Man arrested in death of Jacqueline Avant, music icon’s wife

File – Jacqueline Avant, left, and Clarence Avant appear at the 11th Annual AAFCA Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 22, 2020. Jacqueline Avant was fatally shot early Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Mark Von Holden Invision/AP, File) By Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A 29-year-old man has

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Israel reiterates intention to strike Iran’s nuclear program

By Anadolu Agency Defense Minister Benny Gantz scheduled to visit US for talks over Iran nuclear deal Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday reiterated that a strike could be an option to bring Iran’s nuclear program to a halt. “I do think we always have to prepare the option for the moment when we

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Quds force chief says U.S.”teeth will be crushed” if it moves against Iran

General Esmail Qaani speaks in a meeting at the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini outside Tehran, Iran, May 24, 2017. /AP Photo By Reuters The commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force on Thursday warned the United States its “teeth will be crushed” if Washington makes the slightest move against Tehran, state

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UK court to rule in Meghan’s privacy suit against publisher

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrive at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum for the Salute to Freedom Gala Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in New York. The Duke of Sussex will also present the inaugural Intrepid Valor Award to five service members, veterans and their military families. (AP Photo/Craig

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Billionaire Rai sons fight in court over father’s wealth

Rai Group chairman Jaswant Rai. By Business Daily Africa The widow, Sarjij Kaur Rai, had teamed up with her sons, Jasbir and Iqbal, objecting to the Will, saying the patriarch could have been coerced in crafting the document that distributed his assets among his eight beneficiaries. The fight for the control of the Rai family’s

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China signals cuts in loans to Africa after reduction of financing pledge

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. By Business Daily Africa China has signalled a reduction in loans to Kenya and other African countries in coming years after it cut financial commitment to projects in the continent as much as a third in the next three years. Nairobi has been a major beneficiary

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Factbox: The international campaign for slavery reparations

Barbados President Sandra Mason speaks during the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony to mark the birth of a new republic in Barbados at Heroes Square in Bridgetown, Barbados, November 30, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via REUTERS By Reuters As Barbados dropped Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state, campaigners on the Caribbean island that received 600,000 enslaved

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Russia orders longtime US Embassy staff to leave country by Jan. 31

By Anadolu Agency Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Russia is simply countering recent US decision, accuses Washington of starting row US diplomats who have been working in Moscow for more than three years have to leave the country by Jan. 31, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. The step is the next move

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Somalia: Governor Said Deni becomes warlord

File Photo/Somali Times Reports from the Bari region say that tensions are still high in Bosaso, the regional between Puntland governor warlord Said Deni and PSF officials. Residents told Somali Times that more fighting was reported in the town last night and this morning. Also say that some families have been displaced from their homes,

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Turkish lira steadies after historic November selloff

Turkish lira banknotes are seen placed on U.S. Dollar banknotes in this illustration taken, November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Reuters The Turkish lira held steady on Wednesday after tumbling to a new record low of 14 to the dollar overnight as President Tayyip Erdogan doubled down on his pre-election strategy of sharp rate cuts

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