A plumber who discovered stash of cash and checks inside a wall at celebrity televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church last month has been awarded $20,000 by Crime Stoppers of Houston.
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NY: Pfizer May Settle Lawsuit Against Ex-Employee Accused Of Stealing COVID-19 Vaccine Secrets
It appears Pfizer Inc has reached a truce with a former long-time employee it sued two weeks ago for allegedly stealing confidential documents related to its COVID-19 vaccine and other drugs.
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SWITZERLAND: Approves Painless Assisted Suicide Capsule
Switzerland’s medical review board has authorized the use of a coffin-shaped capsule, which promises relatively painless and peaceful death in under one minute as a new way to die by assisted suicide.
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BARBADOS: Nation To Build Transatlantic Slavery Museum
On the heels of being a republic, Barbados is to build a transatlantic slavery museum in honour of thousands of their African ancestors who died during the slave trade.
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ITALY: Football Fan Banned For Groping Journalist Bum On Live TV
A three-year sporting events ban has been handed by Italian police to a football fan seen on a now viral video smacking a female reporter’s bum on live TV.
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AUSTRIA: Doctor Fined For Amputating Patient’s Wrong Leg
A surgeon in Austria who amputated an elderly patient’s wrong leg has been fined €2,700 for gross negligence.
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GREECE: Unvaccinated Over-60s To be Fined €100 Monthly
From January 16 2022, residents in Greece over the age of 60 will be fined €100 a month if they remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus.
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ZIMBABWE: President Mnangagwa Accuses UK Of ‘Brazen’ Interference In Nation’s Internal Affairs
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused the United Kingdom of interfering in his country’s internal affairs after London voiced concern over human rights violations and persecution of government critics in the southern African country.
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AUSTRALIA: Banking Giant Westpac Fined $80.6M for Customer Overcharge
Australian banking giant Westpac has agreed to pay A$113 million ($80.6 million) in penalties after admitting to breaking the law by treating customers poorly, including charging fees to dead people.
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UK: Paralympic Show Jumping Hopeful Sues Mum’s GP For ‘Being Born Damaged’
In a landmark High Court case, an aspiring show jumping Paralympian with spina bifida has sued her mother’s GP for millions in damages, claiming she should have never been born.
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