Commodities giant Glencore is ordered to pay over $150M in wake of Congo mining bribery case

Commodities giant Glencore is ordered to pay over $150M in wake of Congo mining bribery case

GENEVA (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Switzerland said Monday they have found Glencore’s international unit “criminally liable” and ordered the commodities giant to pay over $150 million in fines and compensation after ending a probe of bribery in connection with Congo’s mining industry over a decade ago. The Swiss attorney general’s office said Glencore International

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Srbija se nije uskladila sa dve nove spoljnopolitičke odluke EU

Srbija se nije uskladila sa dve nove spoljnopolitičke odluke EU

Politika | 05.08.2024 | access_time 14:15 BETAPHOTO/European Council/Alexandros Michailidis Srbija je jedina zemlja kandidat za članstvo u EU na Zapadnom Balkanu koja se nije uskladila sa dve nove spoljnopolitičke odluke Saveta EU vezano za kršenja ljudskih prava i situaciju u Libiji. Visoki predstavnik EU za spoljnu politiku i bezbednost Žozep Borel (Josep Borrell) je danas

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Gunmen kill New Zealand helicopter pilot in another attack in Indonesia’s restive Papua region

Gunmen kill New Zealand helicopter pilot in another attack in Indonesia’s restive Papua region

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia’s restive Papua region on Monday, and they released two health workers and two children it was carrying, police said. Glen Malcolm Conning, a pilot for Indonesian aviation company PT Intan Angkasa Air Service, was shot

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Head of Russian military’s main congress center, a top military official arrested on fraud charges

Head of Russian military’s main congress center, a top military official arrested on fraud charges

MOSCOW (AP) — The director of the Russian military’s main congress center and a top Defense Ministry official were arrested Monday on fraud charges, part of a sweeping probe into abuse of office in the top echelons of the country’s military leadership. The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top state criminal investigation agency, announced that Vyacheslav Akhmedov

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