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IANS 16 January 2017
Eight richest men in the world own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, said a study by Oxfam, an international confederation of 19 social organisations, on Monday.   "Just eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people. None of...

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IANS 16 January 2017
South Korean prosecutors on Monday requested an arrest warrant for Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group's de facto leader, on charges of bribery, embezzlement and perjury over a scandal that has led to President Park Geun-hye's impeachment.   Lee, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., is...

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IANS 13 January 2017
Prosecutors investigating Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong's possible involvement in a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye will decide by Sunday whether to arrest him, media reports said on Friday.   "It appears that a decision on Vice...

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IANS 13 January 2017
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, returned home on Friday after facing marathon questioning by prosecutors all night about his possible involvement in a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye.   Lee was called to testify on Thursday over...

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Arul Louis (IANS) 12 January 2017
President-elect Donald Trump has announced that creating jobs would be the cornerstone of his presidency and took aim at the pharmaceutical sector vowing to bring the industry back to the US.   Overall, his policies spell trouble for nations that seek to expand exports to the...

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IANS 10 January 2017
US President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed that he will add his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to his White House team as senior advisor to the president.   Kushner would be an "invaluable member of my team as I set and execute an ambitious agenda," said the President-elect in a...

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IANS 07 December 2016
The White House defended the deal of new Air Force One aircrafts with Boeing company, after President-elect Donald Trump called for cancelling the order claiming the new aircraft too expensive in a Twitter post earlier on Tuesday.   "I think the American people would expect that...

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Richard Tofel (ProPublica) 05 December 2016
Far from ending with President-elect Trump's announcement that he will separate himself from the management of his business empire, the constitutional debate about the meaning of the Emoluments Clause — and whether Trump will be violating it — is likely just beginning.   That's...

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IANS 29 November 2016
A plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team crashed in Colombia and as many as 75 of the 81 persons on board were feared dead, media reported on Tuesday.   Police Director General Jose Acevedo Ossa said 75 people died in Monday's crash and six survived, RT News...

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Arun Kumar (IANS) 26 November 2016
The Washington Post warned them about "Trump tornadoes," the Daily Beast alerted the liberals to "Trump tricks."   Yet the media fell again and again for their would-be Tormenter-in-Chief's preferred instrument of torture: the tweet.   As the New York Times looked askance at...

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IANS 26 November 2016
Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90, Cuban state television announced on Saturday, ending an era for the country and Latin America.   "The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 10.29 p.m. on Saturday)," President Raul Castro said.   The revolutionary icon, one...

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IANS 22 November 2016
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck northeastern Japan's Fukushima on Tuesday, a weather agency said, while tsunami waves were observed in the area and two persons were injured.   The quake registered lower five on the Japanese seismic scale of seven in...

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IANS 21 November 2016
In a surprise move, Nepal on Sunday cancelled all agreements with India's Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd for construction of a fast track road linking Kathmandu to the southern Terai region.   The Nepal government and IL&FS had in March earlier this year signed an...

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IANS 15 November 2016
Moscow: Russian Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev has been detained over corruption involving a bribe of $2 million, the Investigative Committee said on Tuesday.   Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said Ulyukayev received the money for a positive assessment the...

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IANS 15 November 2016
Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye will be questioned by prosecutors over a corruption and influence peddling case that has sparked a huge controversy and has brought tens of thousands of people on the streets demanding her resignation.   On Tuesday, Park named attorney Yoo...

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IANS 09 November 2016
Manhattan billionaire Donald Trump on Wednesday was elected the US President, the Washington Post reported.   The Republican, a real estate magnate, is set to become the 45th President of the US.   Disclaimer: Information, facts or opinions expressed in this news article are...

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IANS 09 November 2016
Republican candidate Donald Trump pulled off dramatic wins to edge past Democratic contender Hillary Clinton in one of the most bitterly contested US Presidential battles.   Scoring victories in some states that had been projected to go the Clinton way, Trump led with 216 electoral...

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Nishant Arora (IANS) 08 November 2016
As the world keenly awaits the results of the US election, the hatred among immigrants for Donald Trump is almost at its zenith and the message is loud and clear: the immigrant population is voting against the Republican candidate across the West and East coasts (minus middle America, which...

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IANS 07 November 2016
As the US gets ready for the November 8 election, aides of the Republican candidate Donald Trump have reportedly taken control of his Twitter account, The New York Times has reported.   Trump has been known to fire furious and tweets himself but his twitter handle has gone quieter for...

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IANS 03 November 2016
The Federal Open Market Committee of the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its short term interest rate intact for now, but gave an indication that a hike was on the cards in December on the back of economic recovery.   After a two-day, much-watched meeting of the committee chaired...

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