Enongo Lumumba Kasongo

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Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting

June 8, 2021Top of The World

Global operation by Australia and the American FBI leads to the arrest of more than 800 suspected criminals. And the Nigerian government bans Twitter after the platform deleted a tweet from President
Muhammadu Buhari. Also, a man in a pickup truck rams into a Muslim immigrant family in Canada on the street, killing four people.

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