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Marinakis, the fiery Greek mogul at war with the PM
Evangelos Marinakis, the shipping tycoon, football boss and media mogul, is not just one of the most powerful and controversial figures in Greece, he is waging open warfare against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Marinakis was best man at the 1998 wedding of Mitsotakis's sister Dora, who is herself a former foreign minister of Greece and former mayor of Athens.
Brazil will regain its climate 'leadership': ex-minister
Brazil will protect the Amazon "with its own efforts" without waiting for international funding, the former environment minister of incoming President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday at UN climate talks.
Thousands protest in Berlin over price rises
Thousands of people demonstrated in Berlin on Saturday calling for food prices to be controlled and for the rich to face higher taxes as Germany faces a cost of living crisis. , the demonstrators marched through the German capital after a call by left-wing organisations to protest against soaring prices and rents.
Denmark's queen delights jubilee crowds after family spat
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II rounded off celebrations marking her 50th year on the throne Saturday, joined by her family following a public row with her youngest son. At the end of September, the queen stripped four of her grandchildren of their titles, sparking unprecedented royal drama and leading her enraged second son Prince Joachim to air the family's dirty laundry in public.
US seeks 15-year term for Theranos founder in fraud case
US federal prosecutors are seeking a 15-year jail term for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and want her to pay more than $800 million to investors defrauded by her blood-testing startup, according to a court filing. The rival filings came just days after a federal judge rejected Holmes's request for a new trial following her conviction in January for defrauding investors.
Belgian Detry, Dane Hojgaard top Nedbank Challenge leaderboard
Belgian Thomas Detry and Dane Rasmus Hojgaard share the lead on 207 after the third round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge at the South African resort of Sun City on Saturday. Detry and Hojgaard are a shot ahead of two South Africans, former Nedbank winner Branden Grace, who carded a 71, and debutant Thurston Lawrence, whose 65 was the lowest third round score.
Thousands of Islamists renew protests against UN in Sudan
Thousands of Islamists gathered Saturday for the second time in two weeks to protest "interference" by the United Nations mission in Sudan, an AFP journalist reported. "We protest against foreign interference in our country," demonstrator Ahmed Abderrahman told AFP. "We will not accept the secular constitution of the Sudanese Bar Association."
Kenyan peacekeepers arrive in DR Congo's volatile east
Kenyan soldiers landed in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, as part of a regional military operation targeting rebels in the conflict-torn region.
At COP27, hundreds march behind hunger striker's sister
Chants of "free them all" and "no climate justice without human rights" rang out between the halls of COP27 Saturday, in the largest protest since the UN climate summit began.
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