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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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,...

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‘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...