LONDON, (APP/AFP) – A Panamanian shell company may have helped hide millions of dollars from the Brink’s-Mat heist, a British gold bullion robbery that is etched in criminal folklore, leaked tax documents allege. Dubbed the “crime of the century” by British media, the caper saw a masked gang make off with three tonnes of bullion […]
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Panama Papers allege offshore link with notorious British heist
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Brazil’s president makes final plea to impeachment committee
BRASMLIA, (APP/AFP): Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s top lawyer will present final arguments before an impeachment committee Monday at the start of a crucial two weeks in the embattled leader’s bid to stay in power. Solicitor General Jose Eduardo Cardozo was due to face the cross-party committee for the last time before it votes on whether […]
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Drought-hit Palau could dry up totally this month
KOROR, Palau, (APP/AFP) – Drought-stricken Palau could dry up completely this month, officials warned Monday as the Pacific island appealed for urgent aid from Japan and Taiwan, including shipments of water. The tiny country of about 18,000 people declared a state of emergency last month, the latest Pacific island nation to do so as one […]
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Greece sends first migrants back to Turkey under EU deal
LESBOS, Greece, (APP/AFP) – Greece sent a first wave of migrants back to Turkey on Monday under an EU deal that has faced heavy criticism from rights groups. A small Turkish ferry, the Lesvos, and a larger catamaran, the Nezli Jale, left the island of Lesbos carrying 131 migrants, mainly from Pakistan and Bangladesh, said […]
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Eight dead, three of them children, in Siberia fire
MOSCOW, (APP/AFP): Eight people, three of them children, died when a timber house in a Siberian village was engulfed by fire Sunday, investigators said. The incident happened in Moltshanovo, about 200 kilometres (120 miles) from Tomsk, southwestern Siberia. “Seven bodies have been found: three women, two men and two children. Another child died in hospital,” […]
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Migrants arrive in Greek island ports for expulsion to Turkey: AFP
LESBOS, Greece, (APP/AFP): Buses believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants for deportation to Turkey arrived at the Greek island ports of Lesbos and Chios early Monday morning, AFP reporters said. The expulsion launches a controversial EU deal to send migrants back across the Aegean Sea that has been criticised by rights groups. Two Turkish […]