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Malaysian firm makes surprise bid for Macau gaming licence
AFP, Published on 15/09/2022
» HONG KONG - A company controlled by Malaysian tycoon and Genting chairman Lim Kok Thay has put in a bid for a casino licence in Macau, a surprise challenge to the decades-long oligopoly of the six incumbent operators.
After Glasgow, world needs urgent action to stave off catastrophe
AFP, Published on 14/11/2021
» GLASGOW - The world must act quickly to cut greenhouse gas emissions and avoid "catastrophic" global warming, scientists and politicians warned after nearly 200 countries reached a last-minute agreement in Glasgow on Saturday.
Top orders to be tested as England face India without Stokes
AFP, Published on 03/08/2021
» LONDON - Batsmen on both sides are set to face a stiff examination when an England team without Ben Stokes face India in the first Test in Nottingham starting on Wednesday.
Captainless WTO in troubled water with no land in sight
AFP, Published on 31/08/2020
» GENEVA: As Roberto Azevedo leaves the World Trade Organisation on Monday, the institution faces multiple crises without a captain -- a situation experts warn could drag on for months.
Taiwan's Tsai wins landslide in stinging result for China
AFP, Published on 11/01/2020
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen declared a landslide victory in Saturday's election as voters delivered a stunning rebuke of Beijing's campaign to isolate the self-ruled island and handed its first female leader a second term.
North Korea's Kim in new horse ride through winter snows
AFP, Published on 04/12/2019
» SEOUL: North Korean media published fresh pictures of leader Kim Jong Un riding a white horse on a sacred mountain Wednesday, imagery that experts say is heavy with symbolism and may indicate a policy announcement.
Saudi Aramco: from 'Prosperity Well' to energy giant
AFP, Published on 02/11/2019
» DUBAI: From its beginnings in 1938 when it first struck oil with the aptly named "Prosperity Well", Saudi Arabia's energy giant Aramco, whose IPO could be announced Sunday, has delivered unimaginable riches.
EU 'unconvinced' by UK Brexit proposals
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» BRUSSELS - The EU is "unconvinced" by Britain's new Brexit proposals but has not immediately dismissed them, with officials and diplomats saying Thursday there were positive points alongside the many problematic ones.
UK says to table Brexit plan 'shortly'
AFP, Published on 01/10/2019
» MANCHESTER: Britain will give the EU new proposals for a Brexit deal "shortly", Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday, but rejected reports it would see customs posts along the Irish border.
UK Tory hopefuls vow to succeed where May failed
AFP, Published on 25/05/2019
» LONDON: The race to become Britain's next premier opened Saturday with an array of hopefuls promising to succeed where Theresa May failed and finally pull the divided country out of the EU.