CICC, China Investment Securities said to be in merger talks

Investment bank China International Capital Corp. and brokerage China Investment Securities Co., firms with 186 billion yuan (USD28 billion) of assets last year, are in talks on a possible merger,

Pakistan | ‘Honor’ killings grow more brutal, draw backlash

Parveen Rafiq screamed from her rooftop, “I have killed my daughter. I have saved my honor. She will never shame me again.” In the room below lay the charred body of

Philippines | Police seize USD19 million worth of drugs

Philippine police have seized about 180 kilograms of high-grade methamphetamine worth 900 million pesos (USD19.2 million), officials said yesterday, in a major haul for the government of new President Rodrigo

Bangladeshi Prime minister pays her respects to victims of attack

Bangladesh’s prime minister yesterday visited a stadium where the bodies of the victims from the weekend attack in Bangladesh’s capital were taken, as security officials search for evidence and the

Terrorism | Educated and well-off, Dhaka attackers defy usual profile

The young men had been missing for months. Their families sensed something was wrong. Some had come from privileged backgrounds, had grown up loved and were educated in top schools.

Southeast Asia | US ready to help fight extremist sea attacks

The U.S. military is concerned about a series of attacks and abductions of tugboat crewmen by Abu Sayyaf extremists in Southeast Asian waters and is willing to lend a hand

El Salvador | Deadliest nation in 2015, sees lull in violence

After becoming the world’s murder capital last year and posting an equally bloody start to 2016, this violence-torn Central American nation has seen its monthly homicide rate fall by about

Iraq | Death toll from IS-claimed bombing climbs to 142

Iraqi authorities yesterday raised the death toll to 142 from Sunday’s devastating truck bombing at a bustling Baghdad commercial street as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered new security measures in the

This Day in History | 1954 BBC launches daily TV news

The BBC has broadcast its first daily television news programme. The 20-minute bulletin was read by Richard Baker and was introduced as an “Illustrated summary of the news... Followed by the

Offbeat | Behind famed hot dog contest, a whopper of a legend

Nathan’s Famous may be in the hot dog business, but for decades they’ve been peddling a whopper. Showmen behind Nathan’s annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest have long claimed

Best France yet beats honorable Iceland 5-2

The Icelandic thunderclap roar proved no match for the sheer talent of France as the hosts finally showed their title credentials at the European Championship yesterday. A crushing 5-2 victory lined

Euro 2016 | The final four: Who will take Spain’s crown?

PORTUGAL Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal is a regular feature in the latter stages of the European Championship, having reached the semifinals at four of the last five tournaments. But the team has never

Euro 2016 | The semis: Ronaldo vs. Bale: Portugal plays Wales in Euro 2016 semis

When Portugal and Wales face off for a spot in the final of the European Championship, two players will be expected to rise far above the rest. Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth

Fearless Sanches likely heir to Ronaldo

He’s being talked up as the future of Portugal’s national team and the likely heir to Cristiano Ronaldo. Renato Sanches certainly has plenty to live up to. The flamboyant, dreadlocked Sanches

World Briefs

JAPAN Japanese police arrest an American serviceman for alleged drunken driving on Okinawa, days after the lifting of an off-base drinking ban imposed after other alcohol offenses and the arrest

The Buzz | Trump Taj Mahal workers: Strike fights owner’s ‘tyranny’

Striking Atlantic City casino workers are using the Fourth of July holiday to highlight their struggle against billionaire Carl Icahn, who owns the Trump Taj Mahal casino. Customers have been crossing

First six months of 2016 hottest ever recorded in New Zealand

Ski fields are struggling to open and winter electricity consumption is down in New Zealand after the first six months of 2016 proved to be the hottest start to a

Views on China | Freedom has more than one meaning in today’s China

The bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping at the Shenzhen Museum is a little larger than life. But unlike the giant, striding Deng who towers over the city from a hill

Tuesday, July 5, 2016 – edition no. 2592

* Following HK booksellers scandal | Local authorities assure notification system with mainland operational * Uber wants to be legalized in Macau * Animal protection law approved * Aide to Hu Jintao gets

Gaming revenue falls less than estimates helped by tourists

Macau’s gaming revenue fell less than analysts’ estimates in June as tourists and leisure gamblers helped boost the region’s casinos including those owned by units of Las Vegas Sands Corp.

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