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Detained Australians in China will have to wait longer to learn their fate
Writer Yang Hengjun and journalist Cheng Lei have had their sentencing dates extended. It’s a fresh blow to hopes of their release as relations between China and Australia improve.
One of Singapore’s largest cases of trade financing fraud sees CFO get 20 years
Financial institutions said to have suffered total losses of around $469.1m
Former Agritrade CFO jailed for 20 years for part in defrauding banks
Executive said to have taken part in one of Singapore’s largest cases of trade financing fraud
Greta Thunberg released by police after being detained during mine protest in Germany
Greta Thunberg joined protesters in North Rhine-Westphalia to demonstrate against an opencast coal mine.
Macau ‘junket king’ Alvin Chau sentenced to 18 years in prison – Financial Times
Macau ‘junket king’ Alvin Chau sentenced to 18 years in prison Financial TimesAlvin Chau: Macau gambling kingpin jailed for 18 years BBCMacao jails Suncity founder 18 years over illegal gambling The Associated Press – e…
Chinese students signing “loyalty” pledges before arrival in Sweden
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Macau jails gambling ‘junket king’ Alvin Chau for 18 years
Chau was charged with 289 counts of fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling over his casino ‘junket’ operation.
Shooter stood over California mom holding baby, killed both
Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the teenager was fleeing the violence early Monday when the killers caught up to her outside the home in Goshen, a central California community of about 3,000 residents in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley, a…
Snot bubbles and belly flops keep echidnas cool, research finds
Australian researchers discovered the native animal’s unusual cooling methods using thermal imaging.