Historic beating for MTR MTR Corp has recorded its first-ever net loss since it listed in Hong Kong 20 years ago. The railway giant reported a net loss of HK$334 million for the first half, mainly due to investment property revaluation and a profit fall in recurrent businesses. A dividend of 25 HK cents was...

Blame-dodging amid reform-or-sink warning Lebanese officials targeted in the investigation of the massive blast that tore through Beirut sought to shift blame for the presence of explosives at the city's port, while the visiting French president warned yesterday that without serious reforms the country would "continue to sink.'' The blast...