Source link Before turning to politics, Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of India’s Aam Aadmi Party, ruling the national capital and Punjab, was a tax department officer An Indian court earlier this week remanded Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi and the leader of the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, Common Man Party), to judicial […]
Source link Rishi Sunak has announced a surprise round of honors, including Egyptian-born billionaire Mohamed Mansour UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a backlash and accusations of cronyism for his decision to confer a knighthood on one of the Conservative Party’s biggest donors, who has contributed millions of pounds. Sunak announced his ‘Easter Honours […]
Source link A Latvian lawmaker has denied reports that she met with Russian intelligence “handlers” Latvian MEP Tatjana Zdanoka has denied working for Russian intelligence, telling the European Parliament that she is “an agent for Europe without fascism.” Zdanoka is currently being investigated by the legislature for her supposed ties to Moscow. The European Parliament […]
Source link Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre has accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of deceiving the public about his role in the honoring of a former Ukrainian Waffen-SS soldier last year. Poilievre made his comments after Trudeau’s office confirmed to Canadian media on Tuesday that it had invited the 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka to […]
Source link The Federal Security Service has opened criminal cases against Ilya Ponomarev, claiming he has switched to the enemy’s side Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Sunday that it has officially opened several criminal cases against former State Duma Deputy Ilya Ponomarev, accusing him of terrorism, treason and activities aimed at undermining the […]
Source link An employee of the Indian Embassy in Moscow allegedly provided Pakistan with sensitive information The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has apprehended an employee of the Indian Embassy in Moscow, suspected of espionage on behalf of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. According to reports from Indian media […]
Source link H&M was blasted for a marketing campaign about schoolgirls that “make heads turn” The Swedish clothing giant H&M has pulled one of its online school-season ads after being accused of sexualization of children. The advertisement shown on social media in Australia featured two young girls in black-and-white school uniforms holding pink backpacks. The caption […]
Source link The lead singer of the rock band Schenki (Puppies), Maxim Tesli, has reportedly been arrested at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport. He is accused of petty hooliganism after he performed on stage wearing just a sock covering his private parts, the Fontanka news outlet reported on Tuesday. Tesli, who’s real name is Maxim Moiseev, […]
Source link Social scientist and left-wing activist Boris Kagarlitsky was fined and banned from administering websites, a court ruled Russian sociologist and prominent left-wing activist Boris Kagarlitsky was released from custody on Tuesday, Russian media reported from the courtroom. He stood accused of “publicly justifying terrorism” in a video he distributed through the Rabkor news […]
Source link The Belarusian citizen was acting on orders from Kiev, the Russian security services have alleged Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a man accused of working with the Ukrainian special services to carry out a “terrorist attack” on a railway line in Siberia, the agency announced on Thursday. The FSB said in […]
Source link The move by the state’s party branch to effectively nominate the current president has been branded an erosion of democracy Joe Biden’s rivals for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 US presidential election have accused the party leadership in Florida of undermining democracy by denying them a place on the ballot in a […]
Source link Diplomat Manuel Rocha has been accused of failing to register as an agent of a foreign government A former US diplomat who previously served as Washington’s ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested on suspicion of secretly working on behalf of the Cuban government, the Associated Press has reported. Manuel Rocha, 73, was detained […]
Source link Eric Adams has denied the allegations made by a former co-worker in a civil lawsuit New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been hit with accusations by a woman who alleges in a $5 million lawsuit that he sexually assaulted her when he was working as a police captain in 1993. The unidentified […]
Source link Hip-hop icon Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been accused in a federal court by former girlfriend Casandra Ventura of numerous instances of rape and sex trafficking in what she says was a decade-long campaign of abuse and violence against her. The lawsuit, filed in the Federal District Court in Manhattan on Thursday, claims that […]
Source link Kevin McCarthy faces an ethics complaint after allegedly elbowing a fellow Republican lawmaker in the back on Capitol Hill Former US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has allegedly assaulted one of the Republican colleagues who voted last month to oust him from his powerful position, leading to an ethics complaint from the ringleader of […]