World briefs

CHINA-US The sister of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been courting Chinese investors using a much-criticized federal visa program that provides a path toward obtaining green cards.

SOUTH KOREA Creating jobs, ending corruption and boosting stubbornly low birthrates should be high on a to-do list for South Korea’s next president after a campaign mostly dominated by security and foreign policy issues. There’s concern that the economy will likely take a backseat to North Korea when South Koreans pick their next leader tomorrow.

NEPAL The body of an 85-year-old climber who died attempting to regain his title as the oldest person to scale Mount Everest was flown to Kathmandu where family and supporters held a funeral.

INDIA Anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal’s government in the Indian capital plunged into a crisis yesterday as a minister he fired over the weekend accused him of accepting 20 million rupees (USD300,000) in cash as a bribe.

VENEZUELA Women banged on pans and some stripped off their white shirts Saturday as they protested Venezuela’s socialist government in an event the opposition billed as a “women’s march against repression.”

QATAR The state-owned carrier Qatar Airways signed an agreement with FIFA to sponsor two World Cup tournaments until 2022, filling a spot left vacant by rival Emirates when it quit its sponsorship following corruption allegations at football’s global governing body.

SCOTLAND’s nationalists failed to gain ground in local-government elections as Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives cemented themselves as the biggest threat to their dominance after campaigning against another independence referendum. With ballots in all of Scotland’s 32 regions counted, the Scottish National Party lost seven council seats and the Conservatives gained 164.