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Court sentences ex-Chinese senior official to death for $16m bribe
Former Chinese senior official Fu Zhenghua on Thursday was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes worth more than 117 million yuan (16.76 million U.S. dollars) and bending the law for personal gains.
The Intermediate…
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Leaders, monarchs gather for final farewell to Queen Elizabeth
Leaders and monarchs from across the globe gathered in London on Monday to bid farewell to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at a state funeral of inimitable pageantry.
The pageantry marked the passing of a beloved figure that unified the nation…
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Next Wave: New generation of Saudi artists showcase avant-garde works in Berlin art week
The Misk Art Institute from Riyadh and Berlin Art Institute are presenting works and projects by nine up-coming Saudi artists from September 14th through to October 14th, 2022.
For the first time, the show is featuring the results of the…
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UK govt publishes names of dead Nigerians with unclaimed estates, assets
The Government of United Kingdom has published at least 56 dead Nigerians with unclaimed estates and other valuable assets.
The report said one of the oldest affected was identified as Mark N’wogo, a Nigerian said to have been born in…
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BREAKING: Prince Charles succeeds Queen Elizabeth as king
Charles, the eldest son and heir to late Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, has become king upon her death.
The Queen was last seen publicly when she received the new British Prime Minister, Liz Truss.
Before the news of her death was…
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British PM Truss appoints Kemi Badenoch as Secretary of State for International Trade
The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has appointed British-Nigerian Member of Parliament, Kemi Badenoch as a member of her cabinet on Tuesday.
Recall that Badenoch vied to be British PM as a member of the Conservative Party…
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Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, dies at 91
“Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev died this evening after a serious and long illness,” the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow said, quoted by the Interfax, TASS and RIA Novosti news agencies.
Gorbachev, who was in power between 1985 and 1991…
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Air France suspends two pilots for exchanging blows in cockpit during flight
Air France suspended two pilots after a fight broke out in the cockpit during a flight from Geneva to Paris two months ago.
On Sunday, an airline official said the pilot and co-pilot, who remain nameless, had a dispute shortly after…
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Court jails US Speaker, Nancy Pelosi’s husband for drunk driving charge
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband has been sentenced to five days in jail after pleading guilty to drink driving.
Paul Pelosi, 82, admitted driving under the influence of alcohol and causing injury after crashing…
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Two planes collide mid-air at California airport
Two small planes collided above an airport in California on Thursday, officials said, with multiple fatalities reported.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said two people were on board a twin-engine Cessna 340, and one person was…
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