Large-scale protests broke out at Foxconn’s vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, images circulating on Weibo and Twitter on Wednesday showed. Videos showed hundreds of workers marching on a road in daylight, with some being confronted by a row of people in hazmat suits and riot police. …
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A gunman shot and killed multiple people in a Walmart store late Tuesday in the US state of Virginia, police said, adding that the single shooter suspect is also dead. The outburst of gun violence in the city of Chesapeake comes just before Americans celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, and …
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Jason David Frank, best known for his role in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has died aged 49. A representative for Frank, Justine Hunt, confirmed his death to Yahoo on Sunday 20 November. “Unfortunately, it is true. Please respect the privacy of his family and friends during this horrible time as we come to …
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Popular South African music producer and the creator of the viral Amapiano sound, DJ Sumbody, was on Sunday shot dead in South Africa. According to Sunday World it was reported that Sumbody was shot dead in Johannesburg while traveling on Woodmead road when unknown gunmen sprayed his vehicle with …
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An appeal court in South Africa said on Monday that former president, Jacob Zuma, was unlawfully given medical parole from a jail term last year and should return to prison to complete his sentence. Zuma, 80, had been handed a 15-month term in June 2021 for contempt of court, …
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No fewer than 44 people have been killed while hundreds were injured as a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit an island of Java, Indonesia on Monday. According to NDTV, thousands of buildings have been destroyed by the landslide. The quake was centred in the Cianjur region of West Java but felt …
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Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood-testing startup Theranos was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars. According to BBC, Holmes was jailed on Friday, having been found guilty in January after a three-month trial. The 38-year-old pregnant woman falsely …
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The first Chinese spy to be extradited to the United States, Xu Yanjun for trial in 2021 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday. According to the US Justice Department, Xu was convicted in November 2021, of espionage – plotting to steal trade secrets from various US …
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A Democratic United States congresswoman, Karen Bass has defeated her main challenger, Rick Caruso to emerge the next mayor of America’s second largest city, Los Angeles. The 69-year-old Bass, on her victory at the polls, has become the first woman and second black American to attain the LA mayor, as …
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Israel is urging its citizens traveling to the FIFA World Cup this week to be less visibly Israeli. The unprecedented influx of thousands of Israeli fans descending on Doha for the first World Cup in the Middle East has raised fears of an embarrassing diplomatic crisis between the countries …
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