European parliament hit by Qatar corruption scandal

European parliament hit by Qatar corruption scandal

European parliament hit by Qatar corruption scandal A Belgian judge on Sunday charged four people in an alleged corruption scandal involving World Cup host Qatar and the European parliament. Over the weekend, authorities seized €600,000 in cash and arrested six people in what appears to be one of the most significant corruption cases seen in …

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Why a news media bargaining bill in US has riled Facebook and triggered a debate

Why a news media bargaining bill in US has riled Facebook and triggered a debate

A legislative push in the United States, aimed at giving news organisations greater power to negotiate fees for the content shared on social media sites like Facebook, has run into rough weather. The proposal has come under attack from Meta (formerly Facebook Inc. which has threatened to remove all news content from its platform if …

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Margot Robbie wants a romance between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy in the DC Universe

Margot Robbie wants a romance between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy in the DC Universe

Margot Robbie wants a romance between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy in the DC Universe As many fans will recall, Robbie has been playing DC’s wayward anti-heroine since she made her debut in 2016’s David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, following Birds of Prey with her most recent appearance in James Gunn’s sequel-reboot last year. Now, the …

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Nobel Peace Prize winners to receive award in Oslo

Nobel Peace Prize winners to receive award in Oslo

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be presented on Saturday to Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian activists for promoting the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. Jailed activist Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian organisation Memorial, and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties group announced as recipients in October. Norway, to …

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Kyrsten Sinema declares herself an ‘independent’, leaves Democrat

Kyrsten Sinema declares herself an 'independent', leaves Democrat

Kyrsten Sinema has always marched to her own beat. So it’s not shocking that she decided this week she’s officially switching from the Democratic Party to be an independent. “Arizonans are strong and independent.” “A fiercely independent record.” “Independent, just like Arizona.” Those weren’t quotes from her announcement Friday. Those were from one of her …

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Brittney Griner back home in US after Russian prisoner swap

Brittney Griner back home in US after Russian prisoner swap

Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday, nearly 10 months after the basketball star’s detention in Russia made her the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm. Griner’s status as an openly gay Black woman, her prominence in women’s basketball and her imprisonment in a country where authorities have …

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Suspected German coup plot spawns dozens of arrests

Suspected German coup plot spawns dozens of arrests

German police rounded up dozens of people including a self-styled prince, a retired paratrooper and a former judge Wednesday, accusing the suspects of discussing the violent overthrow of the government but leaving unclear how concrete the plans were. A German official and a lawmaker said investigators may have detected real plotting, drunken fantasizing, or both. …

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