An anonymous letter sent to Adidas on June 7, allegedly written by staff in China, laid out ‘potential leadership concerns’ and allegations of ‘compliance violations’ (Tobias SCHWARZ) Adidas said Wednesday two employees had left the company as the German sportswear giant investigates bribery allegations in China. The probe was sparked by an anonymous letter sent […]
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Entire Hells Angels chapter arrested in California in kidnapping and assault probe, police say
The entire chapter of the Bakersfield, California, Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was arrested as part of a kidnapping, robbery and assault probe, authorities said Tuesday. Those arrested included five active members of the club’s Bakersfield chapter, as well as two others who are members of Sons of Hell, a motorcycle club that answers to the […]
China’s Chang’e 6 probe will soon bring samples of the moon’s far side to Earth — and scientists are getting excited
Early on June 25, after nearly two months in space, the Chang’e 6 spacecraft is returning to Earth. The probe is scheduled to land in Inner Mongolia, a highly northern region of China — and with its return will come gifts from the far side of the moon. Naturally, lunar scientists are eagerly awaiting the […]
A Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with the world’s first samples from the far side of the moon
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. The probe landed in northern China on Tuesday afternoon in the Inner Mongolian region. “I now declare that the Chang’e 6 Lunar Exploration Mission achieved complete […]
China’s Chang’e-6 moon probe lands back on Earth
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe landed on Tuesday in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, making the country the first to bring back samples from the moon’s far side. The reentry capsule touched down at 2:07 p.m. Beijing time (0607 GMT), according to state broadcaster CCTV, carrying lunar soil collected […]
Chinese probe returns to Earth with first samples from far side of the Moon
China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the Moon in a global first. The probe landed in the Inner Mongolian region of northern China on Tuesday afternoon. Chinese scientists anticipate the returned samples will include 2.5-million-year-old volcanic rock and other material that […]
China space probe returns with rare Moon rocks
China’s lunar probe has returned to Earth with the first ever samples from the Moon’s unexplored far side. The Chang’e-6 landed in the Inner Mongolia desert on Tuesday, after a nearly two-month long mission that was fraught with risks, state media report. Scientists are eagerly awaiting the Chang’e 6 as the samples could answer key […]
‘Proper’ to wait for result of betting probe, says Sunak amid ongoing scandal
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has insisted it is “proper” to wait for the outcome of multiple investigations into allegations of betting on the General Election before taking action. Mr Sunak faced yet more questions on the scandal that has engulfed his party over the past week as he underwent a grilling on The Sun […]
German prosecutors continue probe into racist chants on resort island
German prosecutors are continuing their investigation into racist incidents on the upmarket North Sea holiday island of Sylt, senior state prosecutor Bernd Winterfeldt told dpa on Sunday. “The investigations will probably still take a few weeks,” Winterfeldt said. Prosecutors in Flensburg in the north-western state of Schleswig-Holstein are investigating two men and a woman in […]
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Homicide probe launched as body found in Berlin underground station
German police are investigating after a body was discovered in a Berlin underground station on Saturday. A police spokeswoman said that the body was found at the busy Kottbusser Tor station in the Kreuzberg neighbourhood at around 1 pm (1100 GMT) on Saturday. A homicide squad is investigating the case, after the spokeswoman said the […]
Who are the Duongs, the family at the center of the FBI Oakland probe?
OAKLAND, Calif. – Not only did the FBI raid Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home on Thursday, but they searched three other locations connected to a politically powerful family. It’s unclear what the federal agents were looking for exactly. But agents were seen scouring the homes of David Duong and his son, Andy Duong – on […]