Cheat. Bribe. Lie. Here's how the college admissions scam allegedly worked
Updated 0750 GMT (1550 HKT) March 13, 2019
The college admissions scheme revealed Tuesday is the largest of its kind ever prosecuted, federal prosecutors said, and features 50 defendants across six states, millions of dollars in illegally funneled funds and a handful of the country's most selective universities.
But at its core, the alleged scheme is remarkably simple -- and brazen.
Cheat on standardized tests. Bribe the people who decide which students get admitted. All the while pretending that money was for charity.
Xinjiang detention camps may be phased out, governor suggests
Top Uighur official says there will be fewer and fewer students at centres thought to house a million people
Top officials in Xinjiang have hinted that the system of internment centres used to hold a million Muslim minorities may one day be phased out.
Researchers say huge numbers of people, mostly Uighurs, are being held in detention and re-education camps in the far western territory as part of a huge security crackdown in the name of counter terrorism efforts.
Defending their policies at a session of China’s legislative meeting, the National People’s Congress, officials said the camps – which China describes as vocational training centres – would be phased out if no longer needed.
EU BANS ALL BOEING 737 MAX PLANES FROM EUROPEAN AIRSPACE
The US has not banned the Boeing 737 Max from its airspace
Boeing 737 Max aircraft have been banned from flying in Europe, following the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people onboard.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said in a statement that it was suspending operations of all Boeing 737 Max aircraft across Europe.
It added that it would also ban all commercial flights by third-country operators in its airspace.
Cardinal George Pell jailed for six years in sexual abuse case
Disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys, in what the judge lambasted as a "brazen" attack and "grave" abuse of power.
Pell, who has maintained his innocence and plans to appeal, appeared in a Melbourne court after being convicted on five offences including oral rape and molestation of the boys in 1996-1997.
The 77-year old -- wearing a black shirt but without his usual white clerical collar -- sat impassively, hands interlaced on his lap as Judge Peter Kidd graphically described his "breathtakingly arrogant" attacks.
Iran sentences human rights lawyer to 38 years over headscarf defence
By Melissa Etehad
A prominent Iranian lawyer who defended women arrested for protesting against the country's mandatory headscarf law has been sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes, according to her husband.
Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been imprisoned since being taken from her home on June 18 last year, is already serving a five-year sentence.
The Korean Women Lawyers Association Tuesday called for "strict punishment" for two celebrities involved in sex scandals, saying the celebrities sexually objectified women and demeaned their dignity.
"They shared the secretly filmed sex videos and procured prostitution without any guilt," the association said about rock singer Jung Joon-young and K-pop band Bing Bang member Seungri, both of whom are scheduled to undergo police questioning Thursday.
The association also urged society to eradicate bias against women, which was prevalent.
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