Corporate bits | Sands China, MDA hold ‘Silent Afternoon Teas’

Around 100 Sands China Care Ambassadors spent time last week at The Venetian learning about what life is like for the hard of hearing, at an event jointly organized by

Bus with Chinese tourists catches fire in Taiwan, killing 26

A tour bus carrying visitors from China burst into flames on a highway near Taiwan’s capital yesterday, killing all 26 people on board, officials said, in the deadliest incident involving Chinese tourism

Vietnam rebukes China for ‘untruthful’ reports on sea ruling

Vietnam criticized as “untruthful” Chinese state media reports that Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc respected his Communist neighbor’s position on last week’s landmark South China Sea ruling and was interested in advancing

Oil company moves South Sudan staff as army warns rebels

A Chinese state oil company moved some staff from South Sudan, where fighting flared almost two weeks ago, as the African nation’s military said it’s trying to disperse an armed

Beijing says air quality improved in first half of 2016

Beijing’s notoriously awful air quality improved significantly in the first half of the year, with actions taken to curb the city’s heavy pollution having a positive effect, officials in the

India lifts ban on printing Kashmir newspapers amid unrest

Authorities in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir lifted a three-day ban on the publication of newspapers imposed during massive anti-India protests that left dozens of people dead and hundreds injured,

Terrorism | Indonesia says its most wanted militant killed in gunbattle

Indonesia’s most wanted Islamic militant was killed in a gunbattle with security forces, a top minister said yesterday, in a victory for the government’s counterterrorism campaign that further tightens the

Bloodshed fills headlines, confronting public with anxiety

Orlando. Istanbul. Dallas. Nice. And now, again, Baton Rouge. Ever since a gunman opened fire on Florida nightclub goers five weeks ago, killing 49, we’ve been buffeted by images of

Republican National Convention | Melania Trump speech lines mirror Michelle Obama speech

Melania Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention yesterday drew attention after the discovery that two passages of her remarks matched nearly word-for-­word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama

49,000 kids dying of malnutrition linked to Boko Haram

The U.N. children’s agency warns that some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeastern Nigeria’s Islamic extremist uprising if they don’t get treatment. UNICEF is

This Day in History | 1974 Turkey invades Cyprus

Thousands of Turkish troops have invaded northern Cyprus after last-minute talks in the Greek capital, Athens, failed to reach a solution. Tension has been running high in the Mediterranean island since

Offbeat | Mystery numbers in N. Korea broadcasts carry Cold War echoes

North Korea’s state radio has recently broadcast strings of indecipherable numbers in a possible resumption of a Cold War-era method of sending coded messages to spies operating in South Korea. Seoul’s

Cycling | ‘It will be a big war’: Mollema challenging Froome at Tour

Bauke Mollema has been in this position before: Second in the Tour de France on the second and final rest day. The difference from three years ago, when Mollema faded over

Tennis – Citi Open | Querrey trying to build momentum after beating Djokovic

The player who beat Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon is ready to get back on the court. Sam Querrey has been on the ATP Tour for a decade, but he arrived at

Summer sports seek ‘individual’ not blanket ban on Russians

Summer Olympic sports federations said yesterday they are ready to deal with “individual cases” of Russian doping, rather than endorse a total ban on the Russian team for the Rio

The ultimate underdogs | Pak marks 50 years since North Korea’s World Cup shock

It has been five decades since Pak Du Ik scored the winning goal in North Korea’s shocking upset of Italy to reach the quarterfinals at the 1966 World Cup, a

The Buzz | Pilots held for suspected drinking before UK-Canada flight

Authorities say two commercial airline pilots have been arrested at Glasgow Airport on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol, shortly before they were due to take off on

World briefs

CHINA Beijing’s awful air quality improved significantly in the first half of the year, with actions taken to curb the city’s heavy pollution having a positive effect, officials said. PHILIPPINES The

Macau – Tourism | Discounts abound as hotels fail to fill rooms

Hotels in Macau are offering discounts of up to 35 percent over the summer months, with some including a complimentary room when customers buy just a buffet dinner, according to

Dismissal of lawsuit against Wynn upheld

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against Wynn Resorts’ board members, submitted by a shareholder over concerns about the management of the

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