Indonesia’s palm oil tycoon Darmadi gets 15 years for corruption
Medan, Indonesia – Surya Darmadi, one of Indonesia’s biggest palm oil tycoons, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to repay the state the equivalent of $2.6bn for his role in a corruption scheme that caused the deforestation of thousands of hectares of protected land in Sumatra. Darmadi was charged with bribing
North Korea test fires four long-range cruise missiles
Pyongyang has begun conducting more weapons tests as the United States and South Korea step up military training.North Korea has launched four strategic cruise missiles as part of a military drill that state media said was designed to demonstrate its ability to conduct a nuclear counterattack. The launches came as the United States and South
A year into Ukraine war, Asia’s big brands sit out Russia boycott
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – In the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the corporate world’s response revealed an East-West divide. As North American and European firms rushed to cut ties with Russia, Asian companies largely sat out campaigns to isolate and punish Moscow that went beyond their legal obligations under sanctions.
US Supreme Court weighs Twitter’s role in sharing ISIL content
The United States Supreme Court justices have expressed scepticism on Wednesday about a lawsuit against the social media giant Twitter, as they weighed whether to hold internet companies accountable for contentious content by users. US relatives of Nawras Alassaf had accused Twitter of aiding and abetting the ISIL (ISIS) group, which claimed responsibility for a
Wagner chief: Mercenaries slaughtered because of ‘shell hunger’
Yevgeny Prigozhin has repeatedly accused the Russian defence ministry of deliberately starving his fighters of munitions in what he called a treasonous attempt to destroy the mercenary group.The increasingly vitriolic owner of the Russian mercenary firm the Wagner Group hit out at Russia’s military elite by publishing a grim image of dozens of his fighters
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