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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
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
CHINA-MYANMAR Aung San Suu Kyi, the newly installed foreign minister, and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, said that the two had “reached consensus” to approach existing problems through negotiations. Wang’s
Republican Donald Trump emerged from Wisconsin as a damaged front-runner following a crushing primary loss to rival Ted Cruz, deepening questions about the billionaire businessman’s presidential qualifications and pushing the
The Panama Papers, which illustrate how a small class of global elites find elaborate ways to shield their wealth from tax collectors, bank regulators and police, offer a glimpse into
The leak of millions of records on offshore accounts claimed its first high-profile political casualty yesterday as Iceland’s prime minister stepped aside amid outrage over revelations he had used such
The bomb - properly called an Enhanced Radiation Weapon or ERW - is a specialised thermonuclear weapon which produces a minimal blast but releases large amounts of lethal radiation. It is
China’s Communist Party has a new target in its campaign against pernicious Western cultural influences: April Fools’ Day. “The so-called Western April Fools’ Day does not conform to Chinese cultural traditions
Officials in Thailand say they seized 315 kilograms of African elephant tusks worth an estimated USD800,000 at Bangkok’s international airport. Thai Customs said that the haul of 87 ivory tusks
CHINA banned most imports of North Korean coal and iron ore, the country’s main exports, in a significant increase in pressure on the North under U.N. sanctions against its nuclear
The Latest on the publication by a coalition of media outlets of an investigation into offshore financial dealings by the rich and famous: Slovenia: Boxer Dejan Zavec named Slovenia’s finance ministry has
Panamanians have long shrugged off their country’s checkered reputation as a financial haven for drug lords, tax dodgers and corrupt oligarchs. If they’re crooks, they’ve learned from the world’s wealthy
Employment Secretary Norman Fowler told MPs the National Dock Labour Scheme (NDLS) had become “a total anachronism” which stood in the way of a modern and efficient ports’ industry. Mr Fowler
Croatian police are investigating the reported theft of 280,000 euros (USD320,000) and two kilograms of gold — all snatched from the force’s headquarters. Helena Biocic of the police media office confirmed
Featuring 100 photographs of heritage- listed sites, the exhibition by local photographer Chan Hin Io, aims to reveal the beauty and vitality of Macau’s cultural heritage from different angles. The author said
SINGAPORE’s central bank will give financial institutions room to experiment with new technologies as it seeks public feedback on how a “regulatory sandbox” could work, Managing Director Ravi Menon said.
Just weeks ago, thousands of migrants a day were streaming into northern Europe. Now the influx has been dramatically crimped and Austria is claiming much of the credit. The small country
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry announced a unilateral cease-fire yesterday against the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a claim that rebel forces there promptly rejected. Fighting in what was a dormant conflict for two
Nearly three years into a crackdown overseen by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, allegations of human rights abuses including killings, torture and secret detentions are starting to bring an international backlash from
Dr King was shot dead in the southern US city of Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a march of sanitation workers protesting against low wages and poor working
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