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Autopsy in Spain for ex-Angola leader amid foul play claims
An autopsy has been carried out on in Spain on former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died last week in Barcelona, at the request of one of his daughters who suspects foul play, her lawyers said Monday. His 44-year-old daughter -- whose full name is Welwitschia dos Santos -- swiftly demanded the hospital retain his body "until an appropriate autopsy is carried out."
Macron under pressure over Uber links
French President Emmanuel Macron was under pressure Monday to explain his past support for taxi app Uber while he was economy minister, following media revelations that have been seized on by critics. - According to the reports, the "secret deal" entailed Macron promising to help Uber work around legislation introduced in 2014, which sought to regulate the new app-based taxi hailing services.
Saudi dissident killed in Lebanon
A Saudi dissident living in Lebanon was killed in the Beirut suburbs and two of his brothers arrested in connection with the incident, Lebanese police and local media said Monday. According to the Lebanese police statement, Yami was born in 1980 and the two detained brothers in 1976 and 1990.
In western Germany, 'temporary' life a year after flood
In Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in western Germany, residents are still waiting for the return of normal life a year after the town was devastated by deadly flash floods. Over 2,000 people have left Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in the last year.
A year on, German flood victims recall life changed in a night
Nearly a year ago, pounding rain turned the River Ahr, a tributary of the Rhine in western Germany, into a torrent of water and mud that swept everything before it. The Bichon Maltese woke her up by barking as the water began to pour into her home near the river Ahr.
Khartoum democracy activists lift half of sit-ins
Organisers of Khartoum's sit-ins, begun 10 days ago to force Sudan's army to return power to civilians, announced Monday that they had dismantled two of their four camps. But on Monday, while Sudan celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha for a third day, "resistance committees" announced they were breaking up the Omdurman camp.
STMicro and GlobalFoundries plan 5.7 bn euro French factory
French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics and US-based GlobalFoundries will plough 5.7 billion euros ($5.8 billion) into a new semiconductor factory in France, the firms and President Emmanuel Macron's office said Monday.
Fleeing Sri Lankan president's cash in court, succession battle begins
Millions of rupees in cash left behind by Sri Lanka's president when he fled his official residence was handed over to a court Monday after being turned in by protestors, police said as a succession battle got under way. "The cash was taken over by the police and will be produced in court today," a police spokesman said.
Ex-Trump advisor Bannon agrees to testify at Capitol riot hearings: reports
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon has agreed to testify in the Capitol riot hearings, days before he was to face trial for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the attack on Congress, US media reported Sunday.
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