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U.S. Coast Guard Seizes Submarine Carrying Cocaine Worth $165m
(MIAMI) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a cutter seized a “narco” submarine carrying cocaine worth a street value of more than $165 million while patrolling in the eastern Pacific Ocean. In a Tuesday news release, the agency says the crew captured the self-propelled semi-submersible in international waters earlier this month and apprehended four suspected…
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Economist Who Grew up in Communist Bulgaria Is Named New IMF Chief
(WASHINGTON) — A Bulgarian economist who grew up when her country was a communist nation has been selected to be the next leader of one of capitalism’s premier institutions, the 189-nation International Monetary Fund. Kristalina Georgieva, a top World Bank official, was chosen by the IMF’s executive board on Wednesday to become the fund’s managing…
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Supreme Court: Boris Johnson’s ‘humiliation’ over ruling
Image copyright BBC Monitoring European newspapers are unequivocal about the severity of the blow the UK’s Supreme Court dealt Prime Minister Boris Johnson with its unanimous verdict that he had acted illegally in proroguing parliament.Despite calls for his resignation, few pundits expect him to go, noting the apparent lack of contrition on his part. Instead,…
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Altaf Hussain: Pakistan MQM founder charged over ‘hate speech’ in UK
Image copyright AFP Image caption Altaf Hussain requested asylum in the UK in the 1990s Altaf Hussain, the self-exiled founder of one of Pakistan’s biggest political parties, the MQM, has been charged with a terrorism offence in the UK. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that the 66-year-old had been charged in connection with a speech he…
