A 74-year-old Armenian woman was stopped at Munich airport and human bones were found in her luggage, German federal police said on Tuesday. Officials found the remains in a wooden box, and subsequently called on customs officers, a doctor and the public prosecutor to examine the strange case.
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South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog said it was investigating irregularities in coronavirus-related tenders, the latest in a series of scandals that trade unions said showed the government’s failure to tackle graft. The probes by the Public Protector come soon after investigators launched separate inquiries into the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) in
American Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, is 39 today. The celebration is expected to be low key as she now lives in pandemic wracked California, where she moved with her husband, Prince Harry and son Archie early this year. For the UK Royal family, however, Meghan being out of sight is not out of mind, […]
Fraport, the operator of Frankfurt Airport, announced plans on Tuesday to cut between 3,000 and 4,000 jobs as the crisis inflicted on the air travel industry by the coronavirus drags on. Chief executive Stefan Schulte said in an interim report for the first half of the year that passenger numbers are still expected to languish […]
More than 27 million people in the Philippines went back under stricter lockdown measures on Tuesday after the number of coronavirus infections surged since last month. The surge has prompted health workers to warn that the country was losing its battle against COVID-19. Public transport, private and government offices and other commercial services were again […]
By (dpa/NAN) Sri Lanka Police are probing an incident in which a cat was allegedly used to smuggle drugs and contraband into a high-security prison, officials said on Monday. Prison officials found the cat on Saturday with a small parcel tied to its neck, entering the Welikada prison in Colombo, the capital. Prison officials found […]
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