Malaysian court to deliver key ruling in Najib's 1MDB trial Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak will learn on Monday if his first trial over the 1MDB scandal will proceed, in a key test of efforts to bring him to justice over the multi-billion-dollar fraud.

Brazil's Supreme Court issues ruling that could free Lula

Brazil's Supreme Court voted Thursday to overturn a ruling requiring convicted criminals to go to jail after losing their first appeal, paving the way for leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be freed.

Drug companies near global settlement over opioid crisis

Three leading American drug distributors and an Israeli drugmaker blamed for a deadly US opioid epidemic settled a bellwether civil lawsuit with two Ohio counties on Monday, opening the door for a broader national settlement worth billions of dollars.

Positive achievements seen in 2019: report Despite many challenges and difficulties, Việt Nam’s socio-economic achievements in 2019 had been positive, said Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Chí Dũng at a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee yesterday.

Ex-leader of Vinashin faces stricter punishment

The High-level People’s Court in Hà Nội on Monday increased the penalty imposed on one of the four defendants charged with “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” at the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin).

Former CEO of VN Pharma sentenced to 17 years for trading fake cancer drugs

Nguyễn Minh Hùng, former general director of Việt Nam Pharma Joint Stock Company (VN Pharma), was sentenced yesterday (Oct 1) to 17 years in prison by the HCM City People's Court for importing fake medicine for cancer treatment.

Democrats launch formal Trump impeachment inquiry Top US Democrat Nancy Pelosi Tuesday announced the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, saying he betrayed his oath of office by seeking help from a foreign power to hurt his Democratic rival Joe Biden.

Huawei exec in Canada court seeking to quash extradition Top Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers went to court on Monday to try to have her extradition case thrown out, arguing that her rights were violated.

Toll rises to 28 in Mexico bar fire attack Gunmen burst into a Mexican strip club in a hail of bullets and killed at least 28 people as they trapped revelers inside and started a raging fire, officials said on Wednesday.

HCM City seeks to clean up public bus subsidy regime HCM City has ordered its Department of Transport to review the subsidies paid to bus companies since 2011 after inspectors recently concluded they have indulged in fudging of figures and other wrongdoing to get larger subsidies.