1. Panama Papers: All you need to know

- The so-called Panama Papers are said to provide data on around 214,000 offshore companies. The BBC alleges the documents show how the law firm has helped clients launder money, dodge sanctions and evade tax.

- German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung first received the data more than a year ago. It said the information was offered by an anonymous source who requested no cash compensation. It has been shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) to 107 media organisations including The Guardian and BBC's Panorama.

- the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, based in Washington, said the offshore holdings of 12 current and former world leaders are detailed in the investigation.

- It added criminals, celebrities, sports stars and businessmen are also included.

2. Manny Pacquiao beats Bradley, hints at retiring.

- Boxing great Manny Pacquiao emphatically beat Timothy Bradley Jr. in Las Vegas on Saturday, vowing to hang up his gloves after besting the American for the second time in three meetings.

Following the bout, Manny repeated the fight was his last, saying he made a promise to his family that he would spend more time with them, according to Bleacher Report.

- After an underwhelming megafight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- which he lost -- last year, the Filipino boxer said he had decided to hang up his gloves and focus on his political career.

3. G-7 Raises South China Sea Territorial Disputes in Statement

- Foreign Ministers from the Group of Seven leading economies expressed concern over territorial disputes in Asian waters where China has been more aggressively asserting its claims in recent years.

"We are concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas, and emphasize the fundamental importance of peaceful management and settlement of disputes,” the ministers said in a joint statement at the end of a two-day meeting in Hiroshima.

- Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan also have claims in the South China Sea that fall within China’s nine-dash line, the delineation of China’s claims that first appeared on a 1947 map. China’s trading influence is increasingly matched by an expanded military presence in the region. China has deployed missiles, radars and fighter jets in territory it controls in the area and has stepped up its naval patrols in the waters.

4. JK Rowling's Harry Potter chair sells for £278,000

- An oak chair that JK Rowling used while writing the first two books of the Harry Potter series has sold for $394,000 (£278,000).

The 1930s chair was one of four mismatched chairs given free to the then little-known writer for her council flat in Edinburgh.

She wrote Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets while sitting on the chair.

Before the Heritage Auctions sale in New York on Wednesday, the chair had been auctioned twice before – once by Rowling to benefit charity.

Before she donated it to the Chair-ish a Child auction in aid of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in 2002, she painted on it: “You may not/find me pretty/but don’t judge/on what you see.”

5. Daily Mail publisher considers Yahoo bid

- Daily Mail and General Trust is considering a bid to buy the ailing tech giant Yahoo, after confirming that it has approached private equity firms about a deal.

- The owner of the Daily Mail newspaper said it was in early discussions with "a number of parties who are potential bidders" but that the early-stage talks would not necessarily result in a deal.

In one scenario, the publisher could strike a joint deal with private equity, which would see DMGT take over Yahoo's news service while its partner buys the web business, The Wall Street Journal reported.

6. Former Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc replaces outgoing reformer Nguyen Tan Dung

- Vietnam’s parliament approved a new Prime Minister on Thursday, marking the completion of a reshuffle of the country’s Communist Party leadership.

A former provincial governor and the previous Deputy Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc was voted in by 446 out of 490 members of the National Assembly, the Associated Press reports. He joins newly elected President Tran Dai Quang — the former Public Security Minister — and the party’s powerful incumbent general secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong, to complete the trio of top positions.

Phuc assumes office as the country undergoes economic reforms ahead of joining the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, and amid heightened tensions with neighboring China, which has overlapping maritime territorial claims with Vietnam

7. If you want to go out with a translator, be aware of these rules

* Don’t worry if your sweetie suddenly vanished into thin air!

- Deadline is so-called a frequent “frienemy” to any translator, explaining why sometimes your sweetie might totally vanish into thin air for one day or more. Chasing deadline is a sensitive time period which requires an extremely high concentration.

- They are not avoiding you but dedicatedly doing their job. Need not to worry!  My dear, bear in mind that translators are time ticking bombs when chasing deadline and you don’t want these bombs to explode, do you?

* A restaurant with a poorly translated menu sounds like recipe for a disaster date!

Let’s search “poorly translated menu” on google, you can always find dozens of funny translated menus around the globe. They are considered thorn in the flesh to translators. Therefore, if want to impress your date, take them to restaurants with a careful attention to translation!