Paramount gets Chinese funding to pay for films
VIACOM, INC.’s Paramount Pictures reached a co-financing agreement with Shanghai Film Group and Huahua Media that will help the money-losing studio pay for movie...
Suit over Star Trek fan’s YouTube hit movie over
CBS CORP. and Paramount Pictures Corp. settled their copyright-infringement lawsuit against a die-hard Star Trek fan who had channeled his obsession with an obscure...
MH370 families to appeal for search to continue at Australia-Malaysia meet
SYDNEY -- Grieving relatives of MH370 passengers will appeal for the hunt for the missing airliner to continue at a meeting between the Australian...
‘No provocation’ can stop China’s military drills — Party newspaper
BEIJING -- China’s military will carry out drills regardless of foreign provocations and pressure, the Communist Party’s paper said on Sunday, adding that exercises...
7.9 earthquake hits Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY -- A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Sunday, shaking homes and sparking a tsunami alert, but there were no immediate reports...
No signs of life on Day 4 of Italy avalanche rescue
PENNE, ITALY -- Rescuers combing the wreckage of an Italian hotel in a bid to find survivors of a devastating avalanche detected no signs...
Ugandans invent ‘smart jacket’ designed to diagnose pneumonia
UGANDA -- A team of Ugandan engineers has invented a “smart jacket” that diagnoses pneumonia faster than a doctor, offering hope against a disease...
Trump tells CIA: ‘I am with you 1,000 percent’
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump told the CIA Saturday it had his full support as he paid a visit to mend fences after...
Women’s March draws millions in resistance to US Pres. Trump
WASHINGTON -- More than two million people flooded US cities on Saturday as women opposed to Donald Trump led a peaceful, stunning rebuke against...
Syria regime, rebels head to Kazakhstan for first peace talks
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN -- Syria’s government and rebel fighters will on Monday sit down at the negotiating table for the first time in nearly six...
Fans snub Westbrook
Russell Westbrook was, of course, being disingenuous when he noted over the weekend that “I don’t play for All-Star bids. I play to win...
Local GDP data to boost stocks amid uncertainties
THE PHILIPPINES’ growth story should cushion local equities amid persisting uncertainty over the economic policy direction in the United States, as the new leadership...