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☆ Vietnam is planning high-speed rail connections with China
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Vietnam aims to start building two high-speed railway lines linking its capital Hanoi with China before 2030, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said, another sign of a recent warming of ties between the two Communist-ruled neighbors. The two countries are already connected via a system of highways and two railway lines that are old and need upgrading on the Vietnam side. Earlier this month, Vietnam said it was seeking to learn from China to develop its first high-speed railway network and had sent its officials to work with Chinese railway companies. A massive high-speed railway line linking capital Hanoi with business hub Ho Chi Minh City is also being planned in the country. Trade between Vietnam and China in the first quarter of this year rose 22% from a year earlier to $43.6 billion, according to Vietnamese government data.

Persons: Lao Cai, Vuong Dinh Hue, Xi Jinping Organizations: Ministry of Planning, Investment, National Locations: Vietnam, Hanoi, China, Vietnam’s, Haiphong, Quang Ninh, Lao, China’s Yunnan, Lang Son, China’s Guangxi, Chi Minh City, Beijing, South China

☆ One country dominated clean energy growth this year, and it isn't the US, UK, or Germany. It's China, by a landslide.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-27 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

In the United States, California continues to have the most solar energy, followed by Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Arizona. China was one of the few growing markets this year for wind, the Global Wind Energy Council said. Faster permitting and other improvements in key markets such as Germany and India also helped add more wind energy. The top three markets this year are still China, the United States, and Germany for wind energy produced on land, and China, the United Kingdom, and Germany for offshore. The analysts are predicting that the global industry will rebound next year and make nearly 12% more wind energy available worldwide.

Persons: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Joshua A, Bickel, it's, Michael Taylor, IRENA, Karim Shahi, Rafiq Maqbool, Daniel Bresette, Bresette, Abigail Ross Hopper, Wood, Wood Mackenzie, Julia Nikhinson Construction, John Hensley, Seth Wenig, Hau Dinh, Evan Hartley, Paul Braun, John Eichberger, Daan Walter Organizations: Service, International Energy Agency, Business, IEA, United Arab Emirates, Climate, AP, International Renewable Energy Agency, Arizona . Workers, Energy Limited's, Energy, Environmental, Energy Study Institute, Solar Energy Industries Association, Global Energy Monitor, Wind Energy, Clean Power, Workers, Atlas Public, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, Benchmark, University of Illinois, Panasonic, Toyota, Health, General Motors Co, LG Energy, Transportation Energy Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute Locations: Germany, Spain, Mohammed, Dubai, United, Bickel China, Europe, United States , California, Texas , Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Karim, Khavda, Bhuj, India, Pakistan, Gujarat, China, Wood Mackenzie, Montauk Point , New York, Asia, United States, State, New London, Conn, United Kingdom, Hai Phong, Vietnam, Kansas, Ohio

☆ Side hustles for introverts: which remote online businesses don't require face-to-face interaction and how to start them
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Kiera Fields | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Taking online surveys and blogging are also avenues for introverts to make money. A UX designer, Etsy seller, blogger, and online-survey taker share how they got started. Brett WilliamsBrett Willams was working as a UX designer at a corporate firm but found the nine-to-five grind boring. AdvertisementRead more: I make up to $150,000 a month as a freelance UX designer. Taking online surveys often doesn't require any communication with other peopleJordan FreyJordan Frey, a plastic surgeon, started spending two or three hours a week taking surveys online to bring in extra income and said he makes between $500 and $1,000 a month.

Persons: —, they're, Brett Williams, Brett Williams Brett Willams, Williams, Tammy Dinh, Tammy Dinh Tammy Dihn, Dihn, Zer, she'll, Read, I've, Samantha North, ChatGPT, Jordan Frey Jordan Frey, he's, Frey Organizations: Service, introverts, YouTube Locations: Portugal

☆ 3 sellers share how they settled on the perfect price for their products on Amazon, Shopify and Etsy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sellers can make six figures from selling items they've made or bought elsewhere on e-commerce platforms such as Etsy , Amazon , and Shopify . But figuring out how to price your items can require experimentation — which can mean getting it wrong at first. Dinh decided in March 2022 to set up her own shop on Shopify when Etsy increased its transaction fees for sellers . An Amazon seller increased his prices until his sales stoppedBen Alistor started selling tanning mitts on Amazon FBA as a side hustle with his partner in June 2018. "Selling on Amazon FBA is a fine balance between running out of stock and not selling enough products," he said.

Persons: Sellers, Price, Tammy Dinh, Dinh, underpaying, Read, I've, Ben Alistor, Alistor, Emma Larocque, Larocque Organizations: YouTube, Amazon, Printful Locations: Alibaba

☆ A Friendship Forged in Wartime Casts a Long Shadow
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Jennifer Egan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

ABSOLUTION, by Alice McDermottAlice McDermott is rightly celebrated for her granular, nuanced portraits of mid-20th-century life, with a particular focus on Irish Americans. Her fans may be startled, then, to find themselves plunged into 1963 Saigon at the start of her enveloping new novel, “Absolution,” whose lofty title belies its sensory, gritty humanity. McDermott’s contextual leap is not as great as it might seem. A bossy insider and mother of three, Charlene masterminds a “cabal” of charitable military-industrial wives bent on helping poor and ailing Vietnamese. Their work consists of channeling black-market profits into buying trinkets and candy to distribute to hospitalized children (some of whom may be recovering from war wounds) and their impoverished families.

Persons: Alice McDermott Alice McDermott, ” Patricia Kelly, Peter, Billy Lynch, “ Charming Billy ”, Marie, Peter Kelly’s, Kennedy, Ngo Dinh Diem, ” Graham Greene’s, McDermott, ”, Patricia, Charlene, Charlene masterminds Organizations: Americans, Catholic, Central Intelligence Agency, “ Catholic Intelligence Agency, WASP Locations: Saigon, American, McDermott’s, “, Vietnam, South Vietnam

☆ Fox’s top lawyer blasts judge in Dominion case, says trial would’ve been ‘months of utter pain’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Viet Dinh, former Chief Legal and Policy Officer for Fox Corporation. Dinh said Davis issued “really illogical” rulings in the pretrial phase, which “hamstrung” Fox’s defense strategy. This artist sketch depicts Judge Eric Davis of Delaware Superior Court on the bench Monday, April 17, 2023, in Wilmington, Delaware. Elizabeth Williams/APThe judge ruled that none of Fox’s on-air statements about Dominion were true and rejected Fox’s attempts to throw the case out. Dominion made many of these messages public through court filings, and they painted an incredibly damning picture of Fox News.

Persons: CNN —, Viet Dinh, Eric Davis, ” Dinh, –, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Fox, Dinh, Davis, ”, Eric Davis of, Elizabeth Williams, Fox’s, Tucker Carlson, “ Organizations: CNN, Fox, Dominion Voting Systems, Fox Corporation, Delaware, Harvard Law, ” Dominion, Fox News, Eric Davis of Delaware Superior Court, Dominion, Harvard Locations: Viet, Delaware, Wilmington , Delaware, Smartmatic

Fox, which has maintained it is proud of its dishonest 2020 election coverage, still faces an even larger, $2.7 billion lawsuit from election technology company Smartmatic. That is the crux of our lawsuit, and we look forward to making our case in court.”A spokesperson for Fox Corporation declined to comment on the lawsuit. A spokesperson for the New York City Comptroller’s office said the pension funds held 857,000 shares of Fox Corporation stock valued at $28.10 million. Fox Corporation, led by Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, has kept the current Fox News leadership team that oversaw the network’s lie-filled 2020 coverage in place. Earlier this year, Fox News settled a defamation case with a Venezuelan businessman who had filed a lawsuit against the company over its 2020 election coverage.

Persons: “, Brad Lander, ” Ellen Rosenblum, ”, Rupert, Lachlan Murdoch, Viet Dinh, Ray Epps, Fox, Abby Grossberg Organizations: CNN, Fox Corporation, Fox News, Fox, Voting, New, Dominion, FBI Locations: York, Oregon, Delaware, New York City, Viet, Arizona, Venezuelan

☆ A top lawyer who oversaw the Fox News and Dominion settlement is stepping down with a $23 million exit package
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fox's top lawyer is stepping down just a few months after the company's mammoth Dominion settlement. Viet Dinh will receive a $23 million lump sum payment when he exits as chief legal officer later this year. Dinh was a key confidant of the Murdochs and is godfather to Fox Corp CEO Lachlan's son. One of Fox's most prominent lawyers and a key player in the Dominion settlement is stepping down from his influential role at the company, and will take home a $23 million exit package. Dominion sued Fox for $1.6 billion after the group's news channel raised doubts about the Dominion's voting machines following the 2020 presidential elections.

Persons: Viet Dinh, Dinh, Lachlan Murdoch, Murdoch, Dinnh, pitbull, George Bush, Fox Organizations: Fox Corp, Morning, Securities and Exchange Commission, FOX, Century Fox, Fox, Disney, Dominion Locations: Viet, Dominion, Republican

☆ Viet Dinh to Leave as Fox’s Chief Legal Officer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Joe Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Fox's legal head to step down in another major exit after Dominion settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Mike Segar/File PhotoAug 11 (Reuters) - Fox Corp (FOXA.O) said on Friday that Chief Legal Officer Viet Dinh was stepping down, a high-profile exit that follows its $787.5 million settlement in April of a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over its 2020 U.S. election coverage. Top-rated host Tucker Carlson agreed to part ways with Fox in April, just days after the legal resolution. As part of a separation agreement, Dinh will get a lump-sum cash payment of $23 million, Fox said. He will become a special adviser to the company after leaving the role of legal head. In June, Fox Corp also settled a lawsuit by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who claimed gender discrimination and accused the network's lawyers of pressuring her to make misleading statements in the Dominion Voting Systems case.

Persons: Mike Segar, Dinh, Tucker Carlson, Fox, George W Bush, Bancroft PLLC, Kirkland & Ellis, Ng, Abby Grossberg, Chavi Mehta, David Thomas, Anil D'Silva, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: Fox, News Corporation, Fox News, REUTERS, Fox Corp, Dominion Voting Systems, Dominion, Patriot, U.S, D.C, Kirkland &, Voting, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Washington, Bengaluru, Chicago

☆ Fox's chief legal officer to step down
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Fox Corp (FOXA.O) said on Friday Viet Dinh would step down from his role as chief legal officer and become a special adviser to the company, effective Dec. 31. Dinh joined FOX as chief legal and policy officer in 2018 and has led the news company's legal, compliance, and regulatory matters, as well as overseen government affairs. This follows the $787.5 million defamation settlement earlier this year with Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox in 2021 over Fox News' coverage of false vote-rigging claims about the voting technology firm. Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Shilpi MajumdarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Viet Dinh, Dinh, Chavi Mehta, Anil D'Silva, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: Fox Corp, FOX, Dominion Voting Systems, Fox, Fox News, Thomson Locations: Viet, Bengaluru

CNN —Fox Corporation on Friday said its top lawyer, Viet Dinh, will exit the company in a significant shakeup to its corporate ranks in the aftermath of the company’s historic $787 million settlement with election technology company Dominion Voting Systems. Dinh is the latest senior executive to depart after the historic Dominion settlement. Days after Fox settled the lawsuit with Dominion early this year, the company fired its star prime time host, the right-wing extremist Tucker Carlson. Dominion is just one of several high-profile lawsuits Fox has settled this year over its airing of false election conspiracy theories in 2020. In June, the network settled a lawsuit brought by former producer Abby Grossberg for $12 million.

Persons: Viet Dinh, ”, Lachlan Murdoch, Dinh, “, Fox, Rupert, Lachlan, ” Dinh, Murdoch, Raj Shah, Lou Dobbs, Smartmatic, Tucker Carlson, Abby Grossberg, Grossberg, Carlson, Smartmatic —, Erik Connolly Organizations: CNN — Fox Corporation, Voting Systems, FOX, Century Fox, Fox Corporation, SEC, Fox News, Fox, Dominion, CNN Locations: Viet, Dominion, Venezuelan

☆ Fox Chief Legal Officer Viet Dinh to step down months after Dominion settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Fox Corp. Chief Legal and Policy Officer Viet Dinh will step down from his post, months after the company agreed to pay a $787.5 million settlement to Dominion Voting Systems. The departure comes after Dinh advised the company through the lawsuit with the voting machines company, which was halted just short of a trial with the April settlement. While Fox agreed to the settlement, its hosts weren't required to talk about the lawsuit or make any public apology for on-air statements. Carlson and Dinh were among the Fox anchors and executives who were questioned as part of the lawsuit. "We are grateful that he will continue to serve FOX as Special Advisor where we will benefit from his counsel."

Persons: Dinh, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Tucker Carlson, Jesse Watters, Carlson, Lachlan Murdoch Organizations: News Corporation, Fox News, New York City . Fox Corp, Voting Systems, Dominion, Fox, FOX, Century Fox, Fox Corp Locations: New York City

☆ Fox General Counsel Will Depart
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Jeremy W. Peters | More About Jeremy W. Peters | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Fox Corporation’s chief legal officer, Viet Dinh, is departing, the company announced on Friday, in a major shake-up at the company after the landmark $787.5 million settlement it paid to Dominion Voting Systems in April. Mr. Dinh, a former official in the George W. Bush White House who amassed considerable power inside Fox, will stay on through the rest of the year, Fox said. Mr. Dinh gave what some inside the company considered flawed advice during the Dominion suit, which exposed a pattern of deceptive coverage by Fox News after the 2020 election. He insisted that Fox was on firm legal footing and could take the case, if need be, all the way to the Supreme Court, where he believed the company would prevail on First Amendment grounds. Check back for updates.

Persons: Fox, Viet, Dinh, George W, Bush Organizations: Dominion Voting Systems, Mr, Bush White House, Fox, Dominion, Fox News Locations: Viet Dinh

☆ Chau Van Kham: Australian retiree accused of terrorism freed from prison in Vietnam
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Acting Australian Prime Minister Richard Marles said Chau Van Kham was released on humanitarian grounds and “in the spirit of friendship” between Australia and Vietnam. The Vietnamese government declared the California-based Viet Tan, or Vietnam Reform Party, a terrorist organization in 2016, accusing it of recruiting and training armed operatives. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese traveled to Vietnam last month to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. “We share the happy news that Mr Chau Van Kham is well and has returned to his family today,” the statement said, according to Amnesty. Pearson said Kham was one of more than 150 political prisoners detained in Vietnam for peaceful acts of free expression.

Persons: Australia CNN —, Richard Marles, ” Marles, Viet Tan, Tan, it’s, Anthony Albanese, Kham’s, Dan Nguyen, Chau, “, ” Elaine Pearson, Pearson, Kham, Pham Doan Trang, Mai Phan, Dang Dinh Bach, Hoang, Hong, ” Pearson Organizations: Australia CNN, Australian, Amnesty International, Amnesty, Vietnam Reform Party, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Human Rights Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Sydney, Vietnam, California, United States, Asia

☆ ‘Twilight Zone: The Movie’ and the Deadly Accident That Plagued It
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Jason Bailey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When the anthology film “Twilight Zone: The Movie” opened on June 24, 1983, reviews were mixed; The New York Times’s Vincent Canby deemed it “a flabby, mini-minded behemoth,” and that was a fairly representative view. Chased by a military helicopter, Morrow’s character was to carry two Vietnamese children across a river to safety as a village exploded behind them. But the sequence was poorly planned and barely rehearsed, and the explosions damaged the rotor blades of the chopper, causing the pilot to lose control. As investigators examined the crash, they discovered that the children’s mere presence on the set had been illegal. A production secretary recalled Landis joking of the scheme, “We’re all going to jail!”

Persons: York Times’s Vincent Canby, John Landis, Vic Morrow, —, dismembering Morrow, Myca Dinh Le, Renee Shin, Yi Chen, Renee Shinn Chen, Landis, George Folsey Jr Organizations: Klan Locations: York, Nazi Germany, Vietnam

☆ Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers leaker and anti-war activist, dies at 92
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Washington CNN —Daniel Ellsberg, a former military analyst and anti-war activist whose disclosure of the so-called Pentagon Papers revealed systemic US government deception about the Vietnam War, has died, his family announced in a statement. As part of his work with RAND, Ellsberg had access to classified documents that demonstrated how the US government had systemically lied to the public about the war, and Ellsberg felt compelled to reveal the information. In a letter to his friends that he shared on social media in March, Ellsberg reflected on his decision to leak the Pentagon Papers. “It was a fate I would gladly have accepted if it meant hastening the end of the Vietnam War, unlikely as that seemed (and was). “No organization really wants to show how the sausage is made or legislation is made, and they prefer to be the only voice on policy to the public,” Ellsberg told NPR.

Persons: Washington CNN — Daniel Ellsberg, Ellsberg, ”, “, ” Ellsberg, “ Daniel, systemically, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Robert McNamara, Lyndon B, John F, Ngo Dinh Diem –, Nixon, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, “ It’s, Chelsea Manning, Roe, Wade, Patricia, Robert, Mary, Michael Organizations: Washington CNN, New York Times, Press Foundation, RAND Corporation, RAND, The New York Times, Times, Washington Post, Pentagon, Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Harvard University, Marine Corps, Harvard, International Security Affairs, State Department, White House, WikiLeaks, NPR Locations: Vietnam, Kensington , California, Chicago, Detroit, United Kingdom, Amherst, Iraq

☆ Raj Shah out at Fox in wake of historic Dominion settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Raj Shah, the Fox Corp. brand protection executive who pushed Fox News in an even more pro-Trump direction after the 2020 election, has left the company. “Raj brought talent and creativity to his role at Fox,” Fox spokesperson Brian Nick told CNN on Thursday. Hear what Fox News viewers think about the Dominion settlement 03:30 - Source: CNNA cache of internal Fox communications brought to light in Dominion Voting Systems’ massive defamation lawsuit against the right-wing network included several messages from Shah. “This is the kinda s—t that will kill us,” he wrote, according to legal filings. We cover it wall to wall and then we burn that down with all the skepticism.”

Persons: Raj Shah, “ Raj, ” Fox, Brian Nick, “, ” Shah, Trump, Shah, Neil Cavuto’s, Kayleigh McEnany, Fox, Joe Biden, Lachlan Murdoch, Suzanne Scott, Viet Dinh, Donald Trump, ”, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, texted Organizations: New, New York CNN, Fox Corp, Fox News, Trump, Fox, CNN Locations: New York

The average May temperature in Hanoi is 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit). “Which is why a humid heat wave is more dangerous than a dry heat wave,” she told CNN. This is above a threshold considered dangerous, especially for people with health problems or those not used to extreme heat. In Thailand, 20 days in April and at least 10 days in May reached feels-like temperatures above 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit). Throughout April and May, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia all had several days with potential to cause extreme heat stress.

Persons: ”, ” Phong, Dinh Van Hung, ” Dinh, Nhac Nguyen, Maximiliano Herrera, Herrera, Mariam Zachariah, Cyclone Mocha, ” Zachariah, Chaya Vaddhanaphuti, ” Emmanuel Raju, ” Raju, Madaree Tohlala, “ Nui, “, ” Nui, Andre Malerba, Chaya, –, Chintanaphone, Boua Seng, Lobia Yaw, Thongsouk, hasn’t Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, Getty, ” Workers, Imperial College London, WWA, Chiang Mai University, Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research, Labour Organization, Farmers, Weather, Lao Farmer Network Locations: Hong Kong, Hanoi, Vietnam, Dong Da district, “, Hanoi , Vietnam, AFP, Dinh, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Asia, Thai, Narathiwat, Bangkok, ”

☆ Fox agrees to give more Murdoch docs to Smartmatic in its defamation case
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Fox News has agreed to give voting technology company Smartmatic additional documents about Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and other senior corporate executives. “We will produce the materials as quickly as we are able to,” Fox lawyer Winn Allen said. These materials will include deposition transcripts and exhibits, apparently from the recently settled defamation case involving Dominion Voting Systems, a Smartmatic lawyer said in court. The monster case pits Smartmatic against Fox News, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Fox hosts Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, and former host Lou Dobbs, who all promoted the baseless lie that Smartmatic rigged the 2020 election. An appeals court recently dropped Fox Corp. as a defendant, but Smartmatic refiled its lawsuit and is trying to re-add the parent company.

☆ How to put your best travel foot forward for Earth Day 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

But you don’t have to totally cut out travel or stay super close to home to be a good planetary citizen. You need a city that’s dedicated to getting it right to best enjoy an urban biking vacation. Here, we've curated 30 of our favorite corners, including the Thu Bon River, which flows through central Vietnam. A maze of rivers and caves, the UNESCO World Centre is defined by its craggy limestone facades and jade green water. Bruno De Hogues/Photodisc/Getty Images Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park: A UNESCO World Heritage, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is heaven for spelunkers.

☆ Taiwan's Apple supplier Quanta plans Vietnam factory
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

HANOI, April 22 (Reuters) - Apple supplier Quanta Computer (2382.TW) plans to set up a factory in northern Vietnam, the Vietnamese government said. The company, a MacBook contract manufacturer, on Friday signed an agreement with the authorities of Nam Dinh province, 90 km (56 miles) south of Hanoi, to construct the facility at an industrial park there, the government said in a statement late on Friday. The facility, which would be Quanta's 9th factory globally, would initially cover an area of 22.5 hectares, the statement said, without giving its capacity nor a time frame for the construction. Local media said on Saturday Quanta would invest $120 million in the factory. Reporting by Khanh Vu; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ DOJ charges 18 people — including doctors — in massive Covid health-care fraud takedowns
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Other cases involved the alleged manufacture and distribution of fake Covid vaccine record cards. But instead of administering the Covid vaccine, the defendants allegedly destroyed vials of the vaccines intended for patients, the DOJ said. Two people in Utah were also charged with allegedly manufacturing and selling about 120,000 fake Covid vaccine cards. The DOJ said the people charged with distributing fake vaccine cards "intentionally sought to obstruct" the federal government's efforts to roll out a nationwide Covid vaccine program. They also follow similar criminal charges related to Covid fraud schemes in April 2022 and May 2021.

☆ 16 takeaways from Fox News' historic $787.5 million settlement with Dominion
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

In the moments after I watched the judge announce the settlement in court, 16 things went through my mind:1. Evidence obtained by Dominion in the lawsuit and filed to court ahead of the settlement appeared to support that theory. There's always the Smartmatic case. In court filings ahead of the settlement, Fox complained about the $1.6 billion price tag Dominion put on the lawsuit. "Would be pretty unreal if you guys like 20x'ed your Dominion investment with these lawsuits," read one text to a Staple Street executive cited in a Fox court filing.

Members of the public wait to enter the Leonard Williams Justice Center where the Dominion Voting Systems defamation trial against FOX News is taking place on April 18 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)The court is back in session after a lunch break and opening statements are expected to begin soon in the historic defamation lawsuit brought by election technology company Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. Here’s what you need to know about the high-stakes case:Why is Dominion suing Fox News? The company alleges that people at Fox News acted with actual malice and "recklessly disregarded the truth" when they spread this disinformation about Dominion. According to Dominion’s theory of the case, Fox promoted these election conspiracy theories because "the lies were good for Fox’s business."

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