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South African DJ's murder exposes nexus between crime and power
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» JOHANNESBURG — On a quiet November night in 2022, DJ Sumbody -- a rising star in South Africa's music scene -- was gunned down in a hail of bullets while heading home.
Microsoft fights $29 bn US back tax claim
AFP, Published on 12/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Internal Revenue Service is asking that Microsoft pay a whopping $29 billion in unpaid taxes from 2004 to 2013, the company said in an official filing on Wednesday.
US debt ceiling deal: the key takeaways
AFP, Published on 28/05/2023
» NEW YORK - President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached a deal in principle to raise the government's debt ceiling and avert a devastating default.
US House advances Biden's historic social welfare expansion
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers voted Friday to elevate President Joe Biden's giant social welfare bill to the Senate, in a major step forward for his vision for a more equitable society that is the centerpiece of his domestic agenda.
How an indebted US physician sells Covid falsehoods
AFP, Published on 31/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: For Sherri Tenpenny, God is on the side of those who spurn Covid-19 vaccines. Making money, critics say, is the Ohio osteopath's higher calling.
Americans to start seeing stimulus payments this weekend: officials
AFP, Published on 13/03/2021
» WASHINGTON - US workers and families will start to see stimulus funds go into their bank accounts as soon as this weekend, just days after President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion rescue plan into law, officials said Friday.
Tax man will be all over the British royal baby
AFP, Published on 14/04/2019
» NEW YORK: Talk about being born with a silver spoon in your mouth: the royal baby of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will have a particularly glittery one.
Democrats demand Trump tax returns by April 23
AFP, Published on 14/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers on Saturday gave the Internal Revenue Service a final deadline of April 23 to hand over President Donald Trump's tax returns, which Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the administration was diligently considering.
Top Democrat demands six years of Trump's tax returns
AFP, Published on 04/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - A top Democrat formally requested Wednesday that the US tax agency provide Congress with President Donald Trump's tax returns, setting up a likely legal battle with the White House.
Former Trump campaign boss sentenced to 47 months
Associated Press, Published on 08/03/2019
» WASHINGTON: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison on Thursday for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians, much less than was called for under sentencing guidelines.