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BAT to pay over $600 mn for violating NKorea sanctions
BAT to pay over $600 mn for violating NKorea sanctions
by  AFP

British American Tobacco has agreed to pay more than $600 million to settle charges it sold cigarette materials to North Korea for years in violation of US sanctions, the US Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Japan firm's pioneering Moon landing fails
Japan firm's pioneering Moon landing fails
by  AFP

A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said Wednesday it had lost communication with its spacecraft and assumed the lunar mission had failed. India also attempted to land a spacecraft on the moon in 2016, but it crashed.

Ed Sheeran copyright trial over Marvin Gaye similarities underway
Ed Sheeran copyright trial over Marvin Gaye similarities underway
by  AFP

Ed Sheeran arrived at US federal court Tuesday for a trial over whether the British pop star plagiarized American music icon Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" in his own 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud." The plaintiffs are the heirs of Ed Townsend, a musician and producer who co-wrote Gaye's 1973 soul classic, who were also in court Tuesday.

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