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Chinese tycoon who called President Xi a ‘clown’ is jailed for 18 years

A Chinese property mogul and critic of President Xi Jinping, has been jailed for corruption after calling the president a clown. Ren Zhiqiang, the former chairman of Huayuan, a state-owned real estate group, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption, bribery, and embezzlement of public funds. He was also fined 4.2million yuan (£484,485) fine, Beijing…

Dr. Dre’s Record Co. accuses estranged wife, Nicole Young of ‘decimating’ bank account

Record One recording studio, a company Dr. Dre and his estranged wife Nicole Young founded together has accused her (Nicole) of draining the primary business account dry and even criminal embezzlement. Record One which is operated by an LLC with Dre, Nicole and a guy named Larry Chatman as officers was founded in 2015. However as Nicole and Dre’s divorce gets more intense, an…

Woman shoots her ex husband’s new girlfriend dead in front of her 3-year-old twins

A mum of twins shot dead her husband’s new girlfriend in front of her three-year-old twins. Chelsea Cook and ex-husband Travis Cook divorced in January 2018. He began dating Lisa Vilate Williams, 26, but Chelsea Cook was jealous of the relationship, so she killed Lisa in the presence of her own children. On November 15, 2018, Travis had the twins over at his…

US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, dies aged 87 after year long battle with cancer

US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the firebrand court justice who was known for her legal, cultural and feminist actions while serving in the highest court of the land, died Friday September 18, aged 87 after battling cancer, the Supreme Court has announced. Justice Ginsburg, nominated into the supreme court by former president Bill Clinton, died from…

Convicted US killer serving two life sentences tells judge he’ll kill again unless he’s given death penalty after murdering fellow inmate

A convicted US killer already serving two life sentences has asked a judge to give him the death penalty or he will kill again after stabbing a fellow inmate to death in an Indiana prison.   Tommy P. Holland, 45, of Indianapolis was charged with murder for stabbing Clifford Baggett, 28, to death at the Pendleton Correctional…

Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan calls for rapists to be hanged or chemically castrated after a woman was ‘gang-raped at gunpoint in front of her children’

Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan has called for rapists to be hanged or chemically castrated after a woman was reportedly gang-raped at gunpoint in front of her children, last week. Khan made his comments while demanding ‘exemplary sentences’ for the woman’s rapists, saying he would sentence them to be hanged at the site of the attack, but…

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