China’s Ying Kou Port Group chairman sentenced to 14 years for bribery: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The chairman of China’s Ying Kou Port Group was sentenced to 14 years in prison for accepting around 26.8 million yuan (3.13 million pounds) in bribes, said the official Xinhua news agency on Saturday.
China says ‘Sky Net’ campaign recovers $331 million in corruption losses
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has recovered 2.3 billion yuan ($331.27 million) in losses from graft in the first 11 months of this year from across more than 70 different regions and countries, the country’s corruption watchdog said on its official websit…
No space for Hong Kong independence, China says
BEIJING (Reuters) – There is no space for Hong Kong independence in the “one country, two systems” agreement under which Beijing governs the former British colony, but there can be tolerance for differences in their systems, a senior Chinese official s…
U.S. embassy in Guatemala closes temporarily after threats
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The United States embassy in Guatemala closed early on Friday after it received threats, a representative said, without giving further details.
South Korea court issues arrest warrant for pension chief in corruption scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for the head of the national pension fund, the world’s third largest, early on Saturday in a corruption scandal that has led to President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment, an official said.
Brazil says Greek ambassador murdered by wife’s policeman lover
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A Rio de Janeiro policeman confessed to murdering Greece’s ambassador to Brazil in what investigators on Friday called a “cowardly act” carried out at the direction of the diplomat’s Brazilian wife with whom the officer was r…
Singapore blogger seeking U.S. asylum regrets posts in home country
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Singaporean blogger who is seeking political asylum in the United States said on Friday he regretted inflammatory posts that landed him in jail twice in his home country.
Iraqi forces face fierce Islamic State combat in south Mosul
NEAR MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces faced fierce resistance from Islamic State militants in southern Mosul on Friday, the second day of a renewed push to take back the city after fighting stalled for several weeks.
Taiwan announces U.S. itinerary for president, upsetting China
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will transit through Houston and San Francisco during a January visit to allies in Latin America, her office said Friday, prompting China to repeat a call for the United States to block any such stopover…
Pole arrested after airliner makes emergency landing in Prague
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech police have detained a Polish man after a passenger jet flying from Spain to Warsaw made an emergency landing in Prague on Friday due to a bomb threat, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said.
