October 2, 2023
Le Van Manh was put to death for the theft and the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl – but maintained his confession was coerced via torture by police. Vietnam has executed Le Van Manh, a man on long-term death row, despite numerous international appeals to spare him, a family lawyer said on Saturday.
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GENEVA: China has appealed a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling faulting it over tariffs it has imposed on billions worth of US imports in retaliation for Washington’s steel and aluminum duties. The chairman of WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) informed diplomats on Tuesday that China had notified its decision to appeal a ruling last month
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A sign of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is seen at the trade intergovernmental organization headquarters in Geneva (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) GENEVA, Sept 19, 2023 (AFP) – China has appealed a World Trade Organization ruling faulting it over tariffs it has imposed on billions worth of US imports in retaliation for Washington’s
READ MOREMyanmar’s Supreme Court has declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in five cases of which the head of the military-installed government already pardoned her earlier this month, a legal official said Thursday. Despite the amnesty, Suu Kyi’s legal team is continuing with the appeal
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An appeals court in Pakistan suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s three-year prison sentence on Tuesday, the latest twist in a political showdown between Mr. Khan and leaders of the powerful military establishment who appear intent on sidelining him from politics. Mr. Khan had been arrested earlier this month after a trial court gave him
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Sam Bankman-Fried has appealed a decision to jail him for alleged witness tampering ahead of his Oct. 3 trial over the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange. In a filing late on Friday night with the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers said the 31-year-old former billionaire simply exercised his First Amendment rights
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday revived lawsuits from two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them for years when they were boys. A three-judge panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the lawsuits of Wade Robson and James Safechuck should not have been dismissed by a
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BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for patience in a speech released as the ruling Communist Party tries to reverse a deepening economic slump and said Western countries are “increasingly in trouble” because of their materialism and “spiritual poverty.” DAMAGE CONTROL Residents line up for public transportation in Beijing on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.
READ MOREEngland captain Owen Farrell’s involvement in the upcoming World Cup was thrown into fresh doubt Thursday when World Rugby announced it would be appealing against the decision to overturn his red card in a warm-up match against Wales. Farrell was sent off during England’s 19-17 win at Twickenham last weekend after the ‘bunker’ review system
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