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Former Fiji leader Frank Bainimarama avoids jail time despite guilty verdict

The court cited the 69-year-old's poor health in granting him a reprieve.
head shot of Fiji's former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama wearing Fiji Rugby Union shirt taken at the 2019 FRU

Two bodies pulled from river as Baltimore bridge collapse moves from recovery to 'salvage operation'

The bodies of two men, a 35-year-old and a 26-year-old, were recovered from a pick-up truck submerged under the mid-section of a collapsed Baltimore bridge.
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An image of a very large cargo ship with a collapsed bridge sitting over its stern. Some parts of the bridge are submerged.

Tax havens and worker exploitation behind shipping company in Baltimore disaster

The chequered record of the ship's owner in the Baltimore bridge tragedy offers a glimpse of the "murky world" of tax havens and worker exploitation in global shipping.
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An aerial view of a steel truss bridge that has fallen on top of a container ship in a river.

US lottery entrant takes home $1.7 billion jackpot after three month winnless streak

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million. 
An electronic billboard advertises the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots in Iowa. 

Thailand set to become first country to legalise marriage rights for people of any gender in South-East Asia

MPs in Thailand voted overwhelmingly in favour the marriage equality bill, but did not approve inclusion of the word "parent" in addition to "father and mother" in the law.
A rainbow flag is held up by hundreds of people at a pride street parade

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