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Russian Interpol hopes crushed as South Korean Kim Jong Yang elected president

Bloomberg Interpol delegates elected South Korean Kim Jong Yang as the new president of the global policing body after international criticism of the possibility that rival Russian candidate Aleksander Prokopchuk might get the job. Kim was selected in a snap election organised at Interpol’s general assembly in Dubai following the arrest in China of former president Meng Hongwei last month. ...

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Zuma lied to, misled cabinet, says Gordhan

Bloomberg Former South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said there was a deliberate scheme to loot taxpayer funds during Jacob Zuma’s rule and accused the former president of helping facilitate it and lying to and misleading members of his cabinet. Gordhan, who now oversees state companies, was testifying before a judicial panel that’s investigating claims that members of the Gupta ...

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Job opening for Trump’s defender-in-chief ignites jockeying

Bloomberg At least three Republicans are jockeying to serve as President Donald Trump’s first line of defense against any effort by House Democrats to seek his impeachment, a job that that carries high risk and narrow rewards. The position: top GOP seat on the House Judiciary Committee, which could investigate whether there are grounds to remove Trump from office. The ...

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