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Africa Climate Summit links 'unfair' debt burden with calls to make continent's green assets pay off
The host of the first Africa Climate Summit says climate change is “relentlessly eating away” at Africa’s economic progress and it’s time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on polluters
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Son of Colombia's president freed while he is investigated for illicit enrichment, money laundering
A Colombian judge on Friday night ordered President Gustavo Petro’s son freed from detention while he is investigated on allegations of illicit enrichment and money laundering. Nicolás Petro was arrested early Saturday, and this week was charged with the two crimes. He agreed to cooperate in the probe, and prosecutors said he acknowledged Thursday that his father’s 2022 election campaign received money of dubious origin. Mario Andrés Burgos, the prosecutor in charge of the case, said Nicolás Petro assured that he would deliver audios and documents to corroborate that part of the money given to him ended up financing his father’s candidacy. The Attorney General’s Office presented evidence that it said shows the younger Petro received money illicitly. But the judge said prosecutors did not substantiate the need to keep the president's son in detention or under house arrest. He was ordered released under the condition that he not leave Colombia or participate in political activities. Nicolás Petro is a legislator for the northern coastal region of Atlántico, but has said he will resign the seat. Burgos has said the younger Petro revealed that unjustified increases detected in his assets came from two individuals being questioned by Colombian authorities. The money went partly into the son's own accounts and partly into the campaign that made his father Colombia's first elected leftist president, the prosecutor said. On Tuesday, when he was charged, prosecutors said the younger Petro took thousands of dollars from drug traffickers and used it to buy luxurious homes and expensive cars. Nicolás Petro, 36, pleaded innocent to the charges, but agreed to cooperate with authorities. The case has come at a time when Colombia’s president is losing popularity and has been exposed to attacks by opposition parties, which have become increasingly reluctant to cooperate with his legislative agenda. The president has said he would not interfere with the investigation, and wrote a message on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in which he said he hoped his son would “reflect on his mistakes.” Read More Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide
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Harrison Ford trends on TikTok after hilariously calling out interviewer who said his 'dad was a big fan'
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2023-07-01 18:26
Hamish Harding mourned as 'one of a kind' after Titanic sub tragedy, family says he died doing what he loved
Hamish Harding's family remembered him as 'a guide, an inspiration, a support, and a living legend'
2023-06-23 16:48
10,368: The incomplete count of Ukraine's civilian dead
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U.S. lawmakers led by Senate Majority Leader Schumer arrive in China on first such visit since 2019
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has arrived in China on Saturday in the first congressional visit to the country since 2019
2023-10-07 15:51
‘I'm actually very fit right now': Tom Brady reveals he has lost 10 pounds as the ex-NFL star enjoys life
Tom Brady also avoids eating white sugar, dairy, white flour, caffeine, or iodized salt, as per Men's Journal
2023-09-28 04:55
Who is Mary Cirillo? Kentucky mother arrested for using stun gun on her six-year-old son
The 26-year-old has been charged with two counts of first-degree criminal abuse of a child under the age of 12
2023-08-03 15:20
Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
Federal officials estimate that local governments now have spending plans in place for most of the money they received under a prominent pandemic relief law
2023-08-19 12:17
Media organizations seek release of more court filings linked to special counsel Jack Smith's search warrant for Trump's Twitter account
A coalition of media organizations, including CNN, is asking the federal court in Washington, DC, to give more transparency into the legal fight over a search warrant special counsel Jack Smith obtained for materials from former President Donald Trump's Twitter account.
2023-08-22 07:23
PGA board member resigns over 'serious concerns' on LIV deal: report
Randall Stephenson, a former AT&T chief executive, reportedly has resigned his PGA Tour Policy Board position over "serious concerns" about the tour's controversial deal...
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