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Trump's company sentenced to pay $1.61mn penalty for tax fraud
Jan 14, 2023 04:06Former US President Donald Trump's real estate company has been sentenced to pay a maximum $1.61 million criminal penalty after it was convicted of plotting to defraud tax authorities for 15 years.
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South Korea, US army hold joint military drills amid tensions with North
Jan 14, 2023 03:20An elite South Korean army unit has conducted a joint military drill with American forces at a training field in Paju, located near the inter-Korean border, provoking the already heightened tensions with the North.
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NATO spy planes heading to Romania to monitor Russian moves
Jan 14, 2023 03:15NATO says it is set to deploy three surveillance planes to Romania next week to perform reconnaissance missions, strengthening Romania’s eastern flank and to “monitor Russian military activity.”
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Brazil's new president dismisses Bolsonaro-era ambassador to Tel Aviv
Jan 13, 2023 12:41President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has dismissed Brazil's ambassador to Tel Aviv in a move that signals a shift in the South American country's policy toward the occupying regime.
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Suspect in assassination of ex-Japanese PM charged with murder
Jan 13, 2023 12:34Prosecutors in Japan have formally charged the 42-year-old suspect in the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe with murder and sent him to stand trial, a Japanese court said on Friday.
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Police killing of Black Lives Matter co-founder’s cousin sparks outcry in US
Jan 13, 2023 12:28The tragic death of Keenan Anderson, the cousin of a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, after he was repeatedly tasered by police officers in Los Angeles has sparked a massive outcry in the United States.
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Pakistani Shia Muslims mark birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad’s daughter
Jan 13, 2023 11:52Muslims in Pakistan hosted multiple ceremonies to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad’s daughter, Hazrat Fatema az-Zahra (PBUH).
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French unions rally for major strikes against pensions reform
Jan 13, 2023 11:42The main trade unions in France have announced strikes in response to the government’s pension reform proposal, with oil workers being part of the mobilization.
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UK comes under fire for gross human rights abuses
Jan 13, 2023 04:41Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced the UK government for its ill-treatment of women, refugees, demonstrators, welfare recipients, and ethnic minorities, among other violations, warning officials that the country could become known as a “human rights abuser” if it did not correct a series of controversial laws.
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Brazil's Lula to purge police, army of ex-president Bolsonaro's sympathizers
Jan 13, 2023 04:37Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vows to purge the country's police force and the army of US-backed former president Jair Bolsonaro's sympathizers after the security forces refused to respond properly to destructive riots in the capital by Bolsonaro's supporters.