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Italy says still hunting 30 Philippines’ ‘terrorists’ abroad Fuel pipeline blaze Rome, Italy richest man talian authorities are still Ihunting 30 “terrorists” on the run abroad, the interior in Mexico kills 66 ministry said Saturday, days after far-left activist Cesare Sy dies at 94 Tlahuelilipan, Mexico Battisti was jailed ending 37 years as a fugitive. Manila, Philippines emeritus” and leaving trusted massive fire broke out at “Thirty terrorists on the allies as well as his children in Athe site of an illegal fuel run, 27 from the left, three he Philippines’ wealthiest charge of his empire. tap in central Mexico on Friday, from the right: the names Tman Henry Sy, who rose It was a long journey for a killing at least 66 people and in- are on Interior Minister from being a penniless Chi- man who came to the Philip- juring scores more as rescuers Matteo Salvini’s desk,” said nese immigrant to leading a pines as a boy to work in his struggled to contain the blaze. a ministry statement. multi-billion dollar business immigrant father’s variety Omar Fayad, governor of Fourteen of those being empire, died on Saturday, his store. Hidalgo state, said at least 71 sought were believed to be conglomerate has announced. “Our store was so small it others were injured after an ex- in France, but the ministry The 94-year-old, from the had no back or second floor, plosion in Tlahuelilpan, about said it would not be releas- Chinese city of Xiamen, made we just slept on the counter 65 miles (105 kilometers) north ing the list or any names. his fortune with a Philippine late at night after the store was of Mexico City, adding that lo- The updated list was shopping centre conglomerate closed,” he told the Philippine cals at the site of a leak were compiled by the police and that has put up some of the Star newspaper in 2006. scrambling to steal some of the security services after the largest malls in the world. Shoe store to supermalls - leaking fuel. arrest of Battisti, said the However his holdings also Ater their shop was de - “I am deeply saddened by ministry. included banks, hotels and real stroyed during World War II, the grave situation suffered by Former communist mili- estate in the Philippines, as Sy’s father returned to China Tlahuelilpan because of the ex- tant Cesare Battisti, wanted well as shopping centres in but Henry chose to stay in the plosion of a pipeline,” President in Italy for four murders in China. Philippines. Andres Manuel Lopez Obra- Firefighters are working at extinguishing the fire at the scene of a massive the 1970s, began serving a He had a net worth of $19 He got a commerce degree dor wrote on Twitter. “I call on blaze trigerred by a leaky pipeline in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo state life sentence in a Sardini- billion as of Friday, according from a Manila university and the whole government to assist “What we know is that it was fleeing the scene, screaming an prison on Monday. An to Forbes.com. started selling shoes in a shop people there.” an illegal fuel theft site, and that for help. international police squad Forbes said he was the 52nd which would later grow into a Scores of locals were collect- authorities were aware of it” Federal and state firefighters tracked him down and ar- richest person in the world last chain named “ShoeMart”. ing fuel in buckets and jerry when it burned, Fayed added. and ambulances run by state rested him in Bolivia earlier year, beating out bold name ty- By 1972, his shops had cans from spouting leaks before Hours later, and after sun- oil giant Pemex were headed to this month. coons like Elon Musk, Rupert branched out into selling all the fire broke out and making down, the first images of the the area to help burns victims, Murdoch and George Soros. manner of goods, prompting off with the stolen gasoline, lo- tragedy were shown on tele- the governor added, as victims “Henry Sy... passed away the name to be changed to SM cal media showed. vision, with desperate people were ferried off to hospitals. peacefully in his sleep early Department Store. ‘No injuries of Saturday morning. There are But it was in 1985 that Sy no further details at the mo- made history when he opened SAY CHEESE concern’ for Prince ment,” his SM group said in a his first “Supermall” in Manila. Philip, 97, after car statement to AFP. Spanning over 424,000 Sy put up his first shoe store square metres (4.6 million crash in downtown Manila in 1956, a square feet), the mall includ- London, United Kingdom business which later grew into ed dozens of stores, numerous a diversified empire. cinemas, restaurants, banks ueen Elizabeth II’s He stepped down as chair- and other attractions that Q97-year-old husband man of his holding firm in 2017, made it a one-stop shop for Prince Philip visited hos- assuming the title of “chairman millions of Filipinos. pital for “a precautionary check-up” on Friday that found “no injuries of con- cern” after a car crash the previous day that rolled the Land Rover he was driving. “On doctor’s advice the Duke of Edinburgh visited the Queen Elizabeth hos- pital... this morning for a precautionary check-up,” a Buckingham Palace spokes- woman said. “This confirmed his royal highness had no injuries of concern,” she added, with- out specifying the extent of any minor injuries. This contrasted with a Diver Ocean Ramsey (@oceanramsey) swims next to a female great white shark off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Great statement from Bucking- white sharks are extremely rare in Hawaii and this individual may be one of the largest recorded, it shows similar ham Palace on Thursday markings to “Deep Blue” a shark Ocean Ramsey studied in Isla Guadalupe, Mexico where she has done most of her work that stated the prince “was with white sharks. Shark populations around Hawaii are declining and there are no laws to protect sharks from being not injured”. killed for their fins. The @OneOceanDiving research team study shark behavior and teach people how to avoid adverse The queen has issued no Philippine property tycoon Henry Sy arrives for the opening of one of his interactions. Their research and work aims to help reduce shark related fatalities and educate others on the importance of sharks. public comment about the shopping malls, the SM Aura, in Manila (file) crash. In tears and shock, Poland bids farewell to murdered mayor Gdansk, Poland ceremony, being held on what previously been sentenced to residents was building this great, oles gathered yesterday in Duda has declared a day of na- more than five years in jail for proud and free city,” he added. Pthe Baltic port city of Gdansk tional mourning. armed robbery. Politicians from PO and the to bid an emotional farewell to Adamowicz, 53, was stabbed Recently released, the man ruling conservative Law and murdered liberal mayor Pawel in the heart in front of hundreds claimed he was wrongly impris- Justice (PiS) party have traded Adamowicz, whose public stab- of people at a charity fundraiser oned by the previous govern- barbs for years, as have their bing has raised questions about last weekend by an ex-convict ment -- led by the centrist Civic supporters online, with critics hate speech in politics in the wielding a knife. Platform (PO) party, to which accusing the government of tac- country. “It’s a sad day for the people Adamowicz once belonged. itly condoning the atmosphere Around 3,500 people, includ- of Gdansk. We feel we have lost For many Poles, the mayor’s of hostility. ing President Andrzej Duda and a father,” said Tomasz Ceglinski. murder was fuelled by online Numerous media outlets have EU Council President Donald “Every year, we saw changes hate speech and toxic divisions compared Adamowicz’s murder Tusk, a longtime friend of Ada- in the city: investments, new between the main political par- to the 1922 assassination of pres- mowicz, attended the ceremony roads, shopping centres and cul- ties. ident Gabriel Narutowicz by a at St Mary’s Church, one of the tural institutions all thanks to “It’s hatred that killed Pawel,” fanatical nationalist at a time of largest brick churches in the him. It’s my duty to be here,” he PO leader Grzegorz Schetyna rampant hatred. world, where his casket will be told AFP. told lawmakers on Wednesday. Since Adamowicz’s death, po- permanently located. The mayor’s 27-year-old at- A man holds up a photo as people accompany the coffin of the late mayor of “A well-organised, crazy ha- lice have detained several indi- Polish Nobel Peace laureate tacker, who reportedly has a Gdansk Pawel Adamowicz is taken from the European Solidarity Centre to St tred directed at a man who with viduals for uttering or writing Lech Walesa also attended the history of mental illness, had Mary’s Basilica (Bazylika Mariacka) the help of thousands of Gdansk threats against other politicians.