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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43.4bn
Tesla chief Elon Musk has launched a hostile takeover bid for Twitter, insisting it was a “best and final offer” and that he was the only person capable of unlocking the full potential of the platform.
Musk offered $54.20 a share, which…
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One million pilgrims to perform 2022 hajj – Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia decided to raise the number of Hajj pilgrims for this year to one million from inside and outside the Kingdom, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday.
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that it has…
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Will Smith banned from Oscars ceremonies for 10 years
Will Smith was banned on Friday from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years, two weeks after the actor stunned the world by storming on stage mid-ceremony to slap the comedian Chris Rock.
Smith is also not permitted to attend any other…
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Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United States U.S. and a victory for President Joe Biden, who made good on a campaign promise as he…
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Burkina Faso’s ex-president Compaore gets life imprisonment
A military tribunal on Wednesday ruled that Burkina Faso’s ex-president Blaise Compaore be sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup.
The charismatic Marxist…
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JUST IN: Ramadan begins in Saudi Arabia Saturday
The holy month of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia will begin on Saturday, April 2, according to an official announcement on Friday.
“Saturday, April 2, is the first of Ramadan for the year 1443H,” the Supreme Court was quoted as saying in a…
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JUST IN: Plane with 132 on board crashes in China, casualties unknown
A China Eastern Boeing 737 with 132 onboard was hit by an accident and caused a mountain fire in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the number of casualties is not clear yet, CCTV reported on Monday afternoon.
The plane, MU…
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Obama tests positive for COVID-19
Former President Barack Obama said Sunday that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Both the 60-year-old Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are fully vaccinated and boosted, the former president said. Michelle Obama has tested negative.
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Saudi Arabia executes 81 convicts in a day
Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups — the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history.
The executions carried out…
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What Abramovich sanction means for Chelsea: Transfer and contract ban, no more ticket sales, club…
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the UK government, placing the club’s future under threat.
The Russian-Israeli billionaire has owned Chelsea since 2003, but he put the club up for sale last week amid the threat of…
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