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  China triad boss Wan Kuok-koi blacklisted by US in latest round of anti-corruption sanctions By James Griffiths © Tyrone Siu/Reuters/Alamy Former triad leader Wan Kuok-koi, alias Broken Tooth, leaves in a car after his release from prison in Macau on December 1, 2012. The United States government has placed  sanctions  on Wan Kuok-koi, a notorious gangster and triad boss known as "Broken Tooth." Wan is known as a leader of the 14K Triad, which the US Treasury described as "one of the largest Chinese organized criminal organizations in the world," engaging in "drug trafficking, illegal gambling, racketeering, human trafficking, and a range of other criminal activities." Under the sanctions, any assets held by Wan in the US will be frozen and American citizens are forbidden from doing business with him. Born in the Portuguese colony of Macao, Wan rose through the ranks of the triad to become one of the territory's most powerful crime bosses, waging a b...

  Albania: Clashes during protest over fatal police shooting TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Clashes broke out in Tirana Wednesday during a protest by hundreds of Albanians over the fatal police shooting of a 25-year-old man who had breached a coronavirus-linked curfew. Protesters, who defied a government ban on public gatherings of more than 10 people due to the pandemic, threw stones and flares at police, the interior ministry, the Tirana city hall and the main government buildings. They also tried to force their way into the ministry and the government complex that includes Prime Minister Edi Rama's office, and police fired tear gas to disperse them. Police spokesman Gentian Mullai told The Associated Press that nine officers were injured. Parked police cars were damaged. The Health Ministry said two protesters were also injured. It added that one of the hurt police officers is in serious conditions and will require surgery. A police statement called on protest organizers, who used socia...

 Nigeria President, Muhammad Buhari had restated categorically that he was more than disappointed in the international broadcasting stations on the role play in Lekki and other #EndSars related issues." It must be said that foreign press coverage of the ENDSARS violence was not balanced, especially from CNN and BBC. I was disgusted by the coverage, which did not give attention to the policemen that were killed, the stations that were burnt, and prisons that were opened".

  Brandon Bernard to be executed today for the 1999 murders of Todd and Stacie Bagley despite Kim Kardashian’s campaign Kim Kardashian Federal death row inmate, Brandon Bernard, is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, December 10, despite campaigns by reality television star Kim Kardashian West and other celebrities supporting him. A judge, on Tuesday, December 8, upheld Bernard's death sentence and denied a request to lift the 40-year-old's conviction. Bernard, sentenced for robbery and murder, would be the ninth federal prison to be executed this year, months after President Donald Trump's administration resumed executions after 17 years. Bernard's attorneys have argued that during their client's trial a key piece of evidence was withheld: A witness who stated that Bernard had a low rank in the gang that robbed and murdered Todd and Stacie Bagley. The Bagleys were shot by Christopher Vialva in 1999 at Fort Hood in Texas, while Bernard, who was 18 at the time, set...