Macau casino stocks tumble after junket boss arrest
HONG KONG: Shares in Macau casino operators plunged on Monday morning after police said the head of the gambling enclave's largest junket operator had...
New Covid variant shuts borders across the globe
THE HAGUE - A new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant spread across the globe on Sunday, shutting borders and renewing curbs as the EU chief...
Honduras braces for trouble in presidential election
TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras is bracing itself for potential violence as more than five million people vote on Sunday to replace President Juan Orlando Hernandez,...
Dead dolphins, extortion, bullets in Italy’s mafia ‘maxi-trial’
LAMEZIA TERME, Italy: A dead dolphin on a doormat and windows smashed with sledgehammers. Weapons stored in cemetery chapels. Bribes to judges for acquittals,...
Shiffrin struggling as wind forces cancellation of Killington giant slalom
NEW YORK - The women's World Cup giant slalom at wind-whipped Killington, Vermont, was cancelled Saturday after just nine skiers completed the first run.The...
US health panel says Merck pill can prevent grave Covid infections
WASHINGTON - An anti-Covid pill developed by Merck has proved effective in treating the disease, the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday in...
WTO’s big conference postponed due to new Covid variant
GENEVA - Next week's World Trade Organization ministerial conference, the global trade body's biggest gathering in four years, was postponed at the last minute...
Three killed in Solomon Islands unrest
HONIARA - The bodies of three people have been discovered in a burnt-out building in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara, police said Saturday, the...
Europe rushes to bolster virus defences as South Africa detects new...
THE HAGUE - Governments across Europe rushed on Friday to bolster their defences against a fresh coronavirus spike, as South Africa announced it had...
Hong Kong records two cases of new variant
The Hong Kong government said Thursday that it had detected two cases of a new variant identified in South Africa, which scientists have warned...
