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Disasters and accidents
Four railway workers at Tōbu Nikkō Line are killed after being struck by a limited express train in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. (The Japan Times)
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Law and crime
A Chinese court sentences Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life imprisonment for financial fraud, bribery, and embezzlement, and fines Evergrande and its real estate arm a combined ¥15.8 billion (US$2.35 billion). (AFP via CNA)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_system_of_China
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergrande_Group
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hui_Ka_Yan
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_China
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_fraud
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bribery
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renminbi
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar
- https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/china-evergrande-founder-hui-ka-yan-sentenced-life-in-prison-6330256
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Politics and elections
The Jatiya Sangsad elects Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the President of Bangladesh in the first contested presidential election in 35 years. (DW) (Dhaka Tribune)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Fakhrul_Islam_Alamgir
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Bangladesh
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh
- https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-president-election-mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir/a-78438534
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/417930/mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir-elected-bangladesh%E2%80%99s