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Chinese animated film "Ne Zha 2" amasses a total box office of ¥12.3 billion (US$1.69 billion), surpassing "Inside Out 2" as the highest-grossing animated film globally.
2025-02-18

A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, upholds the death penalty for real estate tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan after Lan was found guilty of embezzling $12.5 billion through the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank.
2024-12-3

Prosecutors in China charge multiple funeral directors with selling more than 4,000 corpses to two major medical companies over several decades. Police seized 18 tonnes of bones and 34,000 semi-finished products, with the thieves having earned around 380 million yuan (US$53 million) before they were arrested.
2024-08-9

Indian oil refiners start payments for Russian oil imports in Chinese yuan as an alternative to the US dollar due to the sanctions against Russia.
2023-07-3

The Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic order mandatory mass evacuations of civilians from their respective capital cities, Donetsk and Luhansk. Around 700,000 people are expected to be evacuated to Russia with the first buses carrying civilians to the Russian border already travelling to Rostov Oblast. Russian President Vladimir Putin orders lump-sum allowances of 10,000 rubles (130 US dollars) to be paid to refugees from Donbas.
2022-02-18

Norway's Storting votes to lower the country's financial assistance package to the Palestinian National Authority and the Palestinian territories by $3.4 million over concerns of anti-Semitic content and incitement to violence in Palestinian school curricula.
2020-12-10

Oilfield services provider Schlumberger agrees to acquire construction company Cameron International in a $12.71 billion deal.
2015-08-27

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin sign a massive 30-year natural gas export contract worth $400 billion.
2014-05-21

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, on a trip to Shanghai, China, announces that the Australian dollar is set to trade directly with the Chinese yuan, becoming the third currency to do so.
2013-04-8

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei pays 8.45 million yuan in taxes after receiving a large number of donations from supporters who believe the debt was politically motivated because of his criticism of the Chinese government.
2011-11-15