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Johnson & Johnson told to pay $4.7bn in powder case
New York Times, Published on 13/07/2018
» NEW YORK: Johnson & Johnson was ordered Thursday to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women and their families who had claimed that asbestos in the company’s talcum powder products caused them to develop ovarian cancer.
Father of baby found dead in East River jailed
New York Times, Published on 11/08/2018
» NEW YORK: Five days after the body of his seven-month-old son was found floating in the East River, James Currie stood in a Manhattan courtroom, charged with concealment of a human corpse.
Stationed in Singapore, solving crimes in New York City
New York Times, Published on 23/08/2018
» "How did you get here so fast?"
She gambled on Russians-Trump claim. She is losing.
New York Times, Published on 01/09/2018
» PATTAYA: Caught in a Thai police raid on her group’s seduction seminar, a Belarusian escort grabbed the world’s attention in February when she claimed to have audio recordings that might show a link between Russian officials and the election of President Donald Trump, betting that it could turn into a get-out-of-jail free card.
Wildlife trafficking ‘kingpin’ claims he was pawn
New York Times, Published on 25/09/2018
» Chumlong Lemthongthai, a Thai citizen, and his band of gun-toting prostitutes were surely one of the most remarkable of the ‘pseudo-hunting’ gangs behind the ongoing rhino poaching crisis.
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ producer held in 1MDB scandal
New York Times, Published on 05/07/2019
» Hollywood producer Riza Aziz, stepson of the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, was arrested in Malaysia on Thursday and will face money-laundering charges in a long-running scandal over billions of dollars in missing government funds.
Art dealer charged in $145m antiquities smuggling case
New York Times, Published on 11/07/2019
» NEW YORK: In a sweeping new criminal case, a former New York art dealer authorities describe as one of the world’s largest smugglers of antiquities has been charged with running a multinational ring that trafficked in thousands of stolen objects, valued at more than US$145 million, over 30 years.
Judge: Musk must stand trial
New York Times, Published on 20/11/2019
» NEW YORK: A federal judge delivered a pair of legal setbacks to technology billionaire Elon Musk this week, rejecting Mr Musk’s attempt to throw out a defamation lawsuit brought against him by a British cave explorer whom Musk had accused on Twitter of being a "pedo guy".
Ghosn flirted with Hollywood, then delivered a plot twist
New York Times, Published on 03/01/2020
» TOKYO: Carlos Ghosn, the fallen head of the Nissan-Renault auto alliance, didn’t know much about making movies, but he seemed willing to learn.
India executes four for 2012 bus rape, murder
New York Times, Published on 20/03/2020
» NEW DELHI: India brought a gruesome and infamous rape case to a close Friday morning, hanging four men who had been convicted of raping and murdering a young woman on a moving bus in 2012, jail officials said.