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What happened to the Marcos fortune?

YoopyaJanuary 25, 2013May 4, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 25, 2013May 4, 20230

Imelda Marcos: a name synonymous with wealth, greed and excess. During her husband’s 20 years as Philippine president, she amassed a huge collection of art,...

Asia News World

US blacklists Afghan airline accused of smuggling opium

YoopyaJanuary 25, 2013June 24, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 25, 2013June 24, 20230

Afghanistan’s largest private airline, Kam Air, has been barred from receiving US military contracts amid allegations of drug smuggling, officials say. The US military says...

Africa News World

Mali crisis: Troops ‘take northern town of Hombori’

YoopyaJanuary 25, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 25, 20130

Malian and French troops have retaken the town of Hombori, officials say, as they continue their campaign to regain control of northern Mali from rebels....

Business

Sri Lanka’s Rizana Nafeek: Mother forgives Saudi beheading

YoopyaJanuary 24, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 24, 20130

The mother of a Sri Lankan domestic worker beheaded in Saudi Arabia has forgiven those who she says wanted her daughter executed. Rafeena Nafeek said...

Asia News World

Japan faces nuclear shutdown for second time since Fukushima

YoopyaJanuary 24, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 24, 20130

(Reuters) – Japan may face a total nuclear shutdown in the summer for the second time since the March 2011 Fukushima disaster as the country’s two operating...

Europe News

Investors grow cagey as Italy election nears

YoopyaJanuary 24, 2013June 25, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 24, 2013June 25, 20230

(Reuters) – As Silvio Berlusconi’s pre-election media blitz intensifies, so do fears of a costly detour from Italy’s road back to economic strength. Yields on...

Asia News World

North Korea to target U.S. with nuclear, rocket tests

YoopyaJanuary 24, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 24, 20130

(Reuters) – North Korea said on Thursday it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up...

Europe News

Russian lower house backs bill to allow Putin to pick candidates to lead regions

YoopyaJanuary 24, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 24, 20130

(Reuters) – Russia’s parliament has given preliminary backing to a bill that would enable the country’s 83 regions to scrap popular elections of their leaders...

Africa News World

Insight: In Amenas attack brings global jihad home to Algeria

YoopyaJanuary 24, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 24, 20130

(Reuters) – A photo circulating on jihadi online forums says it all: a plane flying into the Eiffel Tower with September 11 written in Arabic...

Africa News World

Kenya begins construction of ‘silicon’ city Konza

YoopyaJanuary 23, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 23, 20130

Kenya’s president has launched a $14.5bn (£9.1bn) project to build a new city intended to be an IT business hub and dubbed “Africa’s Silicon Savannah”....