LAS VEGAS—The Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, a Sin City namesake, is being sold to a new entrant among Las Vegas Boulevard resort owners. Rhode Island-based Bally’s Corp. announced Tuesday it will acquire the iconic Strip property from Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. for about $308 million. The agreement for the nearly 1,500-room hotel,…
Biden Sends Unofficial Delegation to Taiwan
April 14, 2021
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WASHINGTON—Former Senator Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg headed to Taiwan on Tuesday at President Joe Biden’s request. A senior Biden administration official told Reuters the dispatch of the “unofficial” delegation comes as the United States and Taiwan mark the 42nd anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, for…
South Africa Halts J&J Vaccine Jabs; Europe Rollout Delayed
JOHANNESBURG—South Africa suspended giving Johnson & Johnson vaccine shots Tuesday as a “precautionary measure” and the company delayed its European vaccine rollout following an FDA decision to pause the jabs while very rare blood clot cases are examined. South Africa has given more than 289,000 doses of the J&J vaccine to the country’s health workers…
Tax Bill Gates’s and Jeff Bezos’s Family Foundations
Commentary Governments are about to launch a free-for-all of taxes to pay for the free-for-all of spending on COVID-19—taxes on income, on wealth, on beer and billionaires, on Netflix, on carbon, on real estate transactions, on stock holdings, on international holdings, on just about everything. But the tax-and-spenders now in control of the United States,…
Taiwan Bolsters Navy With Unveiling of New Amphibious Warfare Ship Amid China Threats
Taiwan unveiled a new amphibious warfare ship on Tuesday that can be used to land troops and will bolster supply lines to vulnerable islands offshore China and in the South China Sea. The 10,600-tonne Yu Shan, named after Taiwan’s tallest mountain, is the latest part of President Tsai Ing-wen’s ambitious program to modernize the armed…
Australian University Rejects Chinese-Funded Research Worth Millions for National Interest
April 14, 2021
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Several research projects and joint collaborations worth millions of dollars have been rejected by Adelaide University because of high-risk links to Beijing. In its submission to a national inquiry into security risks affecting higher education last month, the university revealed it rejected projects on the basis of national interest or university reputation. “As a leading…
Australia and Saudi Arabia Resume Livestock Trade After 10 Year Hiatus
A ten-year hiatus on livestock trade between Australia and Saudi Arabia has been broken with the Middle East kingdom now welcoming Australian exports again. Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said on April 7 that Australia has been working with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on the arrangements. “My department has been working closely with their counterparts…
Austrian Health Minister Steps Down, Exhausted by Pandemic
Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said on Tuesday he is stepping down, exhausted and sick from battling the COVID-19 pandemic and other officials.
Iran to Begin 60 Percent Uranium Enrichment After Nuclear Site Incident
DUBAI—Iran said on Tuesday it will start enriching uranium to 60 percent purity, a move bringing the fissile material closer to levels suitable for a bomb, after accusing Israel of sabotaging a key nuclear installation. The disclosure came soon before the resumption of talks in Vienna aimed at reviving Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with major…
Australia’s Borders May Not Open Even if Whole Country is Vaccinated: Health Minister
Australia’s federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has suggested that opening international borders for travel won’t just be tied to achieving COVID-19 vaccination goals but will depend on a series of factors. “Vaccination alone is no guarantee that you can open up,” he told reporters on April 13, adding that “you couldn’t just open the borders”…
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