Japan | Hiroshima marks 70th anniversary of atomic bombing

Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima yesterday, with Mayor Kazumi Matsui renewing calls for U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders to step up efforts

Afghanistan | Military helicopter crash kills 17

An Afghan military helicopter crashed in a remote region of the southern Zabul province yesterday, killing a total of 17 soldiers, including five crew members, officials said. Provincial police chief Mirwais

Italy | Bank of China money-laundering trial to begin in March 

A USD5 billion money-laundering trial of the Bank of China and 297 other defendants in Italy is scheduled to begin in March, deputy public prosecutor Giulio Monferini said Wednesday. At issue is more

Saudi Arabia | Mosque bombing targets police, 17 dead

A bomb ripped through a mosque in Saudi Arabia used by Interior Ministry special forces in the southwestern city of Abha yesterday, killing 17 people, according to the official Saudi Al-Ekhbariya news channel. A Saudi Interior Ministry official told

Offbeat | US sheriff asks drug dealers to turn in their rivals on Facebook

A sheriff’s office in the United States has posted a flyer on its Facebook page asking drug dealers to turn in their rivals. Media outlets report the Sheriff’s Office in Franklin

This Day in History | 1972 – Asians given 90 days to leave Uganda

General Amin said all Asians who are not Ugandan citizens - around 60,000 - must leave Uganda within 90 days. The military ruler’s latest statement amended his original expulsion order two

Football | EPL preview – Few changes at Chelsea for title defense as rivals spend big

Sunday, 0:30am Chelsea v Swansea H 1.36, D 5, A 11 After a summer of a sleaze at FIFA, it's time for an even richer force in world football to take center stage:

Kapok | Head counts or headaches?

Censuses have been in existence for millennia, the first known having been undertaken by the Babylonians and in Pharaonic Egypt in the Third Millennium BC. The oldest existing census was

Friday, August 7, 2015 – edition no. 2373

* Lawrence exclusive: Gaming industry ‘needs help’ • Melco Crown’s revenue drops 24 percent * Privacy watchdog intends to fine referendum organizers * IACM’s restructuring bill approved * Siza designs Hotel Estoril * 70th anniversary

Goodbye Landline Phones

* Movies: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation * Books: Badlands by C.J. Box * Music: Ashes & Dust by Warren Haynes * Wine: The Austro-Italian Legacy * Food: gastronomic Wonderland   DOWNLOAD

Mission accomplished for Cruise in new ‘MI’ flick

There’s some interesting talk in the cleverly satisfying script of “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” about the element of luck. As in: How much is luck a factor in the

‘Badlands’ is intriguing stand-alone novel from C.J. Box

The new Wild West, in which a hamlet becomes a boomtown because of its oil-rich fields, makes a sturdy background for C.J. Box's intriguing new stand-alone novel. Taking another break from

Warren Haynes, acoustic band shine on ‘Ashes & Dust’

Thirty-five years in to his career, Warren Haynes returns home to the Appalachian mountains for "Ashes & Dust," a collaboration between the veteran jam-band guitarist and vocalist and the adventurous

News of the World | US agency voting on new phone rules

The copper network behind landline phones, a communications mainstay for more than a century, is going away, as cable and fiber-optics lines come along with faster Internet speeds. But the alternatives

The Austro-Italian Legacy

Austria and Germany are brothers in various ways, and Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol in German) is to Austria what Alsace (Elsass in German) is to Germany. Both Trentino-Alto Adige and Alsace

Food | Gastronomic wonderland

When one thinks of a Cantonese restaurant, immediately, the image of individuals talking loudly while sharing their food comes vividly to mind. However, in recent years, many sophisticated Chinese restaurants

The Buzz | Boston mayor wants ban on chewing tobacco at ballparks 

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh wants to ban the use of snuff and chewing tobacco in sports venues across the city. The proposal follows passage of a similar ordinance in San Francisco,

World Briefs

CHINA A diocese in central China ordains the country’s first Catholic bishop in three years amid tensions between Beijing and the Vatican and a strained relationship between the Chinese leadership

Gaming |MGM Resorts rises as CEO outlines plans to boost stock price

MGM Resorts International rose the most since March after reporting better-than-expected quarterly results and outlining plans to boost the stock price. The shares advanced after Chief Executive Officer James Murren

Studio City to open Oct 27, Melco hopes for 400 gaming tables

Melco Crown Entertainment remains hopeful that Macau’s government will allocate as many as 400 gaming tables to its new Hollywood-themed resort, Studio City, which will be opening on October 27,

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