BRASMLIA, June 4 (APP/AFP) – A close adviser to Brazil’s President Michel Temer was arrested in Brasilia on Saturday, police said, in the latest move in a corruption case that threatens to bring down his government. Police filmed the aide, Rodrigo Rocha Loures, in March running from a Sao Paulo pizzeria parking lot to a […]
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Adviser to Brazil president arrested in corruption probe
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BRICS Media Forum to be held in Beijing next week
BEIJING, June 3 (APP/Xinhua): The BRICS Media Forum, to be held in Beijing from June 7 to 8, will be attended by the leaders of 25 media groups from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The attendees will discuss topics including multimedia innovation for media development, as well as media outlets’ duty and social […]
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Germany ‘resolutely at Britain’s side’ after attack: Merkel
BERLIN, June 4, (APP/AFP): Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Germany was “resolutely at Britain’s side” after the attack in London that left six people dead and almost 50 injured. “Today we are united across borders in horror and mourning, but also in determination,” Merkel said in a statement. “For Germany, I reiterate that in […]
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Three assailants kill 6 in London ‘terror’ attack
LONDON, June 4, (APP/AFP): Three assailants stabbed passers-by at random after smashing into pedestrians in a van, killing six people in a “terror attack” in a popular night-life hub in London before armed police shot all three dead. As they rampaged through the bars around London Bridge on Saturday night, the trio wore what looked […]
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Chief of Naval Staff calls on Ishaq Dar
ISLAMABAD, June 3 (APP): Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah NI(M) Saturday called on Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar here at the Ministry of Finance. Financial matters relating to Pakistan Navy, including its financial requirements in the upcoming fiscal year, were discussed during the meeting, a finance ministry statement said. The Naval […]
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London attackers wore fake suicide vests: police
LONDON, June 4, (APP/AFP): The three assailants shot dead by police after stabbing several people in the Borough Market area of London were wearing fake suicide vests, police said Sunday. “The suspects were wearing what looked like explosive vests but these were later established to be hoaxes,” Britain’s head of counter-terrorism Mark Rowley said.