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A Pakistani man hailed a "hero" for trying to stop a gunman during the Christchurch terrorist attacks is being honored with a national award for his bravery, Pakistan announced Sunday.
The details: Rashid, 49, and his 21-year-old son Talha were among 9 Pakistanis who died during Friday's shootings in two Christchurch mosques, killing 50 people.
In a touching tribute, Rashid has been honored in Auckland, New Zealand, with a street art mural in his memory.
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Goldman Sachs has agreed with the Department of Justice to pay over $2 billion for the bank's role in Malaysia's multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, Bloomberg first reported.
Why it matters: The settlement, expected to be announced within days, would allow Goldman Sachs to avoid a criminal conviction in the U.S. over the bribery and money laundering scandal that saw three of its former bankers banned for life from the banking industry by the Federal Reserve Board.
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President Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he was considering posting his interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" prior to airtime in order to show "what a FAKE and BIASED interview" it was, following reports that he abruptly ended the interview after 45 minutes of taping.
Why it matters: Trump has escalated his war on the media in the final stretch of his re-election campaign, calling a Reuters reporter a "criminal" this week for not reporting on corruption allegations about Hunter Biden and disparaging CNN as "dumb b*stards" for the network's ongoing coronavirus coverage.