International News

  Bloomberg Univision has sold $135 million in advertising for the Copa America Centenario, almost double the $70 million it paid to broadcast the international tournament. The Spanish-language channel has recorded 20 percent more ad revenue than anticipated, according to Juan Carlos Rodriguez, president of Univision Deportes. While Chile meets Argentina in Sunday’s final at Met Life Stadium in New …

  AFP Panama is preparing to officially open its canal shortly to far bigger cargo ships after nearly a decade of expansion work aimed at boosting transit revenues and global trade. A VIP ceremony will be held on the banks of the canal to inaugurate the completion of the works. President Juan Carlos Varela will unveil the new locks and …

  Bloomberg Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., the nation’s largest heavy-oil producer, was fined C$500,000 ($384,500) for breaching environmental laws in 2010 and 2012. The company was penalized C$350,000 for an incident on May 28, 2010, at its Horizon facility when the plant’s sulfur-recovery unit failed and hydrogen sulfide escaped, the Alberta government said in a statement Friday. It had reported …

  Bloomberg Monsanto Co. and Argentina announced an agreement for the collection of royalties for genetically modified soybeans, ending years of dispute between the world’s largest seed company and the third-largest grower of the crop. “The state will have full control of seed commercialization in order to ensure private companies like Monsanto will be able to collect royalties payments,” Agriculture …

  Canberra / AP Australia’s prime minister used his official campaign launch on Sunday to warn against a change of government during the economic fallout from Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Polls project Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s conservative coalition is widely expected to be returned next Saturday for a second three-year term with a reduced majority. Turnbull said his …

  Yangon / AFP Myanmar police on Sunday torched drugs with a street value of nearly $60 million as authorities struggle to tackle the scourge of poppy cultivation and shut down pill laboratories in lawless border zones. The impoverished nation remains the world’s second biggest producer of opium from which heroin is made, according to the United Nations. Decades of …

  Hyderabad / Tribune News Service Apollo Hospitals group signed an agreement with Chinese infrastructure firm Hainan Ecological Smart City Group (HESCG) to jointly develop an integrated modern healthcare services facility and systems in Hainan province, where a smart city is being developed in China’s largest special economic zone. The collaboration with Apollo Hospitals would begin with the development of …

  Shanghai / Bloomberg China Logistics Property Holdings Co., the warehouse developer backed by Carlyle Group LP, will delay the launch of its $400 million Hong Kong initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Shanghai-based company will postpone the start of the share sale until June 29 due to volatile market conditions after Britain voted to …

  New Delhi / Tribune News Service In a unique environment friendly initiative, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to use broken tiles to reduce the heat inside Metro stations. Unable to dispose of tiles that are broken at Metro stations and removed every day, engineers working with the DMRC suggested the pieces be placed on the rooftop …

  Bloomberg Rosneft PJSC, the world’s largest publicly traded crude producer, agreed to sell a stake in a key unit to China as Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to bolster energy ties with Asia. The state-run company committed to negotiating the sale of 20 percent of its Verkhnechonsk unit to Beijing Enterprises Group Co., Rosneft said in a statement. The …