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A Safe Bet? Macau Renaissance After Mass Market Win
The mood in Macau is buoyant once again. Gaming figures that tanked for more than two years after being hit by an...
Syria’s Kurds Hit Catwalk To Promote Traditional Attire
In a shimmering dress, Efin Hissu strides confidently down a runway to the beat of Kurdish music at a fashion show in...
Disney Rejects Cuts To ‘Beauty and the Beast’ In Malaysia
Disney has refused to release a censored version of its film "Beauty and the Beast" in Malaysia after authorities in...
The Bronx Looks To Capitalize As Hip-Hop’s Birthplace
In the 1970s, DJs, dancers, graffiti artists and the first rappers came together in the burned-out buildings of The...
Musician Youssou Ndour Backs Senegal’s War On Malaria
Youssou Ndour, Senegal's most famous musician, is throwing his weight behind malaria eradication in his homeland to...
Black American Families Take School Into Own Hands
While plugging away at college entrance exam preparations, Zion Utsey momentarily jolts up from his laptop and drums on...
Golf To Salute ‘The King’ At Palmer Invitational
Arnold Palmer will loom large over the Bay Hill Club & Lodge this week as the tournament which bears the golf legend's...
Gold Coast Prepared To Host Commonwealth Games Twice
Australia's Gold Coast is prepared to host back-to-back Commonwealth Games, the city's mayor said Wednesday, after...
Mischa Barton Threatens Legal Action Over Sex Tape
Actress Mischa Barton is the victim of "revenge pornography," her attorney said on Tuesday, threatening legal action...
S.Korean Prosecutors Summon Park For Questioning
South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday ordered ousted president Park Geun-Hye to appear before them for questioning in...
White House Says Trump Paid Taxes, Hits Out At Media
The White House pre-empted a media leak of Donald Trump's 2005 federal tax return, acknowledging key details they...
Headphone Batteries Explode On Flight To Australia
A woman suffered burns to her face and hands after her headphones caught fire during a flight to Australia, officials...
Trump Lawyer Says Snoop Dogg Should Be Ashamed For Mock Assassination
Donald Trump's lawyer has sounded off on a new music video from rapper Snoop Dogg in which he parodies an assassination...
Netflix Pledges To Finish Last Orson Welles Movie
Internet streaming service Netflix said Tuesday it would fund the completion and restoration of iconic filmmaker Orson...
Curbing Pollution Can Prevent 3 Mn Chinese Deaths A Year
China can avoid three million premature deaths each year if it slashes a type of fine particle air pollution to UN...
Over 800 Health Workers Killed In Syrian ‘war Crimes’
More than 800 health workers have died in "acts of war crimes" in Syria since 2011, in hospital bombings, shootings,...
Washington Urges N.Korea To Pardon US Student
The US State Department on Tuesday urged North Korea to pardon an American student who was sentenced last year to 15...
Nadal Books Indian Wells Fourth-Round Berth
Rafael Nadal did his part to set up a fourth-round clash with Roger Federer at the ATP Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday,...
‘Fat Leonard’ US Navy Corruption Probe Snags More Officers
A retired US Navy admiral and eight other high-ranking officers have been charged with corruption and other offenses in...