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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

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 Pentagon announces that it will send four AN-TWQ-1 Avenger surface-to-air missile systems, Stinger missiles, 400 grenade launchers, 100 humvees, and other artillery rounds and small arms ammunition to Ukraine as part of its latest $400 million weapons package to support the Ukrainian military.
2022-11-10

Russia avoids default on the dollar-denominated bonds that were due in April by sending dollars to foreign investors just before the grace period expired.
2022-05-3

The Japanese government designates Osaka, Hyogo, and Miyagi Prefectures for tougher measures against COVID-19 amid a rise in cases. The measures include fines of ¥200,000 ($1,808.80) for restaurants and bars that ignore mandates to shorten operating hours to 8:00 p.m., and capping attendance of large events to 5,000 people. These measures will be effective for one month beginning on April 5.
2021-04-1

A parent is sentenced to five months in prison, a fine of $100,000 and 500 hours of community service for his involvement in the college admissions scandal.
2019-10-4

Within hours of a government announcement that Kazakhstan will abandon its currency-band exchange-rate system to implement a free-floating exchange rate, the tenge loses 26% of its value against the US dollar.
2015-08-20

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

Funeral service and cemetery company Service Corporation International purchases another funeral service company Stewart Enterprises for $1.4 billion.
2013-05-29