Najib offered projects to China for 1MDB help, witness says

A witness in former Malaysian leader Najib Razak’s trial testified that the ex-premier offered projects to China in exchange for help resolving 1MDB’s debt. Fugitive

JPMorgan says China to be included in benchmark bond indexes

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will start a phased inclusion of Chinese government debt into its benchmark emerging-market indexes, potentially ushering in a fresh overseas influx

Japan briefs diplomats on Fukushima nuclear water concerns

Japan tried to reassure foreign diplomats yesterday about safety at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant amid concerns about massive amounts of treated but radioactive water stored

Briefs | Thailand: ‘Yellow Shirt’ founder jailed for fraud released early

Thailand’s Corrections Department says a media mogul who led a campaign to oust Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from office in 2006 has been freed early from a 20-year

Australia | Police raid official’s home after media raids

Police yesterday executed a search warrant on the home of an Australian intelligence officer in a raid that one media executive described as an attempt to

Brexit breathes life back into Scottish independence push

When Scotland voted in 2014 against independence, that seemed to settle the issue: The hauntingly rugged region where Britain’s royal family spends its holidays at its

Offbeat | Motown founder Berry Gordy donates $4M to museum expansion

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. is donating $4 million toward a project to expand a museum housed in the Detroit building where he built his music empire,

This Day in History | 1997 Mother Teresa dies

She died of a heart attack at the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta shortly before 1700 BST. The nun from Skopje, Macedonia,

BBAM’s ball with the Monty

The British Business Association of Macao (BBAM) held its Annual Ball early this Summer. Guests entered into the spirit of the occasion, embracing the theme of Policing

Basketball | Analysis The US isn’t the best team at this World Cup – yet

The United States does not have the best team at this World Cup. This is not a new thing. It’s just more evident now.

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The Buzz | YouTube to pay $170M fine after violating kids’ privacy law

Google’s video site YouTube has been fined $170 million to settle allegations it collected children’s personal data without their parents’ consent. The Federal Trade Commission fined Google

Island of 50,000 people in the Bahamas is 70% under water

An island in the Bahamas that’s home to 50,000 people is 70% under water after Hurricane Dorian battered it with record force for two days, according

World Views | Time to unlock the Brexit relief fund

If the U.K. parliament can’t clean up the Brexit mess, it might be time for Europe to start spending instead. The economic impact of a worst-case no-deal Brexit

Thursday, September 5, 2019 – edition no. 3369

• HK leader Carrie Lam has given in to the first of protesters’ five demands * Macau visitors to Hong Kong soared 32% in July * Workers’ lawmakers say they will continue

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