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After year of big corruption crackdown, China promises more probes, retribution

By Ryan Woo After year of big corruption crackdown, China promises more probes, retribution BEIJING - One day before a key meeting of China's anti-graft watchdog, the state broadcaster aired a programme on how grassroots corruption is being crushed, dispelling any notion that China is losing its grip on graft. "A businessman might offer me money directly, and I'd refuse," …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Biden's pardon for son angers rivals - and allies

Hindustan Times

Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter has antagonized both sides of the US political divide, with Republicans crying hypocrisy and Democrats warning it undermines efforts to rein in Donald Trump. Biden's pardon for son angers rivals - and allies Biden's announcement shocked Washington, after he entered the White House in 2021 vowing to restore the "integrity" of a justice …

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1 month, 1 week ago

29 suspected Bangladeshis held in Manipur with Assam Aadhaar cards: CM Biren Singh

Hindustan Times

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Monday said that 29 suspected Bangladeshis, carrying Aadhaar cards issued in Assam, were apprehended in Imphal West district. Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh He said that acting on a tip-off, police apprehended the suspected Bangladeshis working at a bakery in the Mayang Imphal Bengoon area on Monday. On media queries about Laishram …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'C'mon': CNN's Jim Acosta confronts MAGA lawmaker in 'testy' interview

Raw Story

CNN host Jim Acosta and Rep. Tim Burchett battled it out on the network on Wednesday. Did the American people vote for people like Matt Gaetz to be the attorney general, or a vaccine conspiracy theorist like RFK Jr. to be in public health roles?" Nobody would take the fight to the corrupted Justice Department that's been weaponized against Americans …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ajit Ranade: Inflation control holds primacy as an objective for RBI

Live Mint

Not too long ago, a governor of the Reserve Bank of India said that his main job was to protect the value of your money. In this policy framework, called flexible inflation targeting, RBI had a mandate and a numerical target of an inflation band given by the government. And should not the numerical target of inflation exclude food and …

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2 months, 1 week ago

King Charles' veiled attack on the Church of England revealed: Newly uncovered 1998 letter shows future monarch slamming 'loathsome political correctness' among clergy

Daily Mail

King Charles made a veiled attack on the Church of England for becoming 'corrupted' by 'loathsome' political correctness, a newly uncovered letter reveals. Above: Charles at the opening service of the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury in 1998 The then Prince of Wales admitted to his friend, the interior designer Dudley Poplak, that the older he got the more he was …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation and the corruption of the Supreme Court

LA Times

To the editor: I don’t think Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court was worse than it looked. Kavanaugh, as some of his other Supreme Court colleagues did, also misled Senate Judiciary Committee members under oath about the views on Roe vs. Wade. To the editor: I have always appreciated Robin Abcarian’s voice and views, seldom more than with …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Conservatives may have to create a new party after the GOP became ‘corrupted’ by Trump, Liz Cheney suggests

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former Republican Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney has said that conservatives …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana health minister Damodar Rajanarsimha hits back at KTR for criticising healthcare system

New Indian Express

HYDERABAD: Hitting back at BRS working president KT Rama Rao for claiming that the Congress government looks down upon employees by not extending the Employees Health Scheme benefits to them, Health Minister Damodar Rajanarsimha said it was the BRS government which “corrupted” schemes like Aarogyasri, EHS and Journalist Health Scheme. The minister was responding to Rama Rao’s post on X: …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Making All Health Schemes People-Friendly: Rajanarsimha

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Health minister Damodar Rajanarsimha slammed the BRS for making a mockery of health schemes like Aarogyasri, Employee Health Scheme and Journalists Health Scheme during its rule. "Without clearing hospital dues or revising package rates, BRS denied medical treatment to patients under Aarogyasri. Corporate hospitals disrespected employees and pensioners seeking treatment under EHS but the BRS government did nothing but …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk says he won't donate $45 million a month to re-elect Donald Trump after all

Raw Story

Tech billionaire Elon Musk caused a stir when he reportedly committed last week to contribute $45 million a month to America PAC, a group backing former President Donald Trump's re-election effort. I am not donating $45 million a month to Trump,” Musk said in an interview over his X platform with Jordan Peterson, the far-right Canadian psychologist and media personality. …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

It could take up to two weeks to resolve 'teething issues' following CrowdStrike outage, Clare O'Neil says

ABC

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says it may take one to two weeks to get all affected sectors back online following Friday's major IT outage, caused by a software update by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. However, Oxford University management professor Ciaran Martin, a former chief executive of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre, said many governments would be powerless to …

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55 years ago

The Acolyte Was the Most Promising Star Wars Failure in Years

Slate

The Acolyte started out with one of the most provocative questions of any Star Wars story—really, any piece of franchise entertainment—in years: What if the Jedi were wrong? A flashback episode, the season’s third, revealed that it was Mae, not the Jedi, who set the fire that destroyed her home, killing everyone but her twin sister Osha, and that the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

'Just a scandal': Jamie Raskin envisions radical overhaul of Supreme Court

Raw Story

Rep. Jamie Raskin called for a radical overhaul of the scandal-plagued U.S. Supreme Court. The court has been rocked by ethics scandals – particularly those involving justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito – and Raskin urged Congress in an interview with Slate to pass major reforms to rein in what he sees as an increasingly lawless judicial branch to reflect …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial, Week 5: Live Updates

Huff Post

Most of Trump’s Republican entourage didn’t return to the courthouse after the morning break, instead decamping to the television cameras outside.On a livestream relayed by the Associated Press, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced members of the House Freedom Caucus one by one, and they echoed the same lines Trump often repeats after court every day.A protester who appeared to be …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Europeans lack visceral attachment to the EU. Does it matter?

The Economist

I n ancient Greece poetry was regulated so as to prevent excessive passions from corrupting the social order. On April 29th a small crowd in Aachen, a German town near the Belgian border, turned out for ein Poetry Slam in which amateur bards were asked to riff on, of all things, the European Union. A few dozen mostly grey-haired types, …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Newt Gingrich compares Trump's hush money trial to 'some of the civil rights workers in Mississippi in the 1960s'

Hindustan Times

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich recently compared Donald Trump’s hush money trial to “some of the civil rights workers in Mississippi in the 1960s.” A Trump ally, Gingrich made the comment during an appearance on Fox News’ Hannity. Newt Gingrich has compareed Donald Trump's hush money trial to 'some of the civil rights workers in Mississippi in the 1960s' Gingrich …

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9 months ago

Lok Sabha elections | Maha Vikas Aghadi seals poll pact in Maharashtra; Shiv Sena (UBT) to contest 21 seats

The Hindu

April 09, 2024 12:44 pm | Updated April 10, 2024 12:56 am IST - Mumbai The Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Opposition alliance in Maharashtra, has finally sealed its seat-sharing deal for the Lok Sabha election. We have discussed and the decision is taken unanimously.” Shiv Sena leader, Uddhav Thackeray said that the main goal of this coalition is to defeat …

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9 months ago

Retired Venezuelan general who defied Maduro gets over 21 years in US prison

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A retired three-star Venezuelan army general who twice tried to mount coups against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sentenced Monday to over 21 years in prison after he admitted providing weapons to drug-funded rebels. Cliver Alcalá, 62, of Caracas, Venezuela, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in Manhattan after pleading guilty last year to …

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11 months, 1 week ago

We, Jewish students, must not be silent on the genocide in Gaza

Al Jazeera

The suppression of pro-Palestinian voices is not fighting anti-Semitism because there is nothing anti-Semitic about opposing genocide. On December 5, 2023, I joined fellow Jewish university students outside the United States Congress to protest against a resolution conflating criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism. Israeli officials openly call for Palestinian civilians’ fates to be “more painful than death” and appeal for …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Cameron coalition government ‘knew Post Office chiefs covered up computer scandal’

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Newly released documents show that Post Office chiefs secretly ditched …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Pope Francis condemns porn, says embrace physical intimacy: ‘Sexual pleasure is a gift from God’

Hindustan Times

The pope has spoken out about the importance of sexual pleasure and the dangers of pornography in a recent address to the faithful. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS Pope Francis, 87, said that “sexual pleasure is a gift from God” and should be valued, but it is being corrupted by the influence of porn. “Winning against the battle of lust can …

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1 year, 2 months ago

$10 trillion in added debt shows 'Bush and Trump tax cuts broke our modern tax structure'

Raw Story

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday released new figures related to the 2023 budget that showed a troubling drop in the nation's tax revenue compared to GDP — a measure which fell to 16.5% despite a growing economy — and an annual deficit increase that essentially doubled from the previous year. In response to the Treasury figures released Friday, Kogan …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Caroline Ellison, saying Sam Bankman-Fried corrupted her values, found relief when truth came out

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Sam Bankman-Fried’s former top executive, testifying in Manhattan federal court Wednesday, blamed the FTX founder for corrupting her values so she could lie and steal and got emotional when describing the cryptocurrency empire’s final days, saying the collapse of his businesses resulted in a “relief that I didn’t have to lie anymore.” Caroline Ellison, who eventually was …

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After year of big corruption crackdown, China promises more probes, retribution

Biden's pardon for son angers rivals - and allies

29 suspected Bangladeshis held in Manipur with Assam Aadhaar cards: CM Biren Singh

'C'mon': CNN's Jim Acosta confronts MAGA lawmaker in 'testy' interview

Ajit Ranade: Inflation control holds primacy as an objective for RBI

King Charles' veiled attack on the Church of England revealed: Newly uncovered 1998 letter shows future monarch slamming 'loathsome political correctness' among clergy

Letters to the Editor: Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation and the corruption of the Supreme Court

Conservatives may have to create a new party after the GOP became ‘corrupted’ by Trump, Liz Cheney suggests

Telangana health minister Damodar Rajanarsimha hits back at KTR for criticising healthcare system

Making All Health Schemes People-Friendly: Rajanarsimha

Elon Musk says he won't donate $45 million a month to re-elect Donald Trump after all

It could take up to two weeks to resolve 'teething issues' following CrowdStrike outage, Clare O'Neil says

The Acolyte Was the Most Promising Star Wars Failure in Years

'Just a scandal': Jamie Raskin envisions radical overhaul of Supreme Court

Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial, Week 5: Live Updates

Europeans lack visceral attachment to the EU. Does it matter?

Newt Gingrich compares Trump's hush money trial to 'some of the civil rights workers in Mississippi in the 1960s'

Lok Sabha elections | Maha Vikas Aghadi seals poll pact in Maharashtra; Shiv Sena (UBT) to contest 21 seats

Retired Venezuelan general who defied Maduro gets over 21 years in US prison

We, Jewish students, must not be silent on the genocide in Gaza

Cameron coalition government ‘knew Post Office chiefs covered up computer scandal’

Pope Francis condemns porn, says embrace physical intimacy: ‘Sexual pleasure is a gift from God’

$10 trillion in added debt shows 'Bush and Trump tax cuts broke our modern tax structure'

Caroline Ellison, saying Sam Bankman-Fried corrupted her values, found relief when truth came out