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Truong My Lan found guilty of embezzling from Saigon Commercial Bank in case that was part of wider crackdownA prominent property tycoon has been sentenced to death for her role in Vietnam’s biggest-ever fraud case.Truong My Lan, the chair of the devel…
Read MoreLiberal opposition parties in South Korea won more than three-fifths of seats in national assembly elections. Senior members of the conservative People Power party (PPP) offered to resign in response to its heavy defeat, which has severely weakened th…
Read MoreChinese leader using meeting with Ma Ying-jeou to promote peaceful ‘reunion’ as only alternative to annexation, say analystsXi Jinping has met the former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou, in what analysts said was an attempt to promote peaceful unificatio…
Read MoreMore than 350 jobs to go after Warner Bros. Discovery closes all its Newshub news operations and TVNZ cuts programs and bulletinsNew Zealand’s news media has been dealt a major blow after two of its primary news outlets announced programme closures and…
Read MoreKremlin official warns of more difficult days ahead after towns and cities overwhelmed by major rivers swollen by snowmeltRussia and Kazakhstan have ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled rivers beyond bursting …
Read MoreIn a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of children in slumsPedalling down a narrow alleyway in Karachi’s crowded Lyari Town, Saira Bano slows as she passes a group of children sitting o…
Read MoreThailand PM says army is weakening after junta requests permission to land evacuation flight from Myawaddy across the borderMyanmar’s embattled junta has evacuated personnel from a key border position after hundreds of soldiers surrendered to oppositio…
Read MoreSuspects, all under 14 at time, are accused of bullying classmate over long period before killing him in Hebei last monthChina will put three boys on trial for allegedly murdering another child, a provincial prosecutor has said, in a case that has shoc…
Read MoreGerman chancellor follows in the footsteps of Joe Biden and other leaders on social media platformThe German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has opened a TikTok account, promising he will not be seen dancing on the social media platform popular with young peo…
Read MoreNet migration to New Zealand hit a near record high in 2023 after a new temporary work visa was introduced after the pandemicNew Zealand will tighten its visa rules for some migrants as the coalition government moves to overhaul the immigration system …
Read MoreThe nation’s emergency preparedness policies after a devastating quake in 1999 help to explain relatively small numbers of fatalitiesFor Nina Huang, it was the shaking that jolted her awake. “The first thing I did when I woke up was to hold the cupboar…
Read MoreAs the organisation’s anniversary nears, borders around the world are closing againWhen trade ministers gathered in the Moroccan city of Marrakech 30 years ago this month to sign the agreement creating the World Trade Organization (WTO), the mood was c…
Read MoreWater levels continue to rise after dam burst near Kazakhstan border following torrential rain Thousands of people have been evacuated from the Orenburg region, in the southern Urals near Kazakhstan, due to flooding after a dam burst.Emergency services…
Read MoreWhile the US flounders in a conflict it did not foresee, emerging powers see a chance for new voices to join the top tableNot long ago a picture circulated from inside Gaza showing smoke billowing from the explosion of a US-supplied bomb, and discernib…
Read MoreCSIS intelligence report suggests growing number of countries targeting country’s large diaspora populationsCanada’s spy agency has declared that the governments of India and Pakistan probably attempted to meddle in its elections.As a closely watched p…
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