Round-Up: Sina goes private, Lions to tour in South Africa, Vietnam marathon to go ahead, and more

Chinese media company Sina, majority owner of the Weibo social media platform and owner of the Sina Sports media platform, among other assets, has went private and ceased to be a publicly-traded company following a merger with a company controlled by its CEO and chairman Charles Chao. Sina was listed on the US Nasdaq exchange. Weibo is listed separately on Nasdaq - Sina Corporation, Motley Fool