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CNN —An Oregon man who says he’s been battling cancer for eight years and received chemotherapy just last week is among three winners of this month’s $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot. They will have a good life,” Cheng Saephan, 46, said Monday at an Oregon Lottery news conference. This win was also the largest Powerball prize won in Oregon. The winning ticket was sold at a Plaid Pantry convenience store in Portland, according to the Oregon Lottery. “She’s driving on the way to work,” Saephan said.
Persons: he’s, Cheng “ Charlie ” Saephan, Duanpen Saephan, Laiza Chao, Chao, , ” Cheng Saephan, ” Saephan, , Saephan Organizations: CNN, Oregon Lottery, Plaid Pantry Locations: An Oregon, Oregon, Portland, Laos, Milwaukie , Oregon
CNN —Australian TV anchor Cheng Lei has been released by China and returned home to her family, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Wednesday, more than three years after she was detained on opaque espionage charges. “We are pleased to confirm that Australian citizen Ms Cheng Lei has arrived safely home in Australia and has been reunited with her family,” Albanese said in a statement. Cheng had been on her way to work on the morning of August 13, 2020, when she was taken by China’s Ministry of State Security, according to her partner Nick Coyle. Her release follows the completion of legal process in China, according to the Australian statement. Shortly afterwards, China’s Ministry of State Security said in a statement that Cheng was deported Wednesday after completing her sentence.
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Hong Kong CNN —Friends and family of Australian television anchor Cheng Lei on Monday renewed calls for her release from detention in China, 1,000 days after she was held by authorities on espionage charges. Australian authorities have expressed concern about her detention amid suggestions from analysts that strained ties between Canberra and Beijing may have provided impetus for the opaque case against her. While there were still some Australian journalists working in China, all are employed by non-Australian media companies. Cheng’s two children are being cared for by their grandmother in Melbourne, Australian public broadcaster ABC reported at the time of her original detention. “For a mother not to see her children for 1000 days is excruciating.
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