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Officer Liang was found guilty of manslaughter and official misconduct in the death of Mr. Gurley, who was unarmed when he was hit by a ricocheting bullet in a housing project stairwell.
Regarded in Germany as a national asset and a symbol of economic might, Deutsche Bank now sits at the center of the “too big to fail” debate.
Investors worry that a decision by the Swedish central bank to lower its short-term rate to minus 0.50 is going to worsen the global economy.
Characters in Lydia R. Diamond’s drama grapple with race, class, prejudice, identity and sexuality.
Defeated soundly in New Hampshire, Mrs. Clinton sought to puncture her rival’s popularity and appeal to new regions of voters.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 10, 2016, covering February 12, 2016.
Adele
Justin Bieber
Megadeth
Twenty One Pilots
Panic! At The Disco
2016Dominique D'Onofrio, Italian-Belgian footballer and coach (born 1953)[†]
Dominique Nicolas D'Onofrio was an Italian football coach, later chairman. He was born in Castelforte, Italy.
2016Yannis Kalaitzis, Greek cartoonist (born 1945)[†]
Giannis Kalaitzis was a Greek cartoonist known for his editorial cartoons in various Greek daily newspapers.
2016Yan Su, Chinese general and composer (born 1930)[†]
Yan Su was a Chinese playwright and lyricist who served as vice-president of China Theatre Association. He held the civilian rank equivalent to general in the PLA Air Force Political Department Song and Dance Troupe. He was a National Class-A Screenwriter. He was a member of China Writers Association and China Music Copyright Association. He was a visiting professor at Heibei Institute of Communications.
2016Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.[†]
Pope Francis was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]