Panama Papers | Law firm usurped name of Red Cross to hide money

Mossack Fonseca law firm routinely usurped the name of the Red Cross and other charities to help obscure the origin of millions of dollars in questionable funds, two newspapers involved

This Day in History | 1997 Bosnian bomb plot fails to stop Pope

Just hours earlier Bosnian police found at least 20 anti-tank mines under a bridge on the road between the airport and the city - the route planned for the Pope

Offbeat | Dubai’s Islamic authorities issue fatwa against WiFi theft

Dubai’s top religious authorities say that stealing WiFi from your neighbor would not be proper Islamic conduct. That’s according to a religious edict — known as a fatwa — from Dubai’s

The Buzz | Hong Kong teen democracy activist forms new political party

Wong and several other young activists who led pro-democracy protests that gripped Hong Kong for 79 days in late 2014 said their new party is called Demosisto. The teenager was the

Kerry to offer no US apology for Hiroshima

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry won’t say sorry for America’s atomic bombing of Hiroshima when he visits a revered memorial. A U.S. official traveling with Kerry ruled out an apology

World Briefs

HONG KONG Revelers dressed up as Donald Trump and several movie characters as they watched Fiji clinch its 16th title at Hong Kong’s biggest annual social event, the Rugby Sevens.

Officials: Group that hit Brussels planned second France attack

The attackers who struck Brussels on March 22 initially planned to launch a second assault on France, Belgium’s Federal Prosecution Office said yesterday. But the perpetrators were “surprised by the speed

Turkish strikes leave dozens of Kurdish villages empty

Dozens of villages have been abandoned and hundreds of families displaced close to Iraq’s northern border with Turkey as a result of Turkish air strikes targeting militants from the Kurdistan

This Day in History | 1961 Nazi war crimes trial begins

Adolf Eichmann faces 15 charges, including crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and war crimes. He sat in a bullet-proof glass dock flanked by two guards specially chosen because

Offbeat | 3 rescued island castaways spelled ‘help’ with palm fronds

In a scene straight from Hollywood, or a New Yorker cartoon, a U.S. Navy plane spotted the word “help” spelled out in palm fronds on a beach on a deserted

Germany tackles dirty diesels by empowering city bans

German towns and cities plagued by car and truck pollution will soon get the legal tools they need to ban older diesel vehicles from streets where emissions are highest. Chancellor Angela

Candidates for next UN chief to face nations for first time

For the first time in the 70-year history of the United Nations, all the member states will get a chance to question the candidates for Secretary-General, in a move to

The Buzz | Chinese writer Cao wins international children’s book prize

Chinese author Cao Wenxuan and German illustrator Rotraut Susanne Berner have been awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Prize for children’s literature. The biennial awards were announced this week during the Bologna

Scientists blame El Nino, warming for ‘gruesome’ coral death

  The coral on the sea floor around the Pacific island of Kiritimati looked like a boneyard in November — stark, white and lifeless. But there was still some hope. This month,

World Briefs

NEW ZEALAND A high school musical in New Zealand got a little too real when a prop razor used in a throat-slitting scene ended up cutting two boy’s necks and

Panama Papers | US emerging as tax haven alongside Switzerland, Caymans

The United States is emerging as a top tax haven alongside the likes of Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and Panama, those seeking reform of the international tax system say. And

Panama Papers: the Latest | Panama to create panel to boost transparency

The Latest on the publication by a coalition of media outlets of an investigation into offshore financial dealings by the rich and famous and powerful. Panama's government is creating an international

This Day in History | 1997 BBC TV newsman turns politician

The newsman-turned-political candidate is campaigning as an independent, although he has been encouraged to stand by both Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Local Conservatives gave their backing tonight to Mr Hamilton,

Offbeat | French lawmakers vote on punishing prostitutes’ clients

France’s lower house of parliament holds a final vote this week on a bill against prostitution and sex trafficking that bans buying sex, not selling it. Customers would face fines

The Buzz | Panama Papers: Leak firm Mossack Fonseca files hacking complaint

A partner at Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm at the heart of a huge leak of confidential financial data, says it was the victim of a hack. Ramon Fonseca, co-founder

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