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Trump Organization found guilty in tax fraud scheme Donald Trump’s family real estate business was convicted yesterday of tax fraud and other financial crimes, a remarkable rebuke of the former president’s company and what prosecutors described as its “culture of fraud and deception.” The conviction on all 17 counts, after …

Is China shifting on ‘zero Covid’? China appears to be backing away from its harsh Covid rules, after a week of mass protests against its policies. The demonstrations have been the largest challenge to Beijing in decades. In Guangzhou, residents returned to work yesterday for the first time in weeks …

China mourns Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin led China after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and presided over a decade of meteoric economic growth. He died yesterday at 96. Now, China must figure out how to honor Jiang during a wave of public defiance on a scale unseen since he came …

Covid anger grows in China As China’s harsh Covid rules extend deep into their third year, there are growing signs of discontent across the country. The defiance is a test of Xi Jinping’s leadership. At the Foxconn iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, thousands of workers clashed with riot police. The workers …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will commence bi-weekly, weekly media briefings on the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The commission said daily briefings on the exercises would only commence a week preceding the election week. Accordingly, the electoral body warned political parties and their candidates to …

Good morning. We’re covering a major explosion on a Russian target in Crimea and a political scandal in Australia. And by repeatedly striking at the territory, which Russia has held for the better part of a decade, Ukraine has posed a fresh challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s standing at home. …

We’re covering the U.S. Senate’s passage of a major industrial policy bill and Japan’s difficulties handling its monkey population. U.S. Senate passes $280 billion bill to counter China In rare bipartisan fashion, the U.S. Senate passed an expansive $280 billion bill aimed at building up America’s manufacturing and technological edge …

We’re covering Russia’s attempts to encircle eastern Ukraine and the emergence of armed militias in Colombia. Russia threatens escalation with missile test As Russia continued its offensive in the Donbas region of Ukraine by raining artillery across the 300-mile eastern front, it took the provocative step of test launching an …