The UK government on Thursday announced sanctions on Angola’s Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire businesswoman and daughter of the country’s former president, as part of a new anti-corruption drive.It also sanctioned Dmytro Firtash, a Ukrainian tycoon with links to the Kremlin, and Aivars Lembergs, one of Latvia’s richest people, who is accused of abusing his …
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India’s Adani Group on Thursday called US charges that their billionaire founder Gautam Adani had paid more than $250 million in bribes “baseless”, as the opposition leader demanded the tycoon’s arrest.The stiff denial came after shares in the industrialist’s conglomerate nosedived more than 23 percent in Mumbai, the morning after a bombshell indictment in New York …
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Negotiators raced against the clock at UN climate talks Thursday to broker a potential trillion-dollar deal to help poorer nations tackle global warming after rich and developing countries roundly rejected a draft proposal.The UN climate summit is supposed to conclude on Friday but is almost certain to run into overtime as nations from the United …
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Dozens were killed or unaccounted for in Gaza on Thursday after Israeli strikes, on the day the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war.With warrants also issued for Netanyahu’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas’s military chief, all three men face accusations of crimes against humanity …
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The Spanish and Palestinian prime ministers signed four agreements on Thursday at an intergovernmental meeting in Madrid, the first since Spain officially recognised the state of Palestine in May.The gathering, held at Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s official residence, is a “symbol of Spain’s commitment to the present and future of Palestine”, the Spanish government …
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Kenyan President William Ruto sought Thursday to turn the page on a difficult year, cancelling controversial deals with India’s Adani Group and vowing to tackle corruption, police kidnappings and gender-based violence.With the country on edge over multiple issues, there was a heavy police presence around parliament in Nairobi ahead of Ruto’s annual state of the …
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As it celebrates its 20th birthday, online video game “World of Warcraft” has demonstrated a rare longevity thanks to its loyal following and constant evolutions. “It is inspiring to be able to work on this rare game that has touched so many lives, and to also feel the burden of carrying that forward,” Ion Hazzikostas, the …
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Diplomats meeting in Vienna on Thursday are to discuss a resolution condemning Iran for insufficient cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, as Tehran warned it would swiftly respond once it passed.Earlier this week, European powers and the United States formally submitted a censure motion critical of Iran to the board of governors of the International …
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Scientists said Thursday they have taken the first ever close-up image of a star outside of the Milky Way, capturing a blurry shot of a dying behemoth 2,000 times bigger than the Sun.Roughly 160,000 light years from Earth, the star WOH G64 sits in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our home Milky …
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A former Serbian government minister and 10 others were arrested Thursday over the deadly collapse of a train station roof three weeks ago in which 15 people died.The tragedy in the northern city of Novi Sad earlier this month has fuelled a wave of anger in the Balkan nation, with many blaming the deaths on …
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