Samsung heir found guilty of corruption and sentenced to five years in prison
South Korean court sentences Lee Jae-yong over role in scandal that led to impeachment of former president Park Guen-hye
A bribery and cronyism scandal that has already toppled a South Korean president has claimed a major business scalp after a court sentenced Lee Jae-yong, the acting chairman of Samsung, to five years in prison after finding him guilty of offering bribes and other crimes.
The billionaire, who is South Korea’s third-richest man and heir to the sprawling Samsung empire, had been accused of making large donations to foundations run by a close friend and confidante of the deposed South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, in return for political favours.
The court said Lee had provided bribes anticipating support from Park, who was still president at the time, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.
Babylonians developed trigonometry 'superior' to modern day version 3,700 years ago
They also beat the Ancient Greeks to it, according to Australian academics
The Ancient Babylonians knew about a form of trigonometry more advanced than the modern-day version – about 1,000 years before its supposed invention by the Ancient Greeks, academics in Australia say.
The astonishing claim is based on a 3,700-year-old clay tablet inscribed with a table of numbers.
Known as Plimpton 322, it is already known to contain evidence that the Babylonians knew Pythagoras’ famous equation for right-angled triangles, long before the Greek philosopher gave his name to it.
Colombian government slams 'ridiculous' FARC list of assets
The Colombian government has dismissed as a joke the list of assets FARC rebels have put forward as compensation for its victims. Orange juicers and old boots are reportedly among the items on the inventory.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) defended its 135-page list Thursday in the face of fierce objections from a number of government officials.
The former rebels handed the inventory of their property and funds over to the United Nations earlier this month as part of a 2016 peace agreement. The list's contents are to be used to pay reparation to victims of forced disappearance, rape, displacement, kidnapping and land mines.
The FARC is believed to have amassed vast wealth from various criminal activities such as extortion, taking hostages for ransom, and selling coca plants to cocaine traffickers during Colombia's five-decade conflict.
Toxic connection: North Korea's chemical weapons link to Syria
This week's revelation of two North Korean shipments suspected to be chemical weapons and intercepted on their way to Syria may be just the latest sign of Pyongyang's hand in the Syrian regime's chemical arsenal.
According to a confidential United Nations report, first revealed by Reuters on Tuesday, the two shipments were intercepted at an unspecified time during the past six months. The report, presented to the UN Security Council by the UN's 'Panel of Experts' on North Korea, did not detail when or where the interdictions occurred or what the shipments contained.
However, it did reveal that the shipments were destined for a Syrian government entity known as the Scientific Studies and Research Centre, which has overseen the country's chemical weapons programme since the 1970s.
The North Korean spies Ukraine caught stealing missile plans
The images are a little grainy, but in the half-light of a dusty Ukrainian garage, you can sense the unbridled enthusiasm of the two North Korean spies who are photographing what they think are top-secret missile designs.
In a rare window into the opaque, deadly and secretive world of missile technology espionage, Ukrainian security services have given CNN surveillance footage and details of an elaborate sting operation they carried out to snare two North Korean spies in 2011.
The revelations are aimed at dispelling claims that a recent leap forward in Pyongyang's intercontinental missile technology may have been achieved by using designs stolen or originating from Ukraine.
Uganda jails Muslim leader Sheikh Kamoga over 'terror'
Defendants and rights lawyer say Tabliq head Sheikh Kamoga and others were wrongly charged in 'purely political' ruling.
A Ugandan court sentenced a Muslim group leader and three associates to life in prison on terrorism charges, a judgment denounced by some as the latest in a series of anti-Muslim rulings.
Sheikh Mohammad Yunus Kamoga, who heads the Tabliq group, and 13 others were arrested and charged with terrorism and the murder of other Islamic group leaders.
In a High Court session on Tuesday, Kamoga and three Tabliq members were sentenced to life, while two others were given 30 years each.
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