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From making illegal cross-border deliveries to China in a minivan to buying a fleet of Boeing aircraft, the boss of SF Express has ridden a wave of online shopping to become one of the country's richest men. From making illegal cross-border deliveries to China in a minivan to buying a fleet of Boeing aircraft, the boss of SF Express has ridden a wave of online shopping to become one of the country's richest men. Though secretive and media-shy, founder  Wang Wei  has found himself thrust into the spotlight after the listing of his SF Express courier service on the Shenzhen stock exchange made him a billionaire twenty times over. He is now the fourth wealthiest man in China, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, with $23.3 billion on March 29, just behind  Pony Ma , founder of internet giant Tencent. A maverick who boasted in his only public interview that the business began as a "black" -- or illegal -- delivery service, the 46-year-old has built ...

She was charged Tuesday with complicity in the abuse of public funds in a case involving alleged fake jobs. Penelope Fillon, long a low-profile political wife, has been thrust into the spotlight with a scandal bearing her name -- "Penelopegate" -- that is dimming her husband Francois Fillon's hopes of becoming France's next president. She was charged Tuesday with complicity in the abuse of public funds in a case involving alleged fake jobs as a parliamentary aide to her conservative husband over a number of years for which she was paid hundreds of thousands of euros. Her husband, the surprise winner of the rightwing Republicans' nomination in November after campaigning as a man of integrity, has already been charged in the affair, which also covers a salary Penelope received from a literary magazine owned by a billionaire friend of her husband's. The 61-year-old has told police she never stepped foot in the offices of the Revue des Deux Mondes, accor...

The 24-year-old injured his ribs in the 3-1 World Cup qualifying victory in Luxembourg last Saturday. France international full-back Djibril Sidibe is a major doubt for Monaco ahead of Saturday's French League Cup final against Paris Saint-Germain, his club said on Tuesday. The 24-year-old injured his ribs in the 3-1 World Cup qualifying victory in  Luxembourg  last Saturday. Monaco said Sidibe will be gradually eased back into training over the coming days, meaning he may not recover in time for Saturday's final in Lyon. His absence would be an added headache for Monaco coach  Leonardo Jardim  as star  Colombia  forward  Radamel Falcao  is already a doubt due to a hip injury. Fabinho  is suspended for the match while Argentine forward  Guido Carrillo  and Brazilian midfielder  Gabriel Boschilia  are out injured.

District police commander in Mozambique, Gelindo Vumbuca, said the crash occurred in the Machipanda mountain range. Six people have reportedly died following a plane crash on Monday, March 27, 2017 in Zimbabwe. In a report by the Herald Newspaper, the crash occurred near the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It was further reported that the crashed plane, an eight-seater, was found in the mountainous Vumba area, a picturesque tourist area in eastern Zimbabwe, near the border with Mozambique. play crashed plane  (lindaikeji) District police commander in Mozambique,  Gelindo Vumbuca , said the crash occurred in the Machipanda mountain range. According to multiple reports, four of the dead passengers are directors of a local transport company who were coming from a business meeting in Mozambique's port city of Beira. MORE UPDATES SOON...

His support for Macron, which had been expected, is another boost for the reformist liberal. France's former prime minister Manuel Valls endorsed the presidential bid of centrist Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, the most high-profile Socialist to back the ex-banker over their party's nominee. His support for Macron, which had been expected, is another boost for the reformist liberal, who left Valls's Socialist government last year to form his own political movement, which he says is "neither right nor left." The first round of the election is on April 23, with Macron and far-right leader  Marine Le Pen  predicted to go through to the second round run-off on May 7. Asked on French television if he would vote for the 39-year-old former economy minister, Valls said:  "Yes, because I think you should not take any risks for the Republic. So, I will vote for Emmanuel Macron." Valls's allusion to  "risks for the Republic"  was seen as a r...

The Belgium midfielder is under contract with Premier League leaders Chelsea until June 2020. Chelsea's Eden Hazard will decide on a move to Real Madrid at the end of the season, with the Spanish giants prepared to pay a world record transfer fee, according to former club president Ramon Calderon. The Belgium midfielder is under contract with Premier League leaders  Chelsea  until June 2020 but Hazard, a childhood fan of Real coach  Zinedine Zidane , has been repeatedly linked with a move to the  Bernabeu . But Calderon reckons it will cost Real a world record fee of £100 million ($125 million, 115 million euros) to make the move a reality. "Chelsea aren't a selling club, so it wouldn't be easy, but as always it would depend on the wishes of the player. If he wants to leave, he will leave -- that's always the point,"  Calderon told Talksport Radio's Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast show on Tuesday. "It's all about the player. The player m...

Nine of the 304 people killed nearly three years ago in one of the South's worst maritime disasters have never been found. South Korean authorities faced a deluge of criticism Wednesday for announcing that human remains had been found from the sunken Sewol ferry, only to correct itself within hours to say they were animal bones. Newspapers said relatives of the missing had been put through "heaven and hell", and accused the maritime ministry of recklessness. Nine of the 304 people killed nearly three years ago in one of the South's worst maritime disasters have never been found. Salvaging the wreck in one piece -- finally achieved in a complex operation last week -- had been a key demand of their families, who say they have been unable to mourn properly. The maritime ministry raised their hopes Tuesday when it said that human remains had been found by workers and were  "suspected to be one of the missing victims". Little more than five hours la...

While most of the country's leadership will be present, Kathrada's family asked Zuma to skip the event.  President Jacob Zuma will not attend the funeral on Wednesday of celebrated South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who in recent years had become fiercely critical of the government. While most of the country's leadership will be present, Kathrada's family asked Zuma to skip the event, the president's office said in a statement. "President Zuma will not attend the funeral and memorial service in compliance with the wishes of the family,"  it said. Kathrada, one of  Nelson Mandela 's closest colleagues in the struggle against white minority rule, died on Tuesday, aged 87. After his retirement from politics in 1999, Kathrada kept a low profile, but in recent years had chosen to speak out. He openly criticised the current  African National Congress (ANC)  government of Zuma, which has been accused of corruption, mismanageme...

UN Secretary-General vowed that the world body would do "everything possible" to bring justice in the case. Two foreign UN contractors who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the government said Tuesday, as spiralling violence in the vast country sparked international condemnation. The bodies of American  Michael Sharp  and Swedish national  Zaida Catalan  were found as the UN Security Council prepared for a vote on Wednesday on extending its peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. UN Secretary-General  Antonio Guterres  vowed that the world body would do "everything possible" to bring justice in the case. "Michael and Zaida lost their lives seeking to understand the causes of conflict and insecurity in the DRC in order to help bring peace to the country and its people,"  the UN chief said. "I trust that the Congolese authorities will conduct a full investigation into this incident. ...

During the incident, Messi is said to have told the linesman Michael van Gasse 'f*** off, your mother's a ****. FIFA  have banned Argentina captain  Lionel Messi  for four matches after an incident during their 1-0 win over  Chile  in a  FIFA World Cup  qualifier against Chile on Thursday, March 23. During the incident, Messi is said to have told the linesman  Michael van Gasse  'f*** off, your mother's a ****. The Argentina captain has also been fined £8,100. Messi got the ban just six hours before kick-off in Argentina's crucial qualifier away to Bolivia in La Paz. The  Barcelona  star  scored the only goal in thew 1-0 win over Chile  from the penalty spot.

A young man charged with brutally slaying a Washington state ranch hand and dumping his corpse in the river has been bailed out of jail. Jeremy Leininger, 20, is back in the comfort of his parents’ home after posting a $2.5 million bond in the gruesome death of 53-year-old Clark Calquhoun last December. The high bail amount set in Leininger’s first-degree murder case at first pleased the victim’s family members. According to Michael Calquhoun, Clark’s eldest son, when he and family members crammed into a Thurston County Superior courtroom minutes before Leininger’s preliminary hearing back on Feb. 13, the prosecutor told them they would ask the judge for “no bail.” If that didn’t work they would seek a $1 million bail amount. The judge, Calquhoun said, decided $1 million was too low. “He came back after a couple minutes and said, ‘Based on the nature of this crime I’m going to set bail at $2.5 million,’” Calquhoun, a 32-year-old youth pastor at Gladstone...