SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian woman on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to the murder of three elderly people who died after allegedly consuming a lunch she prepared which contained poisonous mushrooms.
Erin Patterson, 49, is charged with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder, according to court documents.
Her case will be fast-tracked to the country's Supreme Court after a hearing at a local court on Tuesday, with a trial... (continue reading...)
HANOI (Reuters) - War veterans, party leaders and diplomats gathered in Vietnam's Dien Bien Phu province on Tuesday for an event to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's victory over French colonial forces.
The bloody, 56-day battle in the northwestern, remote valley ended on May 7, 1954, precipitating the collapse of French colonial rule in Hanoi on April 13, 2004.
The historic Dien Bien Phu battle is considered one of the great... (continue reading...)
By Saeed Azhar and Milana Vinn
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An investment banker at Bank of America has died, the bank said on Monday.
The person died of natural causes, according to an email from the New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, who confirmed details when asked about the case.
The person died of "acute coronary artery thrombus," the office said. The disease causes the formation of a blood clot inside a blood... (continue reading...)
By Rupam Jain and Tora Agarwala
BARPETA/THIRUVANANTHPURAM, India (Reuters) - As India votes in a six-week general election, Narendra Modi's image adorns everything from packs of rice handed out to the poor to large posters in cities and towns.
His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is relying on the prime minister's popularity as it seeks a super-majority in India's parliament. Its message: Modi has delivered economic growth, infrastructure... (continue reading...)
By Tom Westbrook
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian shares made 15-month highs on Tuesday on renewed confidence of U.S. interest rate cuts, while traders waited on a policy meeting in Australia later in the day and had a close eye on a falling yen.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.3% in early trade. Hong Kong shares traded marginally lower, having ridden a wave of heavy buying from mainland investors to... (continue reading...)
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