CHINA: Former chairman of the Bank of China, Liu Liange, has been charged with taking financial advantage of his positions at the bank and previously as president of the Export-Import Bank of China, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said in a statement posted on social media.

Mr Liu has been charged with helping others with loans and personnel appointments in return for property and cash and with making loans in violation of regulations, causing significant losses, the Xinhua News Agency said.

PHILIPPINES: Philippine troops clashed with Muslim militants in a fight that left at least seven soldiers and two rebels dead in a fog-shrouded hinterland in the south, military officials said today.