As Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, prepare for a lavish, star-studded wedding in Venice this weekend, not everyone in the city is happy about the impending nuptials.
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BRAZIL: Comedian Gets Eight Years Jail For Offensive Jokes
Brazilian comedian has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for telling offensive jokes.
Léo Lins was found guilty of inciting intolerance with a 2022 stand-up routine that made fun of black people, indigenous people, fat people, gay people, Jews, evangelicals, disabled people and those with HIV.
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ZAMBIA: Political Rivalry Threatens Late President’s State Funeral
The bitter feud between Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema and his predecessor who passed on recently in South Africa has carried on even after his death as the deceased president left instructions that Hakainde “should not be anywhere near” his dead body according to a family spokesman.
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SELF DEPORT: TikTok Star Khaby Lame Leaves US After Detention By ICE
Acclaimed most popular TikTok personality, Khaby Lame, has been allowed to self deport from the United States after being detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Las Vegas.
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UK: Minister Dismiss US’s Concerns Over Citing Of Chinese ‘Super Embassy’ In London
UK technology secretary has dismissed US government’s misgivings over proposed Chinese ‘super embassy’ close to the financial hub in London.
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GERMANY: Nine Injured As Turbulent Storm Forced Ryanair Emergency Landing
Nine people were injured after a Milan-bound Ryanair flight was forced to make an emergency landing in southern Germany because of heavy turbulence from a thunderstorm Wednesday night.
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GERMANY: Assisted Suicide Advocate Dies Following Arrest ‘Trauma’
He was a pro euthanasia advocate and was being questioned for murder following the death of a woman who died using a suicide pod dies of Suicide.
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UK: Gary Lineker Agrees Deal With New Broadcaster After BBC Exit
Gary Lineker’s acclaimed ‘The Rest is Football’ podcast has been snapped up by streaming giant DAZN weeks after parting ways with the BBC.
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Visa Inequality: China Wants Africa’s Resources, Not Africans – By Abu Bakarr Jalloh
In global diplomacy, few relationships have been as loudly celebrated and quietly lopsided, as that between China and Africa. Beijing calls it an “all-weather friendship,” filled with pledges of infrastructure, trade, and South-South cooperation. Yet, a closer look reveals a more uncomfortable truth: China wants Africa’s minerals, markets, and strategic leverage, but not its people.
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SHAKE DOWN: Smokey Robinson Counter Sues Ex-Employees
Motown iconic soul singer Smokey Robinson has filed a $500 million countersuit against four former house keepers who accused him of sexual battery and rape earlier this month, claiming that their allegations were part of an “extortionate scheme.”
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