Offshores | Organized crime prosecutors raid Panama Papers firm office

Organized crime prosecutors raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm yesterday looking for evidence of money laundering and financing terrorism following a leak of documents about tax havens

Trade | China exports up 11.5 percent in March, first gain in nine months

Chinese exports have risen for the first time in nine months, in a sign that the outlook may be improving for the world’s No. 2 economy. Customs data posted online yesterday show that China’s

Corporate Bits | ‘Guangdong, HK and Macau power industry summit’ to be held in nanning

Limited, China General Nuclear Power Group and Companhia de Electricidade de Macau (CEM) will be held in Nanning, Guangxi from May 11 to 13, with the theme of “Strengthening Cooperation

Banking | Five US big banks get failing grades for crisis plans

Federal regulators say five of the biggest banks in the U.S. haven’t worked out strong plans for how they might reshape themselves in case of failure, which could leave them

Despite court ruling, gay rights movement makes gains

For years, Chen Tiantian could only read about the gay rights movement in faraway places. She knew that there were activists in Beijing and a vibrant community in Shanghai, and

Chinese pressure seen in Taiwanese deportations from Kenya

The deportation of nearly four dozen Taiwanese from Kenya to China, where they’re being investigated over wire fraud allegations, is focusing new attention on Beijing’s willingness to assert its sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan,

South China Sea | Beijing summons G7 diplomats to protest ministers’ statement

Beijing summoned diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized countries to protest a statement from their foreign ministers criticizing China’s island-building activities in the disputed South China Sea, the Foreign

Spain court releases two ICBC executives with conditions

A Spanish court has ordered the conditional release of two executives of China’s state-owned ICBC bank in Madrid that were among six arrested in February in a money laundering and

Philippines | Manila water plan draws US rep’s criticism for World Bank role

In a bustling, densely populated corner of Manila, fruit vendor Coring Gutierrez reads USD35 due from her latest water bill, more than triple what her family of six paid 15 years ago. “As

South Korea | Parliamentary elections seen as key for president Park

South Koreans voted in parliamentary elections yesterday that were expected to hand a decisive win to President Park Geun- hye’s conservative party, and enable her to push ahead with controversial economic

UK | Story of minister and dominatrix sparks debate over media

Have you heard the one about the British politician and the dominatrix? Probably not until now — and critics of the government and the press say that is a problem. Opposition

Obituary | Prolific British playwright Arnold Wesker dies at age 83

Prolific British playwright Arnold Wesker, who drew on his heritage as a working-class Jew to create plays that captured the dialogue and struggles of the common man, has died, his

Spain | Police arrest suspect tied to Jan 2015 Paris attacks

A New Jersey judge has ruled that Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz meets the constitutional requirements to be president and may appear on the state’s presidential primary ballot. Judge Jeff

This Day in History | 1968 Berlin student unrest worsens

Students blocked the city’s main thoroughfare, the Kurfurstendamm, in protest at the shooting last week of one of their leaders, Rudi Dutschke. Mr Dutschke was shot three times outside the offices

Offbeat | Country artists condemn LGBT laws, but labels silent

Several country music artists and songwriters have condemned proposed laws that critics say discriminate against LGBT people, but anyone looking for reaction from the record labels and production companies on

Football | Champions League: Madrid reaches semis with Ronaldo decisive hat trick

Cristiano Ronaldo came through for Real Madrid again, scoring a hat trick to lead his team back to the semifinals of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Wolfsburg

Leicester, Vardy top AP Global Football 10

Leicester and its striker Jamie Vardy led the way in this week’s Associated Press Global Football 10 after the club moved closer to the English Premier League title with a

Views on China | Beauty obsession drives China selfie app’s billions valuation

Meitu Inc. is shooting for at least that much in its latest funding round, according to people familiar with the company, a target that would make it one of China’s

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The Buzz | Turtle smuggler from Canada faces sentence in US court

Prosecutors in Michigan are seeking a five-year prison sentence for a Canadian man who says he smuggled more than 1,000 turtles to China to help pay for his college education. Kai Xu is

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