Corporate Bits | Sands resorts offers ‘Macau meetings with more’ packages

According to a press release, the meetings promotion offers a wide range of discounts on packages, complimentary rooms, discounts on hiring audio visual equipment, ‘buy-one-get-one-free’ offers on Cotai Water Jet

Brazil’s Azul invests in TAP – Air Portugal

“The investment will give Azul the right to hold approximately 40 percent of the economic value of the Portuguese airline at the time of conversion of the security and after

Mozambique | Brazil’s Andrade Gutierrez starts construction of dam

Elias Paulo, cited by pan-African news agency APA, said the hydroelectric plant would take three years to build, and that the contractor was a consortium led by Brazilian group Andrade

Great wage boom seen abating with rising unemployment

Rapid wage gains in China that began after the 2009 global financial crisis have begun to fade as the economy slows, and that could create problems for officials trying to

PetroChina income falls to lowest Since 1999 amid oil crash

PetroChina Co. profit tumbled to the lowest since 1999 as falling crude prices crimped earnings at the country’s biggest oil and gas producer. Net income at the Beijing-based explorer dropped 67

South China Sea | Vague Nine-dash line underpins China-Taiwan claim

Although China’s claim to the area of about 3.5 million square kilometers (1.4 million square miles) is based on historical records and geographic proximity, the nine-dash line is a modern

Taiwan | Media tour arranged for Spratly Islands claims

Taiwan flew international media to its largest island holding in the South China Sea yesterday in a bid to reinforce its territorial claims in the disputed and increasingly tense region. Deputy

Malaysia | Central bank predicts another year of volatile flows

Malaysia’s central bank said the nation will probably be confronted by another year of volatile capital flows amid uncertainty in the global economy. Monetary policy will be focused on supporting growth

India | Discarded electronics that may poison environment targeted

India is proposing stringent new rules to crack down on waste from discarded electronics that will require those who make and sell the units to be responsible for collecting old

Zebra runs amok in Japanese golf course, dies in lake

Police say the 2-year-old male zebra escaped late Tuesday from a horseback riding club. It had belonged to a farm in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. By yesterday morning, it had wandered

Assessing market reactions to Brussels

The reaction of financial markets to the terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday was calm and mature, showing that they have learned the lessons of such tragedies, which have become

Fear of bloody attacks becomes part of life in Europe

  Paris, Copenhagen, Brussels. In just over a year three European capitals have been ravaged by bombs and gunfire. After each attack life slowly returns to normal. But it’s a new normal

Belgian broadcaster identifies two suspects in attacks

Belgian authorities searched yesterday for a man pictured at the Brussels airport with two apparent suicide bombers, amid growing suggestions that the bombings of the Brussels airport and subway were

Terror threatens Cameron’s EU pitch, Merkel’s open door

If David Cameron and Angela Merkel thought they had earned a moment’s respite from their woes, the murderous attacks in Brussels only deepened their political turmoil. The bombings at the heart

Trump: Brussels the result of lack of assimilation

Leading U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels that killed at least 34 people are the result of unassimilated Muslims refusing to turn in terrorists living

This Day in History | 1992 Punch ends 150 years of satire

The decision ends a publishing tradition dating back almost 151 years. It is expected to publish its final issue on 8 April after circulation plummeted from highs of 175,000 sales in

Offbeat | Elephant dung at Prague Zoo morphs into a new form: paper

The zoo has joined forces with the country’s famed hand paper mill in Velke Losiny to process the manure to be used in traditional paper-making techniques. Petr Foucek, a director from

Dinosaurs ‘live’ at the Science Center

The Living Dinosaurs Exhibition, held at the Science Center, features 14 types of life-like mechanical replica dinosaurs, interactive virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) games as well as 72 small-scale dinosaur

Olympics | Political crisis relegates Rio to an afterthought

  Brazil’s economic and political crisis has relegated Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic preparations to an afterthought with South America’s first games just over four months away. Rio’s Olympics are being sidelined by

Boxing | Heavyweight champion Browne unsure if he can clear his name

WBA heavyweight boxing champion Lucas Browne says he’s “completely” innocent of doping, but has no idea whether he will be able to clear his name. Browne tested positive to banned steroid

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