Special Report: How China’s official bank card is used to smuggle money
MACAU (Reuters) – Growing numbers of Chinese are using the country’s state-backed bankcards to illegally spirit billions of dollars abroad, a Reuters examination has found.
China steps up hunt for corrupt officials overseas: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will step up its hunt for corrupt officials who have fled abroad, confiscate illegal assets of overseas fugitives and stop suspect offenders leaving the country, as it intensifies the fight against graft, state media said on W…
British EU vote unlikely before 2020 if Labour wins power, Miliband says
LONDON (Reuters) – A future Labour government would only hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union before 2020 if more powers were transferred to Brussels, party leader Ed Miliband will say Wednesday.
Front companies, embassies mask North Korean weapons trade: U.N.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has developed sophisticated ways to circumvent United Nations sanctions, including the suspected use of its embassies to facilitate an illegal trade in weapons, a United Nations report issued on Tuesday said.
Bomb explodes near Israeli embassy in Cairo, no one hurt
CAIRO (Reuters) – A home-made bomb exploded in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Tuesday, but no one was hurt, security sources and the website of state-run Al-Ahram newspaper said.
Ukraine appeals to West as Crimea turns to Russia
SEVASTOPOL/KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government appealed for Western help on Tuesday to stop Moscow annexing Crimea but the Black Sea peninsula, overrun by Russian troops, seemed fixed on a course that could formalize rule from Moscow within days.
Bachelet takes power in Chile, vows to fight inequality
VALPARAISO/SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Michelle Bachelet took over the presidency of Chile in a ceremony loaded with symbolism on Tuesday, promising to stick to her tax-and-spend campaign pledges to fight social inequality despite a sharp economic slowdown.
Death of Turkish boy hurt in protests rekindles unrest across country
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Protesters clashed with police in cities across Turkey on Tuesday after the death of a 15-year-old boy who was hit in the head by a tear-gas canister during anti-government demonstrations last summer.
Caribbean nations agree to seek slavery reparations from Europe
KINGSTON (Reuters) – Caribbean leaders are moving forward with a plan to seek reparations from the former slave-owning states of Europe, according to a lawyer for the island nations.
Bomb explodes near Israeli embassy in Cairo, no one hurt
CAIRO (Reuters) – A home-made bomb exploded in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Tuesday, but no one was hurt, security sources and the website of state-run Al-Ahram newspaper said.
