Audi raided by German prosecutors in diesel scandal fallout

Volkswagen AG’s Audi brand was raided by German prosecutors as investigations into the manipulation of diesel engines continue to weigh on the automaker more than

Amazon Japan portal adopts UnionPay to attract Chinese shoppers

Amazon.com Inc.’s website in Japan will start accepting UnionPay cards, as the web retailer steps up efforts to sell more merchandise to Chinese shoppers across Asia.

Corporate bits | MGM Cotai to present art collection

MGM Cotai announced the establishment of a major permanent art collection for Macau. Commissioned by MGM, the collection will be hosted at MGM Cotai and

Name-and-shame show puts household brands in hot seat

Household brands in China are bracing for the government’s version of public-service journalism - the annual program on state-run TV that uses hidden cameras to highlight

Analysis | Beijing schools markets on tiered leadership structure

Investors trying to make sense of China’s National People’s Congress last week and its relation to the more important 19th Party Congress to be held later

Premier: China doesn’t want ‘trade war’ with Washington

China’s No. 2 leader said yesterday his government hopes for positive relations with Washington and has no desire for a trade war nor plans to devalue its currency

Li calls for return to talks on Korean nukes

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called yesterday for new talks to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula, ahead of a visit to the region this week by U.S.

Japan one-ups Scotch with whisky, coveted around the world

A dim storage room surrounded by bamboo groves and pastoral hills is filled wall-to-wall with 3,000 wooden barrels. Here sleeps, for years, sometimes decades, prized Japanese whisky. The Suntory distillery

Mexico Official says 250 skulls found in clandestine graves

More than 250 skulls have been found over the last several months in what appears to be a drug cartel mass burial ground on the outskirts of

The Netherlands | Dutch voting in election seen as barometer of populism

Prime Minister Mark Rutte and anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders cast yesterday’s Dutch parliamentary elections as a litmus test for populism in Europe, only months ahead of crucial votes

Hackers hijack Twitter accounts over Turkish diplomatic feud

Twitter says it has revoked access to block “a third-party app” apparently used to hack a number of accounts to broadcast pro-Turkish messages. It’s not clear how many accounts

This Day in History | 2001 – Teenage woman guilty of rape

An 18-year-old woman has been convicted of rape after she pinned down a victim during a horrific gang sex attack. Claire Marsh is thought

Offbeat | Alaska residents warned to give grumpy moose their space

Alaska wildlife officials warned people to keep their distance from grumpy moose after two close calls this past weekend. One of the animals walked up behind

Skiing | Hirscher soon off to island to unwind after rewarding year

Marcel Hirscher’s not-so-distant plans include spending two weeks on an island, where he will read books, watch movies and stare into the sea as he ponders this: Does he

Football | Time for Europe’s elite to start taking Leicester seriously

The obvious answer was Barcelona or Real Madrid. Bayern Munich would have been understandable, too. But when Gianluigi Buffon was asked which team he would like

England, Argentina in with South Korea in U20 World Cup

England and Argentina will renew their soccer rivalry in the group stage of the Under-20 World Cup in May. At the official draw yesterday, England and

Asian Champions League | Guangzhou Evergrande denied victory by late penalty

Big-spending Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande was held to a 1-1 draw in the Asian Champions League this week after conceding an injury-time penalty against Japanese team Kawasaki Frontale. Yu

World briefs

SYRIA Suicide bombers hit the main judicial building and a restaurant in Damascus yesterday, killing at least 30 people, according to state media, spreading fear across Syria’s

The Buzz | Philippine VP blasts Duterte’s drug crackdown, cites abuses

The Philippine vice president has raised alarms over the president’s bloody crackdown against illegal drugs, which she says can’t be solved “with bullets alone,” and she also asked

Bottom Line | Trump earned USD153m and paid 36.5m in taxes in 2005

President Donald Trump earned USD153 million and paid $36.5 million in income taxes in 2005, paying a roughly 25 percent effective tax rate thanks to a

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