Developers retreat from Hong Kong land buys amid slump

Chinese buyers slowed the pace of their Hong Kong land purchases in the first half of 2016, joining the city’s biggest developers on the sidelines and setting the stage for

Study | Price of cleaner air in China? USD213 for five years

Experts have calculated the cost of pollution in China for years, weighing the drag on productivity from medical costs, factory closures and traffic restrictions. Now economists say they know exactly

US missile defense system to be placed in S. Korea farm town

An advanced U.S. missile defense system will be deployed in a rural farming town in southeastern South Korea, Seoul officials announced yesterday, angering not only North Korea and China but

Malaysia | Interest rates cut for first time in 7 years

Malaysia’s central bank yesterday cut interest rates for the first time in seven years to bolster a slowing economy amid fears of greater volatility in global growth following Britain’s decision

Japan | Emperor Akihito expresses wish to abdicate, NHK says

Japan’s Emperor Akihito, the first to serve from the outset in a purely ceremonial role, signaled his wish to step down in a matter of years, national broadcaster NHK reported. The

Kashmir hospitals overwhelmed after days of violence

Four days of deadly clashes between anti-India protesters and government troops have left hospitals in India’s portion of Kashmir overwhelmed, with hundreds of wounded patients pouring in, doctors said yesterday.

US | Poll: Most young people dislike GOP’s Trump, say he’s racist

Donald Trump is wildly unpopular among young adults, in particular young people of color, and nearly two-thirds of Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 believe the presumptive Republican

The Buzz | Romania probes ‘slaves’ kidnapped, chained, forced to beg

Romanian prosecutors say dozens of vulnerable people including children were kidnapped, chained up, fed scraps of food and forced into manual labor or fighting for entertainment over an eight-year period. Organized

Germany | President admits diplomat failures in colony in Chile

Germany’s president said Tuesday that he regrets his country’s diplomats failed for years to act on human rights violations at a secretive colony of German immigrants in Chile. Germany recently ordered

This Day in History | 1958 – Coup in Iraq sparks jitters in Middle East

A group of Iraqi army officers have staged a coup in Iraq and overthrown the monarchy. Baghdad Radio announced the Army has liberated the Iraqi people from domination by a

Offbeat | Tokyo Disney sees visitors boost

The operator of Tokyo Disneyland expects overseas visitors to more than double by 2020 to around 4 million as Walt Disney Co.’s first resort outside the U.S. rides on publicity generated

UFC’s USD4 billion sale is fodder for fighters’ antitrust suit

When it comes to divvying up profits from their sport, some mixed martial arts fighters say they’re getting clobbered. But now, several fighters suing for a bigger share of the

USADA CEO | Report could justify Russia’s exclusion from Rio

The leader of the U.S. anti-doping effort says nothing short of removing the Russian flag from this summer’s Olympics would suffice if an upcoming report about Russian doping is as

World Briefs

CHINA warned other countries yesterday against threatening its security in the South China Sea after an international tribunal handed the Philippines a victory. Beijing said it could declare an air

Innovation | Nissan keeps self driving simple, not quite autonomous

Self-driving cars may be all the rage, but when it’s a real product, coming soon from Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., the technology gets toned down. And so don’t expect

World Views | Singapore haven seekers, you’re gonna need a bigger boat

Singapore’s policy makers have a fondness for boats. Or so it seems from recurring images of “a small vessel in choppy waters” in their descriptions of the island’s economy during turbulent

Thursday, July 14, 2016 – edition no. 2599

* Cameron heads out, May comes in: Drama in British politics * Alternative shop closes * Land law: no amendments needed * Developers retreat from HK land buys   DOWNLOAD

Tribunal: No basis for Beijing’s vast South China Sea claims

A tribunal ruled in a sweeping decision yesterday that China has no legal basis for claiming much of the South China Sea and had aggravated the seething regional dispute with its large-scale land reclamation

Gaming related crimes continue to surge

Gaming related crimes and drug trafficking have been on the rise over the past year, the Judiciary Police (PJ) director Chau Wai Kuong, revealed yesterday during an event to mark

Macau billionaire set for US trial in January

Macau real estate developer and billionaire Ng Lap Seng and his assistant will face a federal trial in the U.S. in January on charges of bribing former president of the

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