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“I’m afraid this is malicious, it is politically motivated. And I see it as revenge for my public interest journalism,” she told the BBC.”I think there are a lot of very powerful and wealthy people in Malaysia who are revengeful that I identified the corruption of their former prime minister [Najib Razak], who remains popular and powerful and wealthy. Source link

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Trigger warnings put out before plays mean that modern audiences have gone “soft”, actor Ralph Fiennes has said.”The impact of theatre should be that you’re shocked, and should be that you’re disturbed, I don’t think you should be prepared for these things”, he told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.The Harry Potter and In Bruge star said that warnings for scenes that may affect people physically should remain, but that as a lover of the theatre he never experienced trigger warnings in his youth.Fiennes is starring in a modern stage retelling of Macbeth this year. Source link

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Within reach of major mining towns supplying metals and minerals in high demand such as gold, tin and coltan, Goma has become a vital economic hub. Its road and air transport links, and the fact that it has a huge UN peacekeeping base, has attracted a host of businesses, international organisations and diplomatic consulates. Source link

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