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Gates divorce talks started in 2019 partly due to Jeffrey Epstein, report says Melinda French Gates began working with divorce lawyers well over a year before her split with Bill Gates was announced last week, partly over concerns about her husband’s dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to the …

The remnants of China’s largest rocket have plummeted back to Earth, plunging into the Indian ocean near the Maldives, according to Chinese state media, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit. Most of the debris burned up in the atmosphere, it reported, citing the Chinese Manned Space …

Nigeria should be Boris Johnson’s next stop on his post-Brexit global trade mission The prime minister’s India trip may have been postponed, but he shouldn’t lose all hope of striking a lucrative deal with a demographic giant – Africa’s largest economy is a golden opportunity for the UK [quote]Boris Johnson …

A section of a large Chinese rocket is falling back to Earth and is expected to crash sometime Saturday. It could strike an inhabited area, experts warn. Where it will hit “cannot be pinpointed until within hours of its reentry,” the Pentagon said in a statement this week. U.S. officials …

Earlier this week, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates announced their divorce. On that same day, Melinda Gates became a billionaire. Cascade Investment, Bill Gate’s investment vehicle, transferred nearly $2.4 billion in securities to Melinda Gates on Monday. The next day his net worth dropped slightly, from $130.4 billion to …

NIGERIA – Spanish culinary products manufacturer GBfoods, having operations in Nigeria has inaugurated a N20 billion (US$51.9m) Tomato processing factory in Kebbi state, aimed to help the country achieve self-sufficiency in production of tomatoes and its related products. Through its wide product range which include taste enhances, ready meals, soups, …

A man who became an internet sensation for blasting insecticide into his mouth has died. The family of I Wayan Merta, who is also known as Ki Galang Pamungkas, have confirmed his death was unrelated to the dangerous stunt. A video of a topless Ki Galang, fearlessly spraying Baygon insecticide …

  After marrying his wife, Bill Gates would spend a long weekend every year at a cozy beach cottage in North Carolina — with his old girlfriend. The billionaire Microsoft founder made sure the bizarre arrangement was part of the deal when he married Melinda French in 1994, he told …

Five months after a series of bilateral talks between the Nigerian government and authorities in Ghana aimed at addressing the nearly a decade-long controversy that led to the closure of Nigerian traders’ shops in Ghana, the issues have not been resolved. Dozens of shops belonging to Nigerians are still under …

The WTO pays tribute to the four outgoing WTO Deputy Directors-General Yi Xiaozhun, Alan Wm. Wolff, Karl Brauner, and Yonov Frederick Agah for their work and dedication to strengthen the multilateral trading system. Thank you! Merci ! ¡Gracias! Happy to have appointed four outsanding leaders as Deputy Director Generals today! …