Strong clan loyalty, locals, helped mafia boss Messina Denaro stay hidden

A screengrab taken from a video shows Matteo Messina Denaro the country’s most wanted mafia boss being escorted out of a Carabinieri police station after he was arrested in Palermo, Italy, January 16, 2023. Carabinieri/Handout via Reuters By Reuters When Salvatore Catalano discovered that mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro had lived just a short walk

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US to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine: American official

By Anadolu Agency US President Joe Biden is likely to announce plans to send M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine “as early as tomorrow,” a US official confirmed to Anadolu on Tuesday. The official said the announcement will include “a battalion size number of tanks” that would comprise roughly 30-50 tanks. Earlier in the day,

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Ukraine corruption scandal claims several top officials

In this undated photo Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Viacheslav Shapovalov pose for a photo in Kyiv, Ukraine. Deputy Defense Minister Viacheslav Shapovalov resigned, local media reported Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, alleging his departure was linked to a scandal involving the purchase of food for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. (Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Office via

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GAVIN WILLIAMSON AND THE SOMALILAND MASSACRE

Gavin Williamson with military leaders in Somaliland in 2019. (Photo: Gavin Williamson / Twitter) Declassified UK By PHIL MILLER Former UK defence secretary faces criticism for his staunch support of a breakaway African republic, after its security forces killed 20 protesters. Declassified sees evidence a UK-trained police unit may have been responsible for a massacre

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Somali police in the Banadir region have arrested suspects who caused murder and injury

Somali police in the Banadir region have arrested suspects who caused murder and injury. The police in the Banadir region arrested a group of suspects who killed and wounded in Garowe, then escaped to Mogadishu. This group of three men is accused of killing a citizen named Abdullahi Jeylani and also injuring a citizen Hanad

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Ruthless Rybakina rolls into Australian Open semi-finals

Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 24, 2023 Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina in action during her quarter final match against Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. Photographer Hannah Mckay By Reuters Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina became the first player into the Australian Open semi-finals after outmuscling Jelena Ostapenko 6-2 6-4 in a one-sided contest

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Somali President Hassan Sheikh has not succeeded in protecting civilians and officials

The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, has failed in Mogadishu to protect civilians and civil servants from Al-Shabab and unaccountable civilian deaths, sources told Somali Times by Hassan’s government officials who are working for Al-Shabab to facilitate the bombing of government buildings. The governor of Benadir region and the mayor of Mogadishu, Yusuf Hussein

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7 dead as California mourns 3rd mass killing in 8 days

Law enforcement personnel control the scene of a shooting Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Multiple people were killed in two related shootings Monday at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in a coastal community south of San Francisco, and officials say a suspect is in custody. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) By

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Senior UK Conservatives under fire over tax, finances

Britain’s Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi, center, leaves the Conservative Party head office in Westminster, central London, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. The chairman of Britain’s governing Conservative Party was under pressure to resign on Monday over allegations he settled a multimillion-dollar unpaid tax bill while he was in charge of the country’s Treasury. (James Manning/PA

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South Africa defends planned military drills with Russia and China

South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor shakes hands with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, ahead of their bilateral meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, January 23, 2023. Photographer Siphiwe Sibeko By Reuters South Africa’s foreign minister on Monday deflected criticism of joint military drills planned with Russia and China, saying that hosting such exercises with “friends”

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