NEW YORK: Barbie-maker Mattel saw its share price sink Friday after the company canceled a debt offering due to a “whistleblower” complaint. The toymaker revealed few details about the situation in a terse securities filing late Thursday, saying only that the debt issue was “terminated” to give the company opportunity
HONG KONG: Thousands of prodemocracy activists chanted for reform yesterday as they staged a sit-in at Hong Kong airport, hoping to win international support for their movement after two months of protests. “No rioters, only tyranny,” the demonstrators chanted as they began a three-day action — the latest in a
TALMONT-SAINT-HILAIRE (France): Oyster farmers in western France have sacrificed a seafood feast and put a mega-mollusc weighing 1.44kg back in the water after naming it “Georgette” in honour of a retiring worker. The 25-centimetre long oyster was discovered at Talmont-SaintHilaire in the Vendee department last Friday. “I was working in
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday his powder keg move to strip the disputed Kashmir region of its autonomy was necessary to stop “terrorism”, as Pakistan voiced further outrage and the UN chief urged “maximum restraint”. Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government imposed direct rule on the Indian held portion
MECCA (Saudi Arabia): More than two million Muslims begin the annual hajj yesterday as the Saudi hosts seek to deter politicisation of the pilgrimage against a backdrop of simmering Gulf tensions. The hajj, one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, is one of Islam’s five pillars and must be undertaken
PAILIN (Cambodia): Former Khmer Rouge cadres and relatives paid their final respects to “Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea yesterday, ahead of a cremation ceremony in Cambodia for the man considered the chief ideologue of the murderous regime. Nuon Chea, once the most trusted deputy of leader Pol Pot, died Sunday
BERLIN: Niko Kovac’s Bayern Munich launch their 2019/20 season as German Cup title holders in the first round this weekend, but the traditional season curtain-raiser will be overshadowed this year by a string of scandals rocking football in Germany. While coaching prodigies Julian Nagelsmann and David Wagner make their dugout
LONDON: Kevin De Bruyne can’t wait to play a key role in Manchester City’s bid for a third successive Premier League title as the Belgian star finally returns to peak form and fitness. Pep Guardiola’s side start their title defence at West Ham on Saturday with De Bruyne providing a
NEW YORK: Troy Merritt matched the Liberty National course record with a nine-under par 62 to grab a one-stroke lead after Thursday’s opening round of the US PGA Northern Trust tournament. On a day when Masters champion Tiger Woods struggled to a 75 and shared 116th among 120 starters, it
London’s Tate Modern gallery was evacuated on Sunday after a child fell “from a height” and was airlifted to hospital. A teenager was arrested over the incident, police said, without giving any details of the child’s condition. The doors of the contemporary art museum were initially locked as emergency services