New York - US actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty Monday to racketeering after recruiting women to a cult-like secret society that turned followers into "slaves" branded with the leader's initials and coerced into having sex.

The Communist Party of China has decided on a plan to write President Xi Jinping’s guidance doctrine, formally known as “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” into the preamble to its Constitution. The doctrine will be added to the Constitution at the National Congress of the Communist Party set for March.