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Relief and despair: repeal of logging ban divides Kenya
AFP, Published on 07/08/2023
» MOLO (KENYA) - It was the news Kenya's timber industry had waited over five years to hear: a ban on logging was over, and the country's forests were once again open for business.
Ex-chair of Tokyo Olympics sponsor handed suspended jail sentence
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» TOKYO: The former chairman of a Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor was handed a suspended prison sentence Friday along with two others, in the first convictions in a spiralling bribery scandal surrounding the event.
Russia arrests young woman over death of top military blogger
AFP, Published on 03/04/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia on Monday detained a 26-year-old woman after an explosion that killed a top Russian military blogger, saying the attack was orchestrated by Ukraine with help from supporters of jailed critic Alexei Navalny.
Japan's biggest ad agency indicted in Olympic scandal
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» TOKYO: Japan's biggest advertising agency and five other companies were indicted on Tuesday for allegedly violating an anti-monopoly law, in a corruption scandal over bid-rigging during the Tokyo Olympics.
Corruption scandal deals new blow to Xi's Chinese football dream
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» BEIJING - Alleged corruption at the top of Chinese football has left President Xi Jinping's dream of his country becoming a global force in the sport appear more remote than ever.
Ukraine war dominates Nobel year again
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» OSLO - From NATO's secretary general to the Ukrainian president, the war in Ukraine dominates the publicly known names submitted by Tuesday's deadline for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
EU parliament arrests spark calls for tighter controls over MEPs
AFP, Published on 11/12/2022
» BRUSSELS - The arrest of a European Parliament vice-president and four others linked to a corruption probe implicating World Cup hosts Qatar sparked calls Saturday for the bloc's MPs to be held to higher standards.
Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police
AFP, Published on 04/12/2022
» TEHRAN: Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code, local media said Sunday.
Myanmar junta jails Suu Kyi for 6 more years for corruption
AFP, Published on 12/10/2022
» Myanmar's junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years.
Ukraine's first Nobel Peace Prize winners 'astonished'
AFP, Published on 07/10/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - The Kyiv-based Center for Civil Liberties has run successful campaigns for political prisoners, tracked enforced disappearances and focused on Russian war crimes, but they did not see a Nobel Peace prize coming.