Cobalt Diplomacy

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In other news, how much would you pay to stay alive? Trương Mỹ Lan, a Vietnamese tycoon, must pay $9 billion or face the death penalty for embezzling billions from a bank she controlled. Lan's lawyers argue that she has enough assets to pay the amount (of course), but it may take time to sell them—essentially, there’s some ka money she’s expecting.

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