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Sri Lanka: Namal Rajapaksa arrested, remanded in USD 800,000 Airbus graft case

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Sri Lanka: Namal Rajapaksa arrested, remanded in USD 800,000 Airbus graft case

Colombo, Namal Rajapaksa, the elder son of Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, was arrested by the island nation’s anti-graft commission over alleged corruption linked to the purchase of Airbus aircraft for SriLankan Airlines. Sri Lanka: Namal Rajapaksa arrested, remanded in USD 800,000 Airbus graft case Rajapaksa, 40, was asked to appear before the Commission … Read more

Türkiye spent eight months and $120 million rebuilding entire airport to land Donald Trump’s Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar | World News

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Türkiye spent eight months and $120 million rebuilding entire airport to land Donald Trump's Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar | World News

Türkiye spent eight months and more than $120 million renovating a former military airport before one of the world’s largest passenger planes could land. The aircraft, a Boeing 747-8 gifted to the United States by Qatar, is expected to be converted into an interim presidential aircraft while Boeing continues to press ahead with the delayed … Read more