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Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (centre) looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on March 25, 2025. The appeal of a Vietnamese property tycoon convicted of money laundering began on March 25, 2025 three months after she lost an appeal against the death penalty in a separate case. — AFP pic

Vietnam death row tycoon begins appeal over US$17.7b money-laundering conviction

This photo taken on September 29, 2024 shows Iwao Hakamada (left) speaking as his then 91-year-old sister Hideko (right) holds the microphone during a judgement report session held by supporters in the city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka prefecture, two days after he was acquitted, more than half a century after his murder conviction, when a Japanese court ruled that evidence had been fabricated. — AFP pic

Japan awards record US$1.4m payout to world’s longest-serving death row inmate after exoneration

Palestinians react at the site of an Israeli strike, which according to medics, killed journalist Hossam Shabat, in the northern Gaza Strip March 24, 2025. — Reuters pic

Al Jazeera journalist killed as Israel intensifies Gaza offensive; evacuation calls issued as thousands trapped

Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are assembled at the company’s plant in Renton, Washington June 25, 2024. Boeing is looking to overturn a plea deal related to two deadly 737 MAX crashes that was reached last year with the US government and later rejected by a Texas judge. — Jennifer Buchanan/Pool/Reuters pic

WSJ: Boeing seeks to overturn US plea deal on MAX crashes under Trump administration

A car drives past a pothole in Coldhams Lane in Cambridge, following the British government's announcement of investments to maintain roads across the UK, Cambridgeshire March 24, 2025. — Reuters pic

‘National embarrassment’: UK announces £1.6b plan to tackle the ‘scourge’ of over a million potholes

A picture taken on March 23, 2025 shows a view of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh where talks are underway with US mediation to try to reach a ceasefire in the Russia Ukraine war. US and Ukrainian officials were meeting in Saudi Arabia on March 23 for talks on a partial ceasefire in the war with Russia, with Washington hoping for ‘real progress’ but the Kremlin warning of ‘difficult negotiations’ and a long journey to peace. — AFP pic

US, Russia talks on Ukraine ceasefire wrap up as fresh fighting rages

The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington, DC, March 2, 2025. US President Donald Trump on March 20, 2025 demanded that the Supreme Court stop judges from blocking his agenda, stepping up a fight after a judge sought to block his summary deportations. — AFP pic

‘Nazis got better treatment,’ US judge says of Trump admin deportations; restraining order halts further flights

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth closes his eyes as he stands by US President Donald Trump (not pictures), in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C. March 21, 2025. — Reuters pic

‘Shockingly reckless’: White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with journalist; Democrats condemn use of Signal chat for sensitive intel

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, was reinstated on Monday as South Korea’s acting president. — Reuters pic

Back in charge for now: Han Duck-soo’s role as South Korea’s acting president in the midst of political and economic strain

A whirling dervish stands in front of Turkish anti-riot police officers during a rally in support of Istanbul's arrested mayor in Istanbul Municipality, on March 23, 2025. — AFP pic

Turkiye detains 1,100 protesters since Erdogan rival held

The sheep that tested positive was a ewe with signs of mastitis, an inflammation of breast tissue, and no other clinical signs, the statement from the British government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Animal and Plant Health Agency said. — Reuters pic

UK detects first case of bird flu in a sheep, stoking fears of spread

Snow covers part of the roof at the US Consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, February 5, 2025. — Reuters pic

Greenland leaders lambast US delegation trip as Trump talks of takeover

This court sketch created on March 4, 2025, shows French retired surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec (L) speaking during his trial on charges of assaulting or raping 299 patients, at the Criminal Court in Vannes. — AFP pic

New French probe seeks ‘forgotten’ victims of paedophile surgeon

Visitor numbers to the US from Western Europe fell 1 per cent year-on-year in February, according to preliminary data from the US National Travel and Tourism Office, after rising 14 per cent in the same period last year. — Reuters pic

Some Europeans reconsider trips to US in protest against Trump

A plan by Australia’s opposition to force government workers back to the office full time could affect millions, a trade union grouping said. — Reuters pic

Australia’s work-from-home war: Liberals demand office return, Labor calls plan ‘out of touch’

Aerial view of vehicles and personnel from the Attorney General’s Office, Scientific Police, and National Guard at the Izaguirre Ranch in Tehuchitlan, Jalisco State, Mexico March 19, 2025, where the ‘Guerreros Buscadores’ collective located three human crematoriums while searching for their relatives on March 5. Mexico’s attorney general Alejandro Gertz Manero on Wednesday promised that the ‘truth will come out’ about what happened at a suspected drug cartel training ground where charred bones, shoes, and clothing were found. — AFP pic

Mexico arrests two ex-cops tied to suspected cartel ‘extermination centre’ linked to mass killings