HANOI / AP Vietnamese authorities say they’ve seized 309 kilograms (682 pounds) of elephant tusks illegally imported from Nigeria. A customs official says the tusks were seized at Hanoi’s airport on Saturday. She said on Monday that the cargo had been declared as glass. She spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak to the …

  MANILA / AP The Philippine economy may grow faster than expected if public infrastructure spending is increased as planned, the World Bank (WB) said on Monday. If that happened, the country’s economic growth may exceed the earlier forecasts of 6.4 percent this year and 6.2 percent in the next two years, the bank said. It also noted some businesses …

  HONG KONG / AP The Chinese units of a former meat supplier for McDonald’s and KFC China have been fined more than $3.6 million for selling expired meat in a fast food safety scandal that erupted two years ago. It’s the latest fallout for OSI Group after a Shanghai TV station reported in 2014 that the company repackaged old …