Xiaomi beats Samsung in Chinese smartphone market 

Xiaomi, a Chinese handset maker little known in the West, overtook tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. to become China’s top-selling smartphone brand in the second quarter, a market research company said yesterday. According

Vegas resort planned at former New Frontier site

A new resort could soon spring up on the vacant Las Vegas Strip site of the former New Frontier casino, thanks to a partnership between Australian billionaire James Packer and

Toyota profit up nearly 5 percent on sales growth 

Toyota Motor Corp. reported a 5 percent jump in quarterly profit yesterday, outpacing expectations as vehicle sales grew in North America and Europe, offsetting a drop in Japan. The Japanese maker

Corporate Bits | Phelps signs with new suit company 

Now, as he comes back from retirement, the most decorated athlete in Olympic history will have a different look. Phelps announced yesterday that he signed a deal with Aqua Sphere, a

National Bank intervenes in BES Angola

José de Lima Massano specified that the central bank will continue providing necessary support to safeguard depositors’ interests, announcing a package of extraordinary measures for BESA’s recovery. At stake is “degradation

Angola | Resurgent textile industry helps diversify economy

The Economist Intelligence Unit specifically indicates that the refurbished and modernized África Têxtil, Textang II and Satec factories are “a positive step to diversify the Angolan economy,” even though those

Troops, volunteers dig through quake debris 

About 10,000 troops used pickaxes and backhoes to clear roads and dig residents from collapsed homes yesterday after an earthquake in southwest China that killed 410 people. Groups of volunteers, meanwhile, used

US looks to calm South China Sea tensions 

The United States will be looking to calm tensions stoked by recent Chinese oil drilling in disputed waters of the South China Sea at an upcoming meeting of the region’s foreign ministers,

McDonald’s says mainland meat scandal hurting sales

McDonald’s said Monday that a scandal over a meat supplier in China is hurting sales in the region and its global sales forecast for 2014 is “at risk.” The world’s biggest hamburger chain

Rising lakes formed by quake threaten flooding 

Rescuers raced yesterday to evacuate villages near rising lakes formed by landslides, complicating relief efforts following a strong earthquake in southern China that killed 410 people and has left thousands homeless. Rescue teams

Gov’t to ban all coal use in Beijing by 2020 

China’s smog-plagued capital has announced plans to ban the use of coal by the end of 2020 as the country fights deadly levels of pollution, especially in major cities. Beijing’s Municipal Environmental

Authorities investigate 2 Canadians for secret stealing 

Chinese authorities are investigating two Canadians citizens on suspicion of stealing state secrets about China’s military and national defense research, state media said. The official Xinhua News Agency said in a one-paragraph report

PHILIPPINES | 12 Chinese convicted of poaching

A Philippine court yesterday convicted 12 Chinese men of poaching after their boat carrying frozen meat of protected pangolins ran aground in a marine park. The Regional Trial Court in Puerto

BANGLADESH | 125 presumed dead in ferry sinking

More than 200 people were believed to be on board the M.V. Pinak when it capsized Monday. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan told reporters yesterday that at least 125 were presumed

AFGHANISTAN | ‘Insider’ attack at base kills 1, wounds 15

  A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire yesterday on foreign troops at a military base, killing at least one NATO soldier and wounding 15, including a German

JAPAN | China top worry in annual defense report

China’s growing airspace and maritime activities have escalated tension in area waters, Japan’s Defense Ministry said in an annual report yesterday, stressing the need for its military to play a greater

Japanese scientist in research scandal found dead 

  A senior Japanese scientist embroiled in a stem-cell research scandal died yesterday in an apparent suicide, police said. Yoshiki Sasai, who supervised and co-authored stem-cell research papers that had to be

ISRAEL | Temporary truce sets stage for talks on Gaza

Israel and Hamas began observing a temporary cease-fire yesterday that sets the stage for talks in Egypt on a broader deal on the Gaza Strip, including a sustainable truce and the rebuilding

UKRAINE | Gov’t troops edge closer to rebel city

Ukrainian troops took control of a checkpoint yesterday on the western edge of the pro-Russian rebel-held city of Donetsk as the government makes further gradual advances to quash separatist forces

This Day in History: 1945 US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

President Harry S Truman, announcing the news from the cruiser, USS Augusta, in the mid-Atlantic, said the device was more than 2,000 times more powerful than the largest bomb used

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