Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Briefing Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by Asia and Australia Edition ByCharles McDermid June 10, 2018 (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up .) Good morning. All eyes on Singapore, towers of Indian trash and tributes for Anthony Bourdain. Here’s what you need to know: • President Trump and Kim Jong-un are in Singapore, with their on-again, off-again meeting — set to be the first encounter between a U.S. president and a North Korean leader — planned for tomorrow. Some fear mismatched expectations. Few analysts believe that Mr. Kim is ready to give up his nuclear arsenal for the economic help Mr. Trump could offer. They may not even define issues like “denuclearization” the same way. Here is a look at the issues behind the basic terminology in question. And our Beijing bureau chief … [Read more...] about Singapore, G-7 Summit, Anthony Bourdain: Your Monday Briefing
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Deal could restart stalled NYC Ferris wheel tourism project
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a soaring idea, intended to put the city's least-populous, least-visited borough on the tourism map.But six years after it was announced, a plan to build one of the world's largest Ferris wheels on Staten Island is still stuck on the ground.The four pedestals for the wheel, each weighing 100 tons, remain the only components of the 630-foot (192-meter) structure erected to date on a site on the Staten Island waterfront.The project, originally budgeted at $230 million, has been mired in cost overruns, delays and disputes between investors. Work on the New York Wheel has been stalled since May of 2017 when the main contractor on halted work and was fired.The proposal got a glimmer of hope last week when New York Wheel LLC, the company behind the project, reached an agreement with the contractor, Mammoet-Starneth, to resolve some of their legal disputes. The agreement, filed with a bankruptcy court, gives New York Wheel until Sept. 5 to either restart the … [Read more...] about Deal could restart stalled NYC Ferris wheel tourism project
‘It’s just not what people want anymore’: Subway to close hundreds of U.S. stores
Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Business by Abha Bhattarai by Abha Bhattarai Email the author April 27 Email the author Subway, the world’s largest restaurant chain, says it plans to close about 500 U.S. stores this year as it opens 1,000 locations worldwide. Here, a Subway store in Kolkata, India. (Brent Lewin/Bloomberg News) Subway Restaurants, home of the ubiquitous $5 footlong, plans to shutter hundreds of U.S. stores as consumers lose their appetite for lunch meats. The world’s largest restaurant chain says it will close about 500 of its 26,000 locations nationwide this year. Last year, Subway closed more than 800 U.S. … [Read more...] about ‘It’s just not what people want anymore’: Subway to close hundreds of U.S. stores
Horror as girl, 3, is raped after being coaxed on to a bus in India
A CLEANER allegedly raped a three-year-old girl after luring her on to a bus with chocolate in India, police have said. Sheikh Munna, 45, has been accused of dragging the toddler away from her five-year-old brother and assaulting her in the parked vehicle in Kolkata. Police said the little girl was lured inside the vehicle on the pretence of receiving chocolate on Monday evening. But her brother began to bang on the door, 'begging for Munna to release her' after he heard her screaming. Desperate to find help, the boy ran to tell their mother about the incident, and she alerted her neighbours who saved the girl and called the police. An officer told NDTV news: "We found the girl lying in a pool of blood on a bus seat. The child's clothes were torn and she was bleeding profusely." MOST READ WORLDNOT-SO-SOFT DRINK Coca Cola breaks tradition with new alcoholic drink - but there’s a catch ‘VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED’ Secret Aussie site where paedos and violent rapists wander … [Read more...] about Horror as girl, 3, is raped after being coaxed on to a bus in India