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Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death in US$12.5 billion fraud case

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Lan’s husband Eric Chu was on Thursday sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for violating banking regulations, according to state media, with scores more defendants still awaiting their sentences. Communist-run Vietnam is one of the last Asian countries to carry out death penalties. But Lan has the right to appeal against the sentence. It comes as … Read more

Donald Trump: Donald Trump defies judge, gives courtroom speech on tense final day of New York civil fraud trial

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Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump still seized an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks in a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge. Trump spoke as the judge was trying to find out if … Read more