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Monaco explosion injures 3 including Ukrainian tycoon, as suspect flees to France

Monaco's chief prosecutor said Tuesday the suspect who placed an explosive device that injured three people, including a reported Ukrainian tycoon, acted alone and remains at large.

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Fire at petrochemical plant in India injures at least 20 people

A fire at a petrochemical plant in eastern India has injured at least 20 people

Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui sentenced to 30 years in US prison for fraud

Guo Wengui, who gained fans for criticising China’s Communist party, was found guilty in 2024 on nine charges including money launderingA US federal court has sentenced exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui to 30 years in prison, after he was convicted of defrauding thousands of people out of more than $1bn.In July 2024, a jury unanimously found Guo, also known as Ho Wan Kwok and Miles Guo, guilty on nine of 12 charges, including securities offences, wire fraud and money laundering. The FBI arrested Guo, who is in his fifties, in March 2023 at his luxury Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park. Continue reading...

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Les Mills, the New Zealand Olympian who founded a chain of gyms, dies at 91

Les Mills, the New Zealand Olympian and founder of the gym chain bearing his name, has died at age 91

Peru’s Keiko Fujimori wins presidential election, in latest victory for Latin American right

The 51-year-old daughter of late president Alberto Fujimori secured the top office after authorities spent weeks reviewing contested ballotsPeru’s conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori has vowed to restore “order and hope” after defeating left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez, in the latest victory for a resurgent Latin American right.Fujimori won the 7 June presidential runoff by the slimmest of margins, outpolling Sanchez by fewer than 50,000 votes out of the more than 18 million ballots cast, the final results showed. Continue reading...