Two artefacts that were taken looted during colonial-era by British forces in Ethiopia have been withdrawn from auction after the Ethiopian government appealed to an auction house selling them to “stop the cycle of dispossession”.
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POWERFUL IDIOT: Pink Floyd Turns Down Mark Zuckerberg’s Offer To Use Song
Former frontman and songwriter for Pink Floyd, Roger Waters made public a private request from Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg asking to use one of Pink Floyd’s most famous songs to promote Instagram.
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HUNGARY: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Innocuous Act Sends Coca cola share Price Tumbling
A fairly innocuous moment during a pre-match press conference at the ongoing European Championship football tournament when Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo swatted aside two bottles of Coca Cola coincidentally shaved off $4bn in the drinks giant’s share price.
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EU: Commission Launches Digital COVID Passport
The European Commission has finalised plans for the EU Digital COVID Certificate, which is due to launch at the beginning of July.
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UK: Profile – Church Of England’s First Black Female Vicar/Critic
Reverend Eve Pitts is the vicar at the Holy Trinity Church in Birchfield, she is also Britain’s first black, female vicar.
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UK: Competition Watchdog Investigates Apple, Google’s Dominance
UK’s Competition and Marketing watchdog is launching a probe to investigate whether Apple and Google’s dominance of mobile phone operating systems, app stores and web browsers hurt consumers.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Lesotho Diplomats Expelled For Engaging In Bootlegging
South Africa has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to 12 Lesotho diplomats and their families to leave the country for abuse of diplomatic privilege following reports of their involvement in peddling of duty-free alcohol.
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Harvard-bound Student Offer Her $40k Prize To Go To ‘Struggling’ College Student
A high school graduate got a standing ovation as the class speaker at her Massachusetts high school graduation when she gave away the $40,000 cash price she won and asked that it should go to a struggling student.
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UK: Nun To Admit Stealing $835K From Catholic School To Fund Gambling Habit
A nun and former principal of St. James Catholic School in Torrance, has agreed to plead guilty to fraud and money laundering charges for stealing more than $835,000 in school funds to pay for personal expenses, including gambling trips.
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Woman Died Homeless Unaware Of $800k Inheritance With Her Name On It
A desperate homeless mum of two who died in a shelter unaware she had over $800,000 of unclaimed inheritance.
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