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Germany's Scholz faces grilling over tax fraud scandal
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will answer to a committee on Friday as part of investigations into a financial scandal that cost the government billions, as the leader struggles to shed suspicions over his possible role in the huge tax fraud scam.
Trump executive pleads guilty to tax fraud, will testify at upcoming trial
Allen Weisselberg, the long-time chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty on Thursday to tax fraud and agreed to testify at an upcoming criminal trial of the former US president's real estate company. But the former Trump Organization executive could face additional prison time if he fails to testify at the criminal trial of the real estate company.
Lake Mead mob murder: Gun found near site of body in barrel
US detectives investigating a possible decades-old mob murder said Thursday they had found a gun near the spot on an evaporating Las Vegas lake bed where a body inside a barrel was discovered. A police spokesman confirmed the weapon, which was discovered by a journalist, had been located near the spot where the barrel was found.
Asian markets drift as investors assess Fed outlook
Stocks swung in Asia on Friday as investors tried to assess the Federal Reserve's plans for lifting interest rates to fight inflation, with mixed data and differing opinions by bank officials providing little clarity.
N Korea rejects Seoul's aid-for-denuclearisation offer
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday rejected Seoul's offer of economic assistance in return for denuclearisation steps, calling it the "height of absurdity". Kim Jong Un's sister, Yo Jong, on Friday called Yoon's offer the "height of absurdity", adding the entire premise that the North might willingly put its nuclear programme on the table was wrong.
Dressing the dead: Indonesian villagers clean corpses in afterlife ritual
A family on an Indonesian island poses for a photo with an elderly relative no longer able to smile, while another clan tries to dress one of their eldest forebears in khakis and a shirt. They have few qualms when it comes to talking with an embalmed corpse, dressing them up, brushing their hair or even taking pictures with a mummified relative.
Academy unearths long-lost 'race films' in Black cinema exhibit
Long before Denzel Washington, Spike Lee or even Sidney Poitier, generations of pioneering and revolutionary Black US filmmakers played a key role in shaping early American cinema and dispelling pejorative stereotypes, a major new Hollywood exhibition argues.
Five challenges facing world champion Springboks in Australia
World Cup title-holders South Africa are set to arrive in Australia on Friday for two Rugby Championship matches, seeking consistency after erratic early-season form. But without injured Steyn this season, South Africa have been hit by injuries in several matches, triggering backline reshuffles.
Islamic State 'Beatle' faces life sentence for US hostage deaths
A member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles," is to be sentenced in a US court on Friday for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria. Kotey, 38, pleaded guilty in September 2021 and was sentenced to life in prison in April by US District Court Judge T.S. Ellis, who will also deliver the sentence on Friday against Elsheikh.
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