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Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud case

Vietnam Tycoon Truong My Lan Sentenced to Death in $12.5 Billion Fraud Case

VIETNAM | A court in Vietnam has sentenced real estate female tycoon Truong My Lan to death over a fraud case totalling $12.5 billion. State media reported that the trial, which commenced on March 5 and concluded earlier than anticipated, marked a

April 12, 2024

Asia

North Korea Fires ‘Ballistic Missile’ Toward Eastern Waters

North Korea has fired what is suspected to be a ballistic missile into sea while the eyes of the rest of the world are focused on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine. The coast guard said that the missile probably landed

February 27, 2022

Asia·Breaking News

North Korea says it successfully tested hypersonic missile

North Korea successfully test-fired a hypersonic missile into the sea this week in the latest weapons demonstration from the rogue nation. Korean Central News Agency, the country’s state media, reported that the test was the first test flight of the “detached hypersonic

September 29, 2021

Asia·Breaking News

North Korea launches ballistic missile into Sea of Japan

North Korea launched at least one unidentified “projectile” from its eastern coast, the South Korean military said Tuesday. The Japanese Defense Ministry indicating the launch appeared to be of a ballistic weapon. No further details were immediately available. Earlier this month, the

September 27, 2021

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Asia·Breaking News

India slams United Kingdom’s new travel rules as ‘discriminatory,’

Indian foreign minister urges the UK to amend the rule requiring Indians visiting there to quarantine even if they are fully vaccinated.

September 22, 2021

Asia·China

China ‘open’ to international cooperation to identify coronavirus source

China is “open” to international cooperation to identify the source of the novel coronavirus but any investigation must be “free of political interference”, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi said Sunday. He blasted what he called efforts by US politicians to “fabricate rumours”

May 24, 2020

Asia·Breaking News

Jim Jong Un is Not Dead; South Korea says

South Korea believes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is not dead. After days of speculation and rumours of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s ill health and rumoured death. A South Korean government official has said Kim Jong Un is

April 27, 2020

Asia·Breaking News

China updates death toll in Wuhan, adds 1,300 to total, blaming reporting delays

Nearly 1,300 people who died of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected, were not counted in death tolls, state media announced Friday. The death toll for Wuhan now stands at 3,869 after China added

April 17, 2020

Asia·Breaking News

Plane crashes into a building with almost 100 people on board

A Bek Air plane with 95 passengers and five crew members on board crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday, killing at least seven people, aviation authorities in the Central Asian nation said. The plane was heading for the

December 27, 2019

Asia·Breaking News

Oil output to be restored by end of September says Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday its oil output would be back to normal by the end of the month, with half the production lost in weekend attacks on two key facilities already restored. Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, who was only

September 18, 2019

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