The founder of global megachurch Hillsong, Brian Houston, has resigned after an internal investigation found he behaved inappropriately towards two women.
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UK: Parents In Manslaughter Charge Over Death Of Obese Daughter
The parents of a disabled teenage girl have appeared in court charged with causing her death by allowing her to become morbidly obese.
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EU: MEPs Vote To End Residence-By-Investment Programs To Russian Applicants
Consistent with economic sanctions against Russian Oligarchs and affiliated entities in the wake of that country’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to limit citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programs in the European Union.
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JAPAN: Making A Living Doing Nothing
For years, there’s been a cottage industry in Japan and South Korea of renting strangers to impersonate friends, family members or other acquaintances, as a way to save face at social functions where plus-ones are expected.
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MALI: Military Junta Suspends French Media Indefinitely
Mali’s ruling military junta has ordered French state funded broadcasters RFI and France 24 off the air, complaining they had falsely accused the army of committing abuses.
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US Denies Hushpuppi Internet Fraud From Prison Report
The US government has dismissed claims that the detained Nigerian influencer Ramon Abbas, known as Hushpuppi, carried out a $400,000 internet fraud from prison.
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PORTUGAL: Rabbi Investigated In Abramovich’s Citizenship Acquirement Probe
A rabbi who helped Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich obtain his Portuguese citizenship has been told he cannot leave Portugal and must present himself to authorities when required.
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UK: Supreme Court Rejects Julian Assange’s Extradition Appeal
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has had his supreme court appeal against his extradition to the USA refused for not raising ‘an arguable point of law’.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Airline Linked To British Airways Grounded Over Safety Concerns
South Africa’s aviation regulator has indefinitely grounded a fleet owned by Comair, a British Airways franchise, following a series of safety incidents.
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Jussie Smollett Jailed For 150 Days For Orchestrated Racial Attack
Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 30 months of probation which include spending 150 days of jail time, and ordered to pay restitution for his conviction of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he orchestrated himself.
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