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Billionaire pleads guilty in gift scandal that rattled Singapore
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/08/2025
» SINGAPORE — A billionaire best known for bringing Formula One (F1) night racing to Singapore has pleaded guilty in relation to a scandal to supply a senior politician with luxury gifts, as the yearslong saga nears conclusion.
Colombian ex-president Uribe guilty of witness tampering
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» BOGOTá - A Colombian court on Monday found Alvaro Uribe guilty of witness tampering, making him the South American country's first ex-president to be convicted of a crime.
Senate makes more high-profile appointments
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/07/2025
» The Senate has approved two more high-profile appointments — a Constitutional Court judge and an Election Commission member — despite the fact that 70% of its members are facing possible charges in connection with vote-rigging in last year’s election.
Jurors in Sean Combs trial reach verdict on all but one count
New York Times, Published on 02/07/2025
» NEW YORK — A jury in Manhattan reached a partial verdict Tuesday in the federal case against music mogul Sean Combs, but it did not announce its decision because it was deadlocked on a final charge of racketeering conspiracy. The jury left for the night and will return to continue deliberating Wednesday morning.
German court jails Syrian 'torture' doctor for life
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» FRANKFURT (GERMANY) - A German court on Monday sentenced a Syrian doctor to life in prison for crimes against humanity for torturing detainees at military hospitals under former ruler Bashar al-Assad.
French surgeon gets maximum term for abusing hundreds of children
AFP, Published on 28/05/2025
» VANNES, France - A French court on Wednesday gave the maximum 20-year jail term to a surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, most of them children, during more than two decades.
UN slams Venezuela’s rights record
AFP, Published on 14/05/2025
» GENEVA - UN experts on Wednesday called on Venezuela’s government to stop holding opponents and activists incommunicado, saying the practice often amounted to “enforced disappearances”.
What's next after impeachment of Philippine VP Duterte?
Published on 06/02/2025
» MANILA - The Philippines' lower house has impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former president, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the Senate.
Adultery law takes gender-neutral path
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 23/01/2025
» The cabinet has acknowledged changes of wording in the Civil and Commercial Code to create equality in compensation claims for damages resulting from an act of adultery, said deputy government spokesman Anukul Prueksanusak.
Judge to sentence Trump before inauguration in hush money case
AFP, Published on 04/01/2025
» NEW YORK - The New York judge presiding over United States President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case on Friday set sentencing for 10 days before his Jan 20 inauguration and said he was not inclined to impose jail time.