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Singapore executions touch 22-year high on drug, murder offences
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/12/2025
» SINGAPORE — Singapore has executed 17 individuals this year on drug and murder charges, marking the highest annual tally since 2003 amid renewed debate over the city-state’s use of the death penalty.
Russia, US swap prisoners in push for closer ties
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — A Los Angeles-based ballet dancer released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap landed safely in the United States Thursday night, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.
Vietnamese journalist gets 2 1/2 years in prison for Facebook posts
New York Times, Published on 01/03/2025
» HO CHI MINH — A court in Vietnam sentenced one of the country's most influential journalists to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday for "abusing democratic freedoms" with about a dozen posts on Facebook that criticised or questioned the government.
Meta to pay Trump $25m to settle lawsuit
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed claiming he was wrongfully censored by Facebook and Instagram after the US Capitol riot, the company said Wednesday.
US and China swap prisoners
Reuters, Published on 27/11/2024
» WASHINGTON - The United States has brokered the release of three Americans it said had been wrongfully detained in China for many years, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
UK cedes Chagos Islands sovereignty to Mauritius
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2024
» LONDON - Britain said on Thursday that it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-US Diego Garcia military base, and which could also pave the way for people displaced decades ago to return home.
Plane carrying detainees released by Russia lands in US
Reuters, Published on 02/08/2024
» WASHINGTON - A plane carrying detainees released by Russia landed in the United States late on Thursday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, media footage showed.
Russia frees US reporter in prisoner swap
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 01/08/2024
» Jailed American reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan were among 26 prisoners from the United States, Russia and a number of their allies being freed in a multi-country prisoner swap on Thursday, the presidency of Turkey has confirmed.
UK police to charge 17-year-old with murder over Southport child killings
South China Morning Post, Published on 01/08/2024
» LONDON - Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said on Wednesday it has authorised the police to charge the 17-year-old male who was in custody on suspicion for the death of three young girls in a knife attack in Southport with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.
Biden, Xi discuss AI risks, Russia and fentanyl
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/04/2024
» WASHIGTONG - United States President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke by telephone on Tuesday, their first one-on-one communication since meeting in California last November.