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Pakistan’s court indicts ex-president Zardari in graft case

Bloomberg Pakistan’s anti-graft court indicted former President Asif Ali Zardari on charges of corruption, as the opposition groups accused the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan of persecution. Azam Khan, a judge of an accountability court, formally framed charges against Zardari for buying assets overseas from undeclared sources, Muzafar Abbasi, a deputy prosecutor at the National Accountability Bureau, said by ...

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China avoids top Trump aides in HK retaliatory sanctions

Bloomberg China said it will sanction 11 Americans in retaliation for similar measures imposed by the US, but the list doesn’t include any members of the Trump administration. Those sanctioned include Senators Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton and Pat Toomey; Congressman Chris Smith; Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth; National Endowment for Democracy President Carl Gershman; and Michael ...

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Johnson plans tighter laws for migrants

Bloomberg Boris Johnson promised to re-write laws he says make it “very difficult” to deport migrants and asylum seekers ruled to have no right to stay in the UK, as pressure builds on his government to stem the flow of small boats crossing the English Channel from France. More than 4,000 people have reached the British coast this year by ...

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