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A Man From The United States Was Discovered Alive In Glasgow After Feigning Death

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After being apprehended at a Glasgow hospital, an American man suspected of faking his own death faces extradition. Nicholas Rossi, 34, was wanted by Interpol and is accused of rape in Utah. In December, he was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital with Covid-19, under the alias Arthur Knight. He was held under an international arrest warrant, according to Police Scotland. Mr Rossi was also known as Nicholas Alahverdian in the state of Rhode Island, where he was involved in local politics and a critic of the state's child welfare system, according to US authorities. Mr Rossi revealed to the American media in December 2019 that he was suffering with late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma and only had weeks to live. He died in February 2020, according to multiple sources. His ashes were thrown at sea, according to an online memorial that called him a "fighter who fought on the front lines for two decades" for children's rights. Mr Rossi is thought to have been tr

Lord Sainsbury Of Preston Candover, A Former Supermarket Boss, Has Died At The Age Of 94

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Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, the former chairman and chief executive of supermarket chain Sainsbury's, has died at the age of 94, according to the firm. During his 40-year tenure with the company, he had a variety of positions, rising through the ranks to become a director in 1958 before being promoted to CEO in 1969. In 1992, Lord Sainsbury left the corporation and became its life president. Simon Roberts, the current CEO of Sainsbury's, called him "one of the great retailers of his time." He was "a shopkeeper to his core" and "was ambitious for the company and led Sainsbury's through an extraordinary time of expansion; he was a truly inspirational man," according to the statement. After national service and university, John Davan Sainsbury began working in his family's business in 1950, initially in the grocery department. Sainsbury's grew from a regional, middle-sized grocery chain to a national household name during his time