Anti-graft measures extended to officials’ families

The move follows revelations in the Panama Papers document leak showing family members of eight past or present leading officials owned shell companies registered abroad. While no Chinese laws are known

Man gets death for selling documents on encryption

A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for selling 150,000 classified documents that revealed key secrets about military and government data encryption to an unidentified foreign spy agency, state

China warns of foreign spies with ‘Dangerous Love’ campaign

China is marking National Security Education Day with a poster warning young female government workers about dating handsome foreigners, who could turn out to have secret agendas. Titled “Dangerous Love,” the 16-panel,

How four AP reporters got the story ‘Seafood from Slaves’

The Associated Press expose on slavery in Southeast Asia’s fishing industry, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday , was born of a painstaking investigation by four reporters who

Afghanistan | Dozens killed in Taliban attack on security agency

Armed militants in Afghanistan staged an assault on a government security agency in the capital yesterday, killing at least 28 people and wounding more than 320. The Taliban has claimed

Philippines | Presidential front-runner’s rape remark condemned

The Australian ambassador and Philippine presidential candidates condemned the leading contender’s remark at a campaign rally last week that he “should have been the first” to rape an Australian missionary who was

Aftershocks rattle Japan as deaths from quakes rise to 45

Japan’s southern quake-hit area was rattled by a strong aftershock yesterday and searchers found a woman’s body buried under landslide rubble, raising the death toll from the twin earthquakes to

Britain | Gove attacks Cameron’s case for EU as party splits deepen

U.K. Justice Secretary Michael Gove attacked Prime Minister David Cameron’s case for Britain staying in the European Union, demonstrating the depth of divisions in the governing Conservative Party. Gove, one of

Brazil | President defiant after impeachment vote, won’t quit

Expressing outrage over the congressional vote to open impeachment proceedings against her, President Dilma Rousseff says she will not resign and vows to keep fighting the forces arrayed against her. The

Zambia | Anti-foreigner riots claim five lives as looting spreads

Riots in Zambia’s capital spread to other parts of Lusaka yesterday as looters ransacked shops owned by immigrants, particularly Rwandans, and the ruling Patriotic Front party said five people may

Iraq | Parliament fails to vote on fate of its speaker

Iraqi lawmakers have failed to vote on whether they will oust or keep the incumbent parliament speaker, prolonging the country’s simmering political crisis. Shiite lawmaker, Hassan Salim, says after the session

This Day in History | 1953 UN and Korea begin prisoner exchange

One hundred United Nations prisoners were freed today under Operation “Little Switch”. They included 12 Britons, 30 Americans, 50 South Koreans, four Turks, one Canadian, one South African, one Greek

Offbeat | Madrid mayor: Dog poop culprits may have to clean streets

Dog owners in Madrid beware: Pick up after your pooch or face working as a street cleaner. Madrid Mayor Manuela Carmena is warning dog owners they’ll face stiff fines or possibly

Olympics | Sports federations concerned about Rio venues

International sports federations expressed concern yesterday over problems with venues for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, including power failures at the gymnastics arena this week. Members of the Association of

Football | English Premier League: Leicester’s Vardy charged by FA over reaction to red card

Jamie Vardy faces having his mandatory one-match ban lengthened, potentially ruling the striker out of more of Leicester’s title run-in, after he was charged on Monday by the English Football

Turkey: 38 arrested for ‘framing’ Fenerbahce officials

Turkish authorities yesterday detained 38 people suspected of “framing” soccer team Fenerbahce’s players and directors in a match-fixing investigation in 2011, as the government pressed ahead with a crackdown on

Macau Matters | Water Woes

Here in Macau we have very inexpensive and very plentiful water, even if the quality is not so good - too many chemicals added to condition the water. But, in

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 – edition no. 2541

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The Buzz | Brazil: Rousseff loses lower house impeachment vote

Parliament in Brazil yesterday has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts. The “yes” camp comfortably won the required two-thirds majority in the

The Science of Lying | We all lie, scientists say, but politicians even more so

This is the season of lies. We watch with fascination as candidates for the world’s most powerful job trade falsehoods and allegations of dishonesty. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump routinely calls rival

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