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SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee was questioned on Tuesday by prosecutors about a controversial 2015 merger and alleged accounting fraud that they said may have helped him advance his succession-planning agenda at the country’s top conglomerate. The questioning brings fresh legal trouble for Lee who is already facing court trial over …

Amid Brexit and a populist rise from the far right, Germany, seen as Europe’s anchor of stability and neoliberal centrism, is now facing an uncertain political future as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “heir apparent” declared on Monday that she is quitting. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told senior Christian Democratic Union members she would step down as the governing …

The 30-year-old son of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden is reportedly dead. NBC News, citing three U.S. officials, reported the death Wednesday. The officials wouldn’t confirm how or where he died or if the U.S. government played any role in his death. The State Department was offering to pay out up to $1 million for …