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Investigators search sex offender Epstein's Paris flat

Epstein may have gamed the system from beyond the grave

8:41 pm August 22, 2019

Fort Lauderdale (US): The will that Jeffrey Epstein signed just two days before his jailhouse suicide puts more than USD 577 million in assets into a trust fund that could make it more difficult for his dozens of accusers to collect damages. Estate lawyers and other experts say prying open the trust and dividing up […]

Huawei dismisses new suspension of ‘unjust’ US ban

6:56 pm August 20, 2019

Beijing: Huawei on Tuesday dismissed Washington’s three-month delay to a ban on US firms selling to the Chinese tech giant and said the decision would not change the fact it had been “treated unjustly”. The US Commerce Department effectively suspended for a second time tough rules stopping the sale of components and services to the […]

Jeffrey Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court

‘Serious irregularities’ at Epstein jail as US vows to hunt any co-conspirators

11:22 pm August 12, 2019

New York: US Attorney General Bill Barr said Monday there were “serious irregularities” at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein died of an apparent suicide, and pledged to pursue any co-conspirators in the sex trafficking case. “I was appalled and indeed the whole department was, and frankly angry, to learn of the Metropolitan Correctional Center’s failure […]

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

Man held for pronouncing triple talaq to wife

9:05 pm August 12, 2019

New Delhi: Delhi police on Monday arrested a man who allegedly pronounced triple talaq to his wife at Kamla Market area here. The victim, Asma, said she was given triple talaq by her husband Tosif on August 9 when she went to his office to get some money for their children. “I went to my […]

Associated Press: Jeffrey Epstein’s guards were working extreme overtime shifts

4:19 am August 12, 2019

New York: Guards on Jeffrey Epstein’s unit were working extreme overtime shifts to make up for staffing shortages the morning of his apparent suicide, a person familiar with the jail’s operations told The Associated Press. The person said that the Metropolitan Correctional Center’s Special Housing Unit was staffed with one guard working a fifth straight […]