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Japan's Princess Mako will marry a commoner in a subdued ritual on Tuesday after a three-year engagement plagued by scandal and media speculation, which has left the 29-year-old niece of the emperor with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Two rivals of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a partnership on Sunday that could remove Israel's longest-serving leader.
6 Min Read SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Zhang Yiming will step down as chief executive of TikTok-owner ByteDance, handing over to college roommate, long-time colleague and current human resources head Liang Rubo. FILE PHOTO: Zhang Yiming, founder and global CEO of ByteDance, poses in Palo Alto, California, U.S., March 4, 2020. Picture taken March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Zhang, 38, turned ByteDance into a social media powerhouse which has also had many brushes with global regulators. This is a timeline of key events in the emergence of ByteDance and TikTok. 2012 - Zhang Yiming fo...
4 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff, a onetime Wall Street kingpin who admitted to running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died in a North Carolina prison, where he was serving a 150-year sentence. FILE PHOTO: Bernard Madoff leaves the Manhattan federal courthouse in New York March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo The following are key dates in the prosecution of Madoff, examinations of why he was not caught sooner, and efforts to recoup billions of dollars for his victims. Dec. 11, 2008: Madoff is arrested, after confessing to his sons that the asset manag...
The Vatican said on Monday that priests cannot bless same-sex unions, disappointing LGBT+ Catholics who had hoped that the Church was becoming more open under Pope Francis, who has previously said he could not judge gay people.