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Property tycoon ‘embezzled $12bn’ in Vietnam’s biggest fraud case
Published on 03/03/2024
» For several years, Truong My Lan held meetings on the 39th floor of the sleek Times Square tower in the heart of Vietnam’s commercial hub, Ho Chi Minh City. There, in a room that acted as her command centre, she allegedly wove a $12 billion tapestry of fraud and corruption, according to the police reports that form the basis of a court case against her.
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‘Tiny houses’ tackle giant flood challenge
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» CHAR SHILDAHA, Bangladesh - An award-winning architect in Bangladesh, one of the nations most at risk from flooding driven by climate change, has developed an ingenious two-floor housing solution to help people survive what scientists warn is a growing threat.
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'Competitive animal' Nadal back for one last hurrah
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» SYDNEY - More than two decades after bursting on the scene, the sun is setting on Rafael Nadal's storied career with the Spanish gladiator hoping his creaking body can hold up long enough to see out the season.
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'Like a video game': Japan's gangs hire online
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» TOKYO - Risa Yamada grew up fatherless and struggled to find consistent work until she stumbled on an intriguing job listing: one of a growing number of advertisements posted on social media by Japanese criminal gangs.
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US aid cuts would be 'devastating' for Ukraine soldiers: experts
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - Ukraine's troops would soon run short of essential ammunition and equipment if Republican hardliners succeed in stopping US military aid, undermining operations on the ground and reducing their ability to defend against Russian strikes, experts say.
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At Asian weddings, cash is king
New York Times, Published on 12/08/2023
» SEOUL: When I received a wedding invitation from my friends Jiyeon Kim and Olof Norlander this year, I knew exactly where I would pick up their wedding present: the bank.
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The fight to save 'sacred' Carpathian forests from loggers
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» CARPATHIANS - Vast gaps in the forest canopy are visible from above Romania's Carpathian mountains, while stumps studding the ground are reminders of the trees chopped into logs and piled beside dirt roads.
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Migrants a mixed blessing in crowded Ny
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 30/07/2023
» Around 7am one day last August, the first migrants sent to New York City by the governor of Texas arrived with little warning on a bus, and walked sleepily into their new lives.
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Biden creates monument to lynching victim, urges US to confront racism
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden designated a new national monument Tuesday to memorialize the racist 1950s lynching of Emmett Till, and challenged Americans to confront their dark history or risk repeating the past.
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In east Ukraine, Belarusians fight Russia's 'dictatorship'
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» NEAR BAKHMUT (UKRAINE) - In eastern Ukraine, a few soldiers bustle around an old Soviet mortar stuck in the mud. All Belarusian volunteers, they have taken up arms against Russia's invasion to fight for democracy.
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