Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Macau gambling king Stanley Ho dies aged 98
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, who built a business empire from scratch in the former Portuguese colony and became one of Asia's richest men, died on Tuesday at the age of 98, s...
May 26, 2020
‘This could be the one that gets me,’ says oilfield service veteran
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - Tim Harris was preparing to relocate for an assignment with energy services firm Halliburton Co for the fifth time in 15 years when his career came to a halt. A third-genera...
May 26, 2020
Chile’s LATAM Airlines files for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
(Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA said on Tuesday the company and its affiliates in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and the United States have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. L...
May 25, 2020
In land of big data, China sets individual privacy rights
By Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - China is poised to enshrine individuals' rights to privacy and personal data for the first time, a symbolic first step as more of the country of 1.4 billion people b...
May 25, 2020
U.S. drilling industry says offshore ban would crush jobs, government revenues
(Reuters) - A U.S. ban on new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which presidential hopeful Joe Biden promised to enact if elected, would lead to hundreds of thousands of job losses and billions...
May 25, 2020
Red Cross urges halt to cyberattacks on healthcare sector amid COVID-19
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - The Red Cross called for an end to cyberattacks on healthcare and medical research facilities during the coronavirus pandemic, in a letter published Tuesday and signed ...
May 25, 2020
Exclusive: Cathay Pacific’s brand merger hits roadblock from China’s aviation regulator – sources
By Jamie Freed SYDNEY (Reuters) - China's aviation regulator may make it difficult for Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd to merge regional arm Cathay Dragon into its main brand because of infract...
May 25, 2020
Death of ‘Mr Big’ stirs memories of Singapore’s gangland past
By Joe Brock and John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Early one October morning in 1969, Singapore police officers found the body of a man dumped in a storm drain. He had been stabbed to death, police sa...
May 25, 2020
Hong Kong’s leader says security laws will not affect city’s rights and freedoms
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday added to a raft of attempts by local and Beijing officials to provide reassurance that proposed national security laws would not trample on...
May 25, 2020
Hong Kong demand for VPNs surges on heels of China’s plan for national security laws
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Demand for virtual private networks in Hong Kong surged more than six-fold last Thursday as Beijing proposed tough new national security laws for the financial hub, reflecting co...
May 25, 2020
