday, killing five people on board, local authorities and state media said. The Cessna 208B, operated by Joy

KFC, Apple hit by South China Sea spat

To the challenges facing KFC and Apple in China, add a surprise backlash from Beijing’s spat with the Philippines over the South China Sea. Nationalists are protesting at KFC outlets and calling for a

North Korea confirms it test-fired ballistic rockets

North Korea said yesterday it test-fired ballistic rockets as part of a simulated pre-emptive attack on ports and airfields inSouth Korea, in a likely reference to the three missile launches that Seoul says

Japan | Wireless profits head to gain, skip Abenomics doldrums

Japan’s largest mobile phone carriers are poised to report the highest quarterly profit in at least a decade, a rare bright spot as aggregate earnings at the nation’s largest companies

Vietnam | Prime Minister warns economy may miss growth target

A crippling drought in Vietnam will probably cause the government to miss its 6.7 percent growth target this year, adding to pressure on new Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc as

Asia-wide crackdown on illegal gambling

Interpol says a crackdown on Asian gambling dens and websites during football’s European Championship led to more than 4,100 people arrested and USD13.6 million seized. Police raided nearly 4,000 illegal dens

Russian balloon more than halfway to circumnavigating globe

A 65-year-old Russian adventurer was battling sleep deprivation, freezing temperatures and ice in his oxygen mask but was ahead of schedule for his record attempt to fly solo in a

India | Lawmakers in uproar over attacks on lower castes

India’s Parliament was in an uproar yesterday after four men belonging to the low-caste Dalit community were beaten while trying to skin a dead cow in western India. Lawmakers from the

Trump formally seals Republican presidential nomination

Donald Trump, a real-estate developer, TV personality, and political novice, was formally nominated as the 2016 Republican presidential candidate yesterday in Cleveland after his campaign and party officials quashed

Turkey | Erdogan convenes security chiefs as purges widen

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is convening a meeting of his top security officials for the first time since Friday night’s thwarted coup, and has vowed to make an “important” announcement

This Day in History | 1994 – Labour chooses Blair

The MP for Sedgefield, Tony Blair, has been confirmed as the new leader of the Labour Party. The results of the Labour Party ballot - announced just after 1200 BST at

Offbeat | Indonesia’s presidential palace bans playing of ‘Pokemon Go’

Indonesian officials have banned the playing of “Pokemon Go” from the presidential palace. Hastily printed warnings that say “Playing or hunting Pokemon prohibited in the palace area” were put up around

Football | English Premier League says players’ bad behavior damaging its image

Finger-jabbing players aggressively challenging referees. Rival teams in mass brawls. Touchline confrontations between managers. They all feature in a show-reel of shame produced by English soccer authorities. And the video is

Tennis – Citi Open | Stephens upset, Querrey advances

Sam Querrey advanced despite not having his giant-slaying best. Sloane Stephens didn’t have any of her best and is going home. The eighth-seeded Querrey beat Bjorn Fratangelo 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4

Doping | Skier Johnsrud Sundby loses titles after infringement

Norwegian cross-country skier Martin Johnsrud Sundby is losing his 2015 overall World Cup and Tour de Ski titles over a doping infringement. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said yesterday it

The Buzz | Venezuela: UN rights chief airs worry about food shortages

The U.N. human rights office is expressing concern about deteriorating human rights, growing violence and “severe shortages” of food, medicine and basic goods in Venezuela. The office of human rights chief

World briefs

CHINA Nationalists are protesting at KFC outlets and calling for a boycott, spurred by government accusations that Washington encouraged Manila to oppose Beijing’s claims to vast tracts of ocean. Photos

IC announces winners of 32nd Collective Exhibition

The 32nd Collective Exhibition of Macau Artists, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has received 260 works, which includes 78 Chinese paintings, 84 Western paintings and 98 pieces of

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