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Switzerland has given Brazil access to the bank accounts of Brazilian politicians and executives at Petrobras that could shed light on allegations of corruption at the state oil group, the Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said. Switzerland’s highest court, the Swiss Federal Court, rejected a last appeal by some of those involved after a lower court had allowed ...

An Argentine judge on Tuesday denied a U.S. extradition request for three former soccer figures charged as part of the probe into the sport’s world-wide governing body, citing the fact that they were already being tried in Argentina. International soccer’s FIFA governing body was rocked last year by a U.S.-led investigation into corruption, bribery, wire fraud and racketeering in the ...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump faces a formidable challenge on Wednesday when he and Democrat Hillary Clinton face off in their third and final debate as Trump tries to reverse his standing in an election that appears to be tilting away from him. Damaged by accusations that he made unwanted sexual advances toward women – which he denies – Trump ...

Police and school officials said four people were wounded, one critically, in a shooting that erupted at a San Francisco high school parking lot after school had been let out for the day. One victim, a teenage girl, was critically wounded after the shooting near the June Jordan School for Equity around 3:20 p.m. local time, while two teenage boys ...

When former President Bill Clinton called parts of Obamacare “crazy,” he put his wife Hillary Clinton on the defensive and gave much-needed ammunition to her Republican rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, who wants to scrap it. Bill Clinton said this month that while millions more Americans now have insurance coverage under President Barack Obama’s signature 2010 healthcare law, small ...

Workers of India’s right wing Hindu radical party, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Wednesday staged protest against screening of a Bollywood film featuring a Pakistani artiste, in Mumbai city of western Maharashtra state. ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ is scheduled to open in Indian cinemas on October 28, two days before Diwali, the country’s festival of lights. The film has run ...

Peshawar:   Police arrested two men suspected of distributing pamphlets for Islamic State (IS) following a raid in the northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said on Wednesday, amid lingering fears that the Middle East militant group was making inroads in Pakistan. Last month, the military said that it had stemmed Islamic State’s attempts to expand in the country, having arrested ...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said China and Pakistan have a shared future as China Pakistan Economic Corridor aims at prosperity of the people of Pakistan and the region at large. During a meeting with Chairman Board of Directors Bank of China in Islamabad, Prime Minister said all-weather friendship of China and Pakistan is based upon shared principles and interests ...

Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Tehmina Janjua has called upon the international community to take measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring chemical and biological weapons. Addressing the UN General Assembly’s disarmament and International Security Committee, Janjua said Pakistan fully supports Russian proposal for a biochemical terrorism convention. Condemning the use of chemical weapons by anyone, she welcomed the ...

Shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai rallied today in line with gains across Asia, as tepid us data and comments from a top Federal Reserve official eased concern about the pace of expected us interest rate rises. The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong added 1.55 percent to close at 23,394.39. The benchmark shanghai composite index rose 1.40 percent to ...