India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was 92. Singh was admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Thursday after his health deteriorated due to a “sudden loss of consciousness … Read more
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives approved a bipartisan federal spending bill Friday and sent it to the Senate, just hours before a midnight deadline to fund the government. It was unclear Friday whether the Senate could pass the bill before 12:00 a.m. ET, when funding technically lapses. The bill continues funding the federal government … Read more
Former national team coach is the biggest name to be netted in China’s sweeping crackdown on corruption in sport. Li Tie, former coach of the Chinese national team who once played for the Everton Football Club in the English Premier League, has been jailed in China for 20 years on bribery charges as part of … Read more
A pedestrian walks by the entrance to Lombard Odier in Geneva, Switzerland. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lombard Odier — one of Switzerland’s oldest private banks — was indicted by Swiss prosecutors on charges of aggravated money laundering. In a release on Friday, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, or OAG, said … Read more