Chinatown Crime | Sentencing set for ex-state senator in racketeering case

Former California state senator Leland Yee is expected to be sentenced today after acknowledging in a plea deal that he accepted thousands of dollars in bribes and discussed helping an

Beijing overtakes NYC as ‘Billionaire Capital of the World’

Move over, New York City: Beijing is the new “Billionaire Capital of the World.” The Chinese capital has overtaken the Big Apple as home to the most billionaires — 100 to

Hong Kong | Finance chief says political turmoil hurts economy

Rising political turmoil in Hong Kong could hurt economic growth in the freewheeling southern Chinese business hub, the city’s finance chief said as he unveiled measures yesterday to counter the impact

Yuan falls a fourth day as fix cut after data suggests outflows

The People’s Bank of China set its reference rate at the lowest level in almost three weeks after figures from the nation’s foreign-­exchange regulator released Tuesday afternoon showed banks net

Cambodia | Smart rats sniffing out vast mine fields

It’s been a busy morning for Cletus, Meynard, Victoria and others of their furry band. Tiny noses and long whiskers twitching, they’ve scurried and sniffed their way across 775 square

Wreckage of missing plane found in Nepal; all 23 aboard dead

Rescuers found the wreckage of a small plane carrying 23 people that crashed in bad weather yesterday into a mountain in central Nepal, police said. All those aboard, including two

Fiji | 10-month-old baby among those presumed dead in cyclone

A 10-month-old baby is among those missing and presumed dead yesterday from the massive cyclone that hit Fiji after the boy’s parents told a local television station they lost hold

Australia | School criticized for allowing cross-dressing

An Australian high school has been criticized for allowing students to wear boy or girl uniforms regardless of gender. The Newtown High School of Performing Arts in inner Sydney changed its

USA | Elections: Donald Trump notches 3rd straight win in Nevada caucuses

Donald Trump decisively won Nevada’s Republican caucuses for his third straight victory yesterday as his two main rivals, senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, battled for second place in

Migrant crisis | Austria wants a full stop to people influx along Balkans

  Austria wants not only to crimp the influx of migrants pouring into Europe but to fully stop it, its interior minister declared yesterday as she convened a meeting of ministers

This Day in History | 1956 Khrushchev lashes out at Stalin

In a sensational speech to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party Mr Khrushchev painted a graphic picture of a regime of “suspicion, fear, and terror” built up under the

Offbeat | Meerkat expert cleared of assault in zoo love triangle spat

A former meerkat expert at London Zoo was cleared this week of assaulting a monkey handler in a love spat over a llama-keeper. Two High Court judges said Tuesday that Caroline

Football | Man United looks to avoid embarrassing Europa League exit

  Louis van Gaal was signing autographs after Manchester United’s victory in the FA Cup on Monday when one voice from a group of mostly young fans wished the Dutchman the

Motorsport | F1 approves new qualifying for 2016, faster car for 2017

FIFA asked presidential candidates to provide details of their intended victory speeches ahead of tomorrow’s election in a bid to keep them on message while the governing body’s tries to

Views on China | China’s credit conundrum

China has two very good reasons to slow the gusher of cheap money that continues to flood its economy. The first, obviously, is to prevent the kind of financial implosion

Thursday, February 25, 2016 – edition no. 2504

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The Buzz | Attorney: Settlement reached over painting stolen by Nazis

An attorney for a French woman who sued the University of Oklahoma over a painting that the Nazis stole from her family says a settlement has been reached and that

Pound plunges as Cameron makes pro-EU case in UK Parliament

  A vote to leave the European Union would be “a great leap into the unknown” at a perilous time for Britain and the West, Prime Minister David Cameron said, as

World Briefs

SOUTH CHINA SEA China’s Foreign Ministry reasserts Beijing’s right to develop its South China Sea island outposts following a U.S. think tank’s report that China has built new radar facilities

Briefs | Singapore’s archbishop alarmed by Madonna’s concert

Archbishop William Goh has expressed grave concerns from Singapore’s Catholic Church over Madonna’s upcoming concert in Singapore. He also reminded Catholics that it was their “moral obligation not to support

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