Alfred Lasteck BBC News, Dar es Salaam Tanzania’s government has paid pension and other benefits that opposition politician Tundu Lissu lost when he was stripped of his parliamentary seat after fleeing into exile. At the time he was at loggerheads with then-President John Magufuli, who was determined to crackdown on the opposition. But since […]
A former Irish Defence Forces soldier has been found guilty of Islamic State (IS) membership. Lisa Smith, 40, had pleaded not guilty to being a member of the group between 28 October 2015 and 1 December 2019. Smith was, however, found not guilty of financing terrorism by sending money to a man for the benefit […]
By Ione Wells Westminster correspondent Priti Patel’s top civil servant warned her there was not enough evidence of the “deterrent effect” of the plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. In a letter, Matthew Rycroft said the policy’s value for money relied on it reducing illegal Channel crossings. He said while there […]
Australia has launched legal action against Facebook’s parent company Meta, alleging it allowed scam ads to target users with fake celebrity endorsements. The tech giant had engaged in “false, misleading or deceptive conduct” by knowingly hosting the ads for bogus cryptocurrencies, a regulator said. The US company could face financial and other penalties. Meta […]
An Indian state has shut high schools and colleges for three days after a row over the hijab that has gained international attention after Nobel Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai weighed in. The government of Karnataka state in southern India took the decision after protests by students over Muslim women wearing headscarves in the classroom escalated into […]
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One of three men accused of assassinating investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty. Vincent Muscat admitted involvement on Tuesday in the car bombing that killed the reporter. Many suspect it was ordered by top Malta establishment figures. Called a “one-woman Wikileaks”, […]
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Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million
Alistair Bell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed more than half a million people in seven months. The number of cases is more than double the figure for severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, […]
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Nifty tops 10,000 as economic reopening boosts risk appetite
Sethuraman N R BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares extended gains for a sixth session and the Nifty crossed the 10,000 mark for the first time since March 13, as Asia’s third-largest economy gradually comes out of COVID-19 lockdowns and risk appetite picks up in global markets. The NSE Nifty 50 bluechip index .NSEI rose 1.32% to 10,110.55 […]
The owner of Cup Foods pledged on Facebook not to call the cops in the future and to “handle incidents like this one using non-violent tactics.” By Jenna Amatulli, HuffPost US The owner of Cup Foods, the Minneapolis store where a clerk called 911 on George Floyd, says his business will no longer involve the […]