President Donald Trump has denounced an FBI raid on his lawyer’s office as a break-in and a “disgraceful situation” that came amid an ongoing “attack on what we all stand for” by special counsel Robert Mueller. Agents carried out a search warrant at the office of Michael Cohen, one of the US president’s personal lawyers, on Monday, seizing records…

Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed plans to further open up the Chinese economy during a Tuesday address. Those measures included « significantly » lowering import tariffs for autos, decreasing duties on other products, enforcing the legal intellectual property of foreign firms and improving the investment environment for international companies. Xi’s address — from the Boao Forum for…

BI PRIME: Members of Congress should press Mark Zuckerberg for the kind of details that will help them craft new privacy and other regulations.

Updated April 10, 2018 19:59:41 The Financial Services Minister Kelly O’Dwyer has launched an urgent investigation into the Australian Tax Office (ATO) following a joint Four Corners and Fairfax Media investigation. Two ATO whistleblowers have reported a toxic workplace culture where vulnerable small businesses and individuals are deliberately targeted to help meet revenue goals. They…

Which games mattered the most on Monday night for postseason spots and seeding? The race to make the playoffs, especially in the West, gave us some answers.

Sonntag im Hotel Stue am Tiergarten. Eine Band spielt dezente Barmusik, Gäste stehen an Buffets, die einem die Auswahl schwer machen: Austern oder Langusten? Sushi oder erst mal ein paar traditionelle iberische Spezialitäten? Vielleicht das modische Ceviche probieren, oder doch lieber Klassiker wie Eggs Benedict und Huevos Rancheros. Nicht jeder weiß sich gleich zu entscheiden.…

Deutschland darf Bürgerinnen und Bürger anderer EU-Staaten an Drittländer ausliefern. Das entschied der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) in Luxemburg. Im Falle von Auslieferungen gelte allerdings eine Bedingung: Der Heimatstaat müsse vorab die Chance bekommen, den eigenen Staatsbürger per Europäischem Haftbefehl « für sich zu beanspruchen ». Geklagt hatte ein Italiener, der bei einer Zwischenlandung von Nigeria nach Italien…

Trade talks between the world’s biggest economies broke down last week after the Trump administration demanded that China take steps to curtail support for high-technology industries, a person familiar with the situation said. Liu He, a vice premier overseeing economics and finance, told a group of officials Thursday that Beijing had rejected a U.S. request…