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Newcastle takeover: Khashoggi finacee urges Premier League to stop Saudi Arabia deal

Cengiz and her legal team are continuing to pursue a lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (AFP) By Middle East Eye Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has made a last-minute plea to stop the Premier League “caving in” on Saudi Arabia’s takeover of Newcastle United Football Club. Cengiz

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How Has Been Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed Rule in the First Term?

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. African Exponent By Munashe O’brian Gutu The list of African leaders who have sold a pan-African narrative is inexhaustible. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has affirmed his commitment towards the realization of an Ethiopia that is free from foreign influences and is hopeful for an Africa that can break away

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Sheikh Mohammed ordered phones of ex-wife and lawyers to be hacked: UK court

Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, the wife of Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, arrives at the High Court in London, Britain February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo Reuters By Michael Holden and Andrew Macaskill Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered the phones of his ex-wife and her lawyers to be hacked

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Tensions flare as Chinese flights near Taiwan intensify

Visitors view the Chinese military’s J-16D electronic warfare airplane, left, and the KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft at right during 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2021, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, in Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong province. With record numbers of military flights near Taiwan over

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London’s finance district, steeped in slavery, confronts its past

Statue of former twice Lord Mayor of London, William Beckford is seen in the Guildhall, City of London, Britain September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Huw Jones Reuters By Carolyn Cohn and Huw Jones LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – British ships ferried over 3 million enslaved African people across the Atlantic Ocean. Lloyd’s of London insured many of

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Of Debt Traps, the Politics Behind Development in Africa

By The African Exponent Zimbabwe is an example of a country that bears an illegitimate debt. Debt is the chief reason why Africa is at pains developing herself. Debt curtails the African States from taking up development initiatives that can sustain their economies. The international money lenders have deliberately tied the African States to arduous

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U.S. lawmakers demand Facebook probes

Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP) Reuters By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz U.S. lawmakers pounded Facebook (FB.O) on Tuesday, accusing CEO Mark Zuckerberg of pushing for higher profits

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French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, probe finds

A woman prays inside the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris, France, October 4, 2021. Picture taken October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier Reuters By Tangi Salaün and Ingrid Melander French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church

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UK urged to tackle ‘dirty money’ after leaked Pandora papers

An exterior view of 56-60 Conduit Street in the Mayfair district of London, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. The property is linked to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in a new report dubbed the Pandora Papers that sheds light on how world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires and others have used offshore accounts to shield assets collectively worth

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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage

File – In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York’s Times Square. Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 elections in a moneymaking move that a company whistleblower

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