NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian tax authorities raided the property of several Chinese entities and their staff for money laundering, according to an official statement late Tuesday, adding to New Delhi’s growing discomfort with Beijing following a border crash in June. Since the clash, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has …

BRAZIL (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a ‘lie’, despite data produced by his own government showing thousands of fires in run the whole region. A Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) member …

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand officials are investigating the possibility that their first COVID-19 cases were imported by cargo in more than three months, as the country’s largest city fell into the lockdown again on Wednesday. PHILO PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a joint press conference …

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, owner of Apple Daily of Hong Kong, and pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow, have been released on bail after being arrested as part of a collapse under a new security law introduced by Beijing. Lai was released in the early hours of Wednesday, flanked by his lawyers, …

The Oakland A’s and Houston Astros had a bench-wiping brawl on Sunday, with Astros coach Alex Cintron and A’s outfielder Ramon Laureano serving as central figures. Penalties were announced Tuesday, and Laureano received a suspension of six games, reports Susan Slusser of the SF Chronicle. Cintron was hit with a …