World News: 08 November 2022

Dogs gifted by Kim Jong Un at center of South Korean row
Moon Jae-in, a liberal who left office in May, received the two white “Pungsan” hunting dogs – a breed known to be indigenous to North Korea – from Kim following their peace summit in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang in September 2018.
The dogs are officially considered state property, but Moon took the pair and one of their seven offspring home after he left office.
The move was made possible by a change of law in March that allowed presidential gifts to be managed outside of the Presidential Archives if they were animals or plants.
But Moon's office on Monday said he decided he could no longer raise the three dogs because the current government of President Yoon Suk Yeol was refusing to cover the costs for the animals' food and veterinary care.

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Awarding Qatar the World Cup a mistake, says former FIFA president Sepp Blatter
Blatter, 86, was FIFA president in 2010 when the 2018 and 2022 World Cup’s were controversially awarded to both Russia and Qatar.
In an interview with Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiner, Blatter claims he wanted to award the United States the 2022 World Cup.
He said: “The choice of Qatar was a mistake.
“At the time, we actually agreed in the executive committee that Russia should get the 2018 World Cup and the USA should get it in 2022. It would have been a gesture of peace if the two long-standing political opponents had hosted the World Cup one after the other.
“It’s too small a country. Football and the World Cup are too big for that.”

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Renault, Google expand ties in automotive software
The partnership with Google will also help Renault accelerate its "end-to-end digital transformation, from the design of the car to its market launch through its production," Renault Chief Executive Luca de Meo said in a statement.
Automakers and technology companies including Sony, Apple and Google, have been working to develop ways to build future cars into platforms more like smartphones, with billable services where key updates are wireless.

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Residents clash with Chinese authorities over COVID rules
A news release from the police department in the Shandong city of Linyi said public security would take strong measures against those who “illegally violated the legal rights of personal protection of citizens.” Anti-pandemic measures have prompted backlashes across the country, forming a rarely seen challenge to Communist Party authority. It wasn't immediately clear who was arrested after the clash.
News of the arrests appeared on social media Tuesday morning, but were erased by the country's censors before noon. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made “zero-COVID” a hallmark of his administration, which gained a boost last month after he was granted a third five-year term in power and promoted loyalists to top positions. Those include the former party leader of Shanghai, where a draconian lockdown over the summer led to food shortages, confrontations with authorities and severe disruptions to global supply chains that have grown dependent on Chinese manufacturing and shipping.

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Notorious Nigerian fraudster Hushpuppi jailed for 11 years in US
Hushpuppi, whose real name is Ramon Abbas, was also ordered to pay $1,732,841 (£1,516,182) in restitution to two victims.
The influencer rose to fame flaunting his wealthy lifestyle on his page, which boasted 2.8 million followers.
But it all came crashing down when he was arrested in Dubai two years ago.

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Christchurch mass killer appeals against conviction and sentence
The Australian-born terrorist who killed 51 people in the 2019 attack on two Christchurch mosques is appealing his conviction and sentence.
Brenton Tarrant was sentenced to life without parole after he pleaded guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and a terrorism charge.
New Zealand's Court of Appeal has confirmed he has filed an appeal against his conviction and sentence for the attack.

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