Crime

A further 15 politicians, sportsmen and celebrities reached settlements with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a phone hacking scandal that has rocked his global media empire.

A further 15 politicians, sportsmen and celebrities reached settlements with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a phone hacking scandal that has rocked his global media empire.

LONDON (Reuters) - A further 15 politicians, sportsmen and celebrities reached settlements with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday over a phone hacking scandal that has rocked his global media empire. The development

BEIJING - Speculation was rife, especially in the Chinese social media, that a well-known crime-fighting former police chief may have tried to and failed in getting political asylum in the United States.

(Corrects name of clean-up committee to "Management andStandards Committee" from "Management Standards Committee"throughout; removes words "of News International" in 11thparagraph ...