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Israel pounds Gaza as Hamas threatens hostages
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» JERUSALEM - Israel kept up its deadly bombardment of Hamas-controlled Gaza on Tuesday after the Palestinian militant group threatened to execute some of the around 150 hostages it abducted in a weekend assault if air strikes continue without warning.
UK minister won't lose job over speeding case
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» LONDON: UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman will not face a potentially career-ending ethics investigation into her handling of a speeding ticket received last summer, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Wednesday.
UK PM fires Conservative chairman after tax probe: govt
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday fired Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi after an inquiry into Zahawi's tax affairs found a "serious breach" of ministerial rules, the government said.
Tutankhamun: Egyptians bid to reclaim their history
AFP, Published on 15/09/2022
» QURNA (EGYPT) - It's one of the 20th century's most iconic photos: British archaeologist Howard Carter inspecting the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in 1922 as an Egyptian member of his team crouches nearby shrouded in shadow.
Ghana vows investigation into football corruption claims
AFP, Published on 07/06/2018
» ACCRA - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Thursday pledged to tackle corruption after an explosive undercover investigation alleged referees took bribes and the head of the governing body received kickbacks.
Human-sounding Google Assistant sparks ethics questions
AFP, Published on 10/05/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - The new Google digital assistant converses so naturally it may seem like a real person.
New York banking regulator seeks Kushner Cos. loan details
AFP, Published on 01/03/2018
» NEW YORK - New York state has asked three banks to supply information about their relationships with the real estate business of Jared Kushner, a senior White House advisor and President Donald Trump's son-in-law, a source said Wednesday.
Fifa court case sheds light on Asian bribery
Published on 29/04/2017
» NEW YORK: The first Asian football official to be convicted in the Fifa corruption scandal told a US judge that he accepted about $1 million in bribes, including $100,000 from the former president of the Asian Football Confederation.
Barroso's Goldman job does not violate ethics rules, EU says
AFP, Published on 31/10/2016
» BRUSSELS - Former European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso did not breach EU ethics rules but he may have been unwise to take a controversial top job at US investment bank Goldman Sachs after leaving office, an EU panel said Monday.
Australians to be sent to Indonesia execution site this week
AFP, Published on 16/02/2015
» JAKARTA - Two Australian drug traffickers will be transferred this week to an Indonesian high-security prison before their execution by firing squad, with several other foreigners to follow, the attorney-general's office said Monday.