HK$13b launderer agrees to hand government HK$5m
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A young mainland businessman who is serving a 10½-year jail term for laundering a record HK$13.1 billion over eight months has agreed to let the Hong Kong...
View ArticleSpanish PM Mariano Rajoy to be grilled on corruption scandal
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Lawmakers will grill Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday, demanding explanations over a corruption scandal that has sparked calls for him to quit....
View ArticleVenezuela opposition claims new crackdown
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Venezuelan authorities ordered the arrest of a close aide to opposition leader Henrique Capriles and military agents removed documents, computers and cellphones...
View ArticleJustice in India hindered by overloaded legal system
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The government promised swift justice after the gang rape of a young university student on a moving bus in India’s capital late last year sparked nationwide...
View ArticleMother sentenced for throwing baby from 8th floor of building
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A mentally disturbed woman has been sent to a psychiatric centre for throwing her two-month-old baby girl to her death last August, claiming she was compelled to do...
View Article60pc of Hong Kong’s popular mobile apps issue confidentiality alerts
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Three in five of the city’s most popular mobile applications alert smartphone users to confidentiality issues upon download, the privacy watchdog has found. <!–...
View ArticleProsecutor demands severe punishment as Bo Xilai trial ends
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese prosecutors demanded a heavy sentence for ousted top politician Bo Xilai as his divisive, dramatic trial ended on Monday, saying his “whimsical” challenge...
View ArticleOutspoken celebrity blogger’s arrest triggers online debate
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The detention of an outspoken social media celebrity on Friday has triggered fears among supporters that the bust was a government attempt to discredit him amid a...
View ArticleChina graft crackdown hits Hong Kong’s ‘Dried Seafood Street’
<!– google_ad_section_start –> In a narrow Hong Kong street filled with the tang of dried sea creatures, shopkeepers are blaming China’s recent corruption crackdown for falling sales of expensive...
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White House Official Fired Over Anonymous Tweets
A senior White House official who was helping negotiate nuclear issues with Iran has been fired after being unmasked as the acidic voice behind a Twitter account known for its insults of public figures...
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Republican Concedes Attorney General Race in Virginia
Mark D. Obenshain conceded as his Democratic rival, Mark R. Herring, gained ground in a recount in the state attorney general race. View post: Republican Concedes Attorney General Race in Virginia The...
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Spike in Harm to Liver Is Tied to Dietary Aids
Dietary supplements now account for nearly 20 percent of drug-related liver injuries that turn up in hospitals, up from just 7 percent a decade ago, an analysis shows. Read the original here: Spike in...
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Why Donald Trump’s $51 million fundraising haul is a good thing for Democrats
Donald Trump finally raised money. Trump raised $26 million for his own campaign, his team announced, with an additional $25 million raised jointly with the RNC at 22 separate fundraising events...
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Parental Controls
Say that you have two children, or maybe three, and that they fight for what’s theirs. The contested objects are many: cake, Lego sets, the right to various household electronics or to name the family...
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Can an Addiction Memoir Help Us Understand Wall Street?
In January of 2014, a Times Op-Ed by Sam Polk, a former derivatives trader who worked on Wall Street between 2003 and 2010, went viral. Occupy Wall Street protesters had been evicted from Zuccotti...
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Cities In Southern California Can’t Escape The Fire At Their Door
Southern California is on fire again. The Sand fire in the Santa Clarita Valley mountains north of Los Angeles has burned 38,873 acres, destroyed at least 18 homes and taken one life… See the original...
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American Tennis in Black and White
The news about Olympic tennis, which begins on Saturday, has, so far, mostly concerned those who won’t be playing. Maria Sharapova is out, barred from all tournament play for using the newly banned...
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