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The 'world's best chef' who committed suicide last week had recently fallen victim to a £1m wine scam - it has been reported. It has now emerged that the married father-of-one fell for a scheme where rare wines priced from £14,000 up to £27,500 were sold to restaurants - but never delivered. According to Swiss financial magazine Bilan, Violier's restaurant suffered losses due to the scam of between £554,700 and £1.37 million. The chef rose to fame after his restaurant was named "the world's best" by France's La Liste ranking. A full investigation into his death with now take place. Benoit Violier, 44, was found dead with self-inflicted gunshot wounds and a rifle by his side, according to police who are investigating his death.The chef, who was known for running the prestigious Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville.

An earthquake with magnitude 6,4 occurred near Kao-hsiung, Taiwan at about 4am on Saturday local time, on February 5. Multiple’ buildings – including at least one residential block – are said to have fallen following the quake At least four buildings have fallen down, including a 17-storey apartment building. A local fire brigade had so far rescued 123 people from the wreckage, 26 of them were hospitalized.   Rescue personnel work at a damaged building after an earthquake in Tainan, southern Taiwan, February 6, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer Lin Kuan-cheng, spokesman for the National Fire Agency, said:  “Four buildings have collapsed in Tainan City area. Search and rescue is under way and no casualties have been reported at this moment.” A major rescue effort was underway following the 6.9 magnitude quake, which struck at 4am Taiwan time Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau reports at least five aftershocks of 3,8-magnitude or more shook Tainan about...

Telecommunication company, Etisalat Nigeria has sued MTN Nigeria and Visafone Ltd, challenging MTN’s use of the 800megahertz (MHZ) spectrum following the acquisition of Visafone. MTN closed the deal acquiring Visafone in January this year. A statement released by Etisalat says the suit was filed in order to prevent the use of the spectrum by MTN at this time, as it will entrench the dominance of MTN in the retail data services market. The statement released by Etisalat's Head of Media, Chineze Amanfo reads in part;  "You will recall that MTN Nigeria was declared dominant by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 2013 and remains dominant in the wholesale leased line and retail voice markets. The use of the 800MHz spectrum to deploy broadband services ahead of its competitors, particularly those who prior to MTNs purchase of Visafone, held similar spectrum bands as MTN, will further entrench MTN’s dominance in the Nigerian telecommunications sector”.