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Cash found in MEP Kaili’s Brussels home: reportsPolice investigating the suspected bribery by Qatar at the European Parliament have found large amount of cash in the home of Greek MEP Eva Kaili, a Belgian business daily has reported.“Bags of cash found at the home of the European Parliament vice-president,” the headline in L’Echo stated.The publication said that Eva Kaili’s father was allegedly found “in possession of a suitcase full of cash and was on the move, having been alerted by his accomplices, as investigators believe.”Kaili has been arrested along with four others in connection to the alleged corruption affair, the Wall Street Journal has reported.Her partner has also been arrested.Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said Friday that investigators suspect a Gulf state of attempting to influence decisions by paying money or offering gifts to people connected with the European Parliament.
Greece Set to Become Second-Largest Olive Oil Producer in EuropeGreece is set to overcome Italy and become Europe’s second-largest olive oil producer after Spain according to a new research report published recently.
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Piglets at RSPCA-backed farms ‘kicked, thrown and electrocuted’Exclusive: Animal-welfare charity suspends members of its Assured scheme after secret footage reveals cruelty Piglets were given electric shocks, hit, kicked and thrown as they were loaded onto lorries at RSPCA “higher welfare” farms, activists say.Footage suggested workers subjected pigs and piglets to violence witnessed by colleagues at sites previously endorsed by the charity for having better standards than most.The RSPCA immediately suspended several farms and a haulier when The Independent showed it the video clips.The findings were sent to trading standards and the government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency.Alice Brough, a specialist pig vet, said the footage showed use of electric goads was repeated and gratuitous.“To see piglets of only four weeks of age kicked, hit and thrown with such force is deeply concerning,” she said.
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Ngozi Fulani's charity Sistah Space halts work over safety concerns in wake of Palace racism rowMs Fulani revealed that Lady Susan Hussey had asked her 'what part of Africa' she was from at a Buckingham Palace receptionDomestic violence charity Sistah Space has paused its work temporarily over safety concerns after its founder, Ngozi Fulani, was repeatedly asked where she "really" came from at Buckingham Palace last month.
Ngozi Fulani was born Marlene Headley in London and lived in Kilburn, where she attended South Kilburn High School. Her parents were immigrants from Barbados. She has six siblings.At the age of 18, she moved to Hackney to attend college, and later earned a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in African studies from SOAS University of London.Her mother, a nurse, and her father, a British Rail worker, had come to London from the Caribbean in the 1950s as part of the Windrush generation. They married in London in 1958.
Brazil press officer sparks outrage by manhandling cat that made surprise appearance at World Cup briefingA cat caused quite a stir at a press conference ahead of Brazil’s World Cup meeting with Croatia.As Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr sat down to chat with journalists, a cat wandered onto his table and perched itself for a prime view of the quarter-final briefing.However, a press officer from the Brazilian national team thought it best to remove the animal, placing a hand on its neck before lifting it up by its scruff and dropping it onto the floor below.While the cat appeared comfortable landing from the short fall, opinion was divided over the manner of its removal.Some journalists gasped as it was manhandled while a debate began online about the incident.