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Leading bookstore chain Fahasa saw its first half profits surging 65% to VND15.4 billion (US$657,000). Revenues rose by 10.8% to VND1.77 trillion. It had an excellent second quarter with profits of VND11.05 billion on sales of VND1.13 trillion. For the full year it targets profits of VND18 billion and revenues …

For eight years, nothing seemed to shake the hold on power for Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who first came to office in a 2014 coup and has survived a hotly disputed election, mass street protests and four no-confidence votes. Wednesday’s decision by Thailand’s Constitutional Court to suspend Prayuth, 68, …

New York state’s highest court has agreed to allow former movie producer Harvey Weinstein to appeal his rape and sexual assault conviction, offering Weinstein a distant chance of being granted a new trial. Chief Judge Janet DiFiore “granted leave to appeal” on Aug. 19, the court wrote in a letter …