Gaming | Genting drops most since 2010 as China crackdown hurts earnings

  Genting Singapore Plc slid the most in five years after reporting a 73 plunge in first-quarter profit as China’s anti-graft campaign kept mainland high rollers away from casino gaming floors. Net

Beijing calls on banks to support state projects as economy slows

China urged banks to continue funding local government projects under construction and refrain from calling in loans as the country works through an economic downturn. Banks shouldn’t refuse funds to projects

Corporate Bits | Sammi Cheng performs at the Venetian Macao

Dubbed the “Cantopop Queen,” according to a press release from the organizers, “Cheng is known for her incredibly entertaining performances, which makes it easy to see why this two-night run

Neither Beijing nor Washington giving ground over projects dispute

China and the United States are budging not a bit over Beijing’s assertive development in disputed parts of the South China Sea, with Chinese officials politely but pointedly dismissing Washington’s push for U.S.-proposed

FT: Deng Xiaoping and the KKK plot exposed . . . 30-plus years later

According to an article by Lucy Hornby, “Mr Deng Goes to Washington” including interviews with then-President Jimmy Carter opened this weekend in Beijing. The documentary depicts for the first time

Prosecutors indict rights lawyer just before Kerry visit

Human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, whose clients ranged from poor farmers to activist-artist Ai Weiwei, was accused of inciting ethnic hatred, as well as picking quarrels and causing troubles, Beijing

Briefs | Bus falls off cliff killing 35 people

A bus fell from a cliff in north-central China on Friday, killing 35 people on board, authorities said. Twenty-five people were killed instantly in Shaanxi province and 10 died in

Malaysia | Gov’t launches talks amid Asia’s growing migrant crisis

Malaysia launched a series of high-level talks with its neighbors yesterday, seeking a solution to a deepening crisis in which boatloads of refugees are stranded off Southeast Asia’s shores, with

Nepal | Bodies of Marines, Nepalese recovered from crashed chopper

The bodies of six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers who were aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter that crashed during a relief mission in earthquake-hit Nepal have been recovered, Nepal’s army said. The wreckage of the

Egypt | Ousted President Mohammed Morsi sentenced to death

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced the country’s first freely elected leader, ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, to death over a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising that eventually

VATICAN CITY | Pope canonizes 2 saints from 19th century Palestine

Pope Francis canonized two nuns from what was 19th century Palestine yesterday in hopes of encouraging Christians across the Middle East who are facing a wave of persecution from Islamic extremists. Sisters

Burundi | President makes first appearance since failed coup

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has made his first appearance in the capital since the attempted coup against his government last week. Nkurunziza appeared before journalists at his presidential palace in Bujumbura

Syria | ISIS head of oil operations killed in secret US raid

In a rare ground attack deep into Syria, U.S. Army commandos killed a man described as the Islamic State’s head of oil operations, captured his wife and rescued a woman

USA | Jury orders death for the Boston Marathon bomber

A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a “kid” who fell under the influence of his fanatical

This Day in History | 1964 – Mods and Rockers jailed after seaside riots

Yesterday two youths were taken to hospital with knife wounds and 51 were arrested in Margate after hundreds of teenagers converged on the town for the holiday weekend. Dr George Simpson,

Ask the Vet | 3 Ways to Lower Your Dog’s Heartworm Treatment Cost

1. Prevention The easiest and cheapest way to treat heartworm is to prevent it from occurring in the first place. There are a wide variety of preventative heartworm medicines that can

Offbeat | South African cyclist hits dead buffalo in city suburb

Cyclists in South Africa’s biggest city usually worry about getting hit by vehicles. But one cyclist rode into an unexpected obstacle in Johannesburg’s suburbs: a dead buffalo. Andrew McLean said last

Golf | McIlroy sets course record with 61, leads at Wells Fargo

When Rory McIlroy rolled in an 8-foot birdie putt on the 13th hole, he started thinking about shooting 59. He didn't quite get there Saturday, settling for an 11-under 61 to

GAMING HISTORY | Everything must go! Doomed Vegas casino has liquidation sale

Whether it’s a brass letter “R,” a baby grand piano or a hotel ice machine you desire, it’s all there inside the Riviera — for a price. The Las Vegas Strip

Insight | Slow response to foreign humanitarian crises

Macau has a longstanding tradition of helping those in need. During the Second World War, when under the threat of a Japanese attack, the local authorities reportedly distributed bread and

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