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Singapore charges property billionaire linked to jailed minister's case
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2024
» A Singapore court charged a property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offences by a disgraced ex-transport minister jailed a day earlier in the city-state's high-profile government graft case.
Singapore's disgraced ex-minister jailed for 12 months in landmark case
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2024
» SINGAPORE - A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison for obstructing justice and receiving more than US$300,000 worth of gifts, in the first jailing of an ex-cabinet member in a city-state known for clean governance.
Colombia's most-wanted drug lord 'Otoniel' captured
AFP, Published on 24/10/2021
» BOGOTA - Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker "Otoniel" has been captured, officials said Saturday, a major victory for the government of the world's top cocaine exporter.
China logs first virus death in 8 months as WHO huddles on new strains
AFP, Published on 14/01/2021
» WUHAN (CHINA) - China recorded its first Covid-19 death in eight months on Thursday, as experts huddled to discuss worrying new strains of the coronavirus that are spreading rapidly around the globe.
Amazon to show live Premier League football matches from 2019/20
AFP, Published on 07/06/2018
» LONDON - Amazon has secured the rights to show English Premier League football matches for the first time in further evidence of their financial might in the bidding wars for sports events, the league said Thursday.