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Vietnam tycoon Lan gets life sentence; already has death sentence from separate trial

HANOI (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam on Thursday handed a life sentence to real estate tycoon Truong My Lan on financial fraud charges, after she was sentenced to death in April in a separate trial. Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, was found guilty of obtaining property by …

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Wise becomes first foreign firm to gain direct access to Japan’s payment clearing network

By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – British fintech firm Wise has won approval for direct access to Japan’s bank payment clearing network, becoming the first foreign financial company to do so, it said on Thursday. The move could put pressure on banks including megabanks such as Mitsubishi UFJ and smaller players such as SBI Shinsei …

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EU’s Borrell questions US giving Israel one month to improve Gaza situation

By John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU’s foreign policy chief on Thursday appeared to criticise the United States giving Israel one month to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying that during that time, too many people would die. “The U.S. has been saying to Israel that they have to improve humanitarian support to …

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FAA bars Boeing from increasing MAX output but ends partial grounding

By David Shepardson, Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration late on Wednesday tightened pressure on Boeing by barring the troubled planemaker from expanding production of its best-selling 737 MAX narrowbody planes, following “unacceptable” quality issues. The unprecedented decision looked set to deepen turmoil at Boeing even as the FAA …

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Israel denies attack on UN refuge in Gaza that drew rebuke from Washington

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Fadi Shana and Henriette Chacar GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The United Nations said on Wednesday that Israeli tanks struck a huge U.N. compound in Gaza sheltering displaced Palestinians, causing “mass casualties”, but Israel denied its forces were responsible and suggested Hamas may have launched the shelling. The attack, which the U.N. said hit a …

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