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Head of UN agency resigns after questions arise about loans
New York Times, Published on 09/05/2022
» NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres asked a top official at a U.N. agency to resign Saturday, shortly after The New York Times published an article describing how the agency had given out $61 million in loans and grant money to a single British family, according to a senior UN official.
Twitter expected to counter Musk takeover
New York Times, Published on 15/04/2022
» Twitter was expected to unveil its counterattack against Elon Musk as soon as Friday by putting in place a corporate manoeuvre known as a poison pill, according to two people familiar with the company’s plans who were not authorised to speak publicly.
If poor countries go unvaccinated, rich ones will pay -study
New York Times, Published on 25/01/2021
» In monopolising the supply of vaccines against Covid-19, wealthy nations are threatening more than a humanitarian catastrophe: The resulting economic devastation will hit affluent countries nearly as hard as those in the developing world.
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ producer held in 1MDB scandal
New York Times, Published on 05/07/2019
» Hollywood producer Riza Aziz, stepson of the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, was arrested in Malaysia on Thursday and will face money-laundering charges in a long-running scandal over billions of dollars in missing government funds.
PM Najib, dogged by a billion-dollar scandal, proves untouchable
News, New York Times, Published on 01/08/2016
» The conspirators were confident. They planned to confront Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, at a cabinet meeting and demand his resignation. Prosecutors had collected evidence that Mr Najib had deposited millions of dollars of public money into his personal bank account. Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail was ready to file criminal charges, according to Mr Najib's advisers, and opposition leaders.
Orang-utans suffer in bushfires
News, New York Times, Published on 07/04/2016
» Katty, a docile, orange-haired pre-schooler, fell from a tree with a thump. Her teacher quickly picked her up, dusted off her bottom, refastened her white disposable nappy and placed her back on a branch more than two metres off the ground.
30 years later, some Filipinos still yearn for Marcos
New York Times, Published on 24/02/2016
» MANILA -- As Filipinos prepare for the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the “People Power” revolution that toppled Ferdinand E. Marcos, the Marcos family legacy is undergoing a political renaissance by those who claim it was a “golden age” of peace and prosperity.
As more refugees arrive, altruism fades
News, New York Times, Published on 09/02/2016
» When the Syrian refugees first started streaming into Jordan's Ramtha, a bedraggled border town, Gassim al-Moghrebi was their tireless benefactor, distributing donations of food, money and clothes and sheltering as many as possible in two apartments he owned.