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When Ministers quit for bribing voters with melons and mangoes

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In many parts of the world, the news of graft accusations leading to the immediate resignation of Cabinet Ministers would generate images of corruption on an operatic scale: briefcases stuffed with cash at the minimum. But in Japan, the Ministers for Trade and Justice recently resigned in quick succession over allegations involving gifts of melons […]
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Virus traps, sickens foreign laborers in Gulf Arab states

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Long a lifeline for families back home, migrant workers in oil-rich Gulf Arab states now find themselves trapped by the coronavirus pandemic, losing jobs, running out of money and desperate to return to their home countries as COVID-19 stalks their labor camps. Whether on the island of Bahrain, hidden in the industrial neighborhoods behind Dubai’s […]
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China’s coronavirus numbers ‘a little bit on the light side’ says Trump

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the coronavirus statistics China was reporting seemed “a little bit on the light side,” while his national security adviser said Washington had no way of knowing if Beijing’s figures were accurate. The comments came after a senior Republican lawmaker cast doubt on Beijing’s data and Bloomberg News said […]

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