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Women soldiers of Kachin Independence Army, one of the ethnic armed groups, in a military camp near Laiza, Kachin State, northern Myanmar. Photograph: Seng Mai/EPA
Myanmar faces new crisis as ethnic armies attack military

Myanmar’s eight-month-old government faced a fresh crisis on Monday, after four ethnic armed groups attacked security forces in the north of the count(...)

“This type of foreigner is earning money in China while insulting the Chinese people, and hating China from bottom of their hearts.”
Daimler executive accused of insulting China after parking row

A senior employee from German carmaker Daimler is in trouble after a row over a parking space in Beijing escalated into a racist rant against China, (...)

Ever vigilant: Deputies watched agog as security men guarded the exits to the Members’ Bar while Minister of State at the Department of Defence Paul Kehoe went in for a sandwich. Photograph: Alan Betson
Miriam Lord: On Military manoeuvres at Leinster House

The morning after Donald Trump was elected, Minister of State Eoghan Murphy headed to Government Buildings for a pre-breakfast meeting with Michael No(...)

Former IAAF president Lamine Diack is accused of accepting more than €1 million in return for covering up positive drug tests: His son, Papa Massata Diack, is wanted by Interpol on charges of complicity in receiving bribes. Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty
New evidence of graft in Qatar’s bid for 2017 World Championships

A company founded by a former senior figure at the IAAF, the governing body of world athletics, reportedly received two payments totalling $3.5 milli(...)

The main sources of pollution in Beijing, China, are coal-fired power plants and vehicle exhaust emissions. Photograph: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty
China’s pollution challenge resurfaces as smog blankets Beijing

China’s smog problem is back with a vengeance this week, with authorities issuing alerts and government officials warning that the country faces a fo(...)

Three new Trump appointments: US Representative from Kansas Mike Pompeo, retired Lt Gen Michael Flynn, and Senator Jeff Sessions. Composite: AFP/Getty Images
Jeff Sessions named attorney general as Trump fills key roles
  • US
  • November 18, 2016, 13:25

President-elect Donald Trump has announced the nomination of Alabama senator Jeff Sessions as US attorney general and Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo a(...)

Shinzo Abe meets with Donald Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan. Photograph: US Cabinet Public Relations Office/Reuters
Trump a ‘trustworthy leader’, says Japan’s prime minister
  • US
  • November 18, 2016, 06:37

Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe described Donald Trump as a “trustworthy leader” after meeting the US president-elect on Thursday to get clarity on (...)

Posters promoting local elections in Beijing, which took place this week. Photograph: Gilles Sabrie/New York Times
China goes to polls in strictly controlled local elections

This week saw China’s president, Xi Jinping, place a vote into a ballot box, a rare sight in a country run with an iron hand by the Communist Party, (...)

JPMorgan: The SEC’s investigation has widened to include other banks. Photograph: iStock
JPMorgan to pay $200m fine for hiring Chinese ‘princelings’

JPMorgan has agreed to pay a fine of more than $200 million (€186 million) to settle a US investigation into its employment of well-connected Chinese (...)

The incoming Trump administration will find it hard to tempt even large-scale skilled tech manufacturing back to the US. Photograph: Getty Images
Donald Trump’s team reveals surprising lack of global business knowledge

To the concern of many here, one of the first policy announcements, vague though it was, that came from the US president-elect’s transition team last(...)