What happened to Paweł Adamowicz isn’t just a Polish problem – wherever toxic public debate is indulged, violent acts may be committed The death of Paweł Adamowicz, the popular liberal mayor of Gdańsk, has sent shockwaves across Poland and elsewhere in Europe. Silent marches have been held in Warsaw, Gdańsk and other cities to pay […] Read more
A sacked aide to French President Emmanuel Macron has been detained over the use of diplomatic passports. The Paris prosecutor’s office said a preliminary inquiry had been opened into Alexandre Benalla’s alleged possession of two passports. He is alleged to have used them despite losing his job as a security officer in Mr Macron’s staff […] Read more
By Oliver Smith As part of his investment, Snoop Dogg is also becoming the face of Klarna’s Smoooth Dogg campaign Klarna, the Swedish financial technology giant valued at $2.5 billion last year, has a new addition to its shareholder register from the most unlikely source. Millionaire American rapper Snoop Dogg, aka Calvin Broadus, has today […] Read more
By: Michael Walsh Andrew Wheeler arrives to testify at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington The Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hammered Andrew Wheeler on Wednesday for his role in systematically rolling back environmental protections at the […] Read more
Theresa May has seen off a bid to remove her government, winning a no-confidence vote by 325 to 306. Rebel Tory MPs and the DUP – who 24 hours ago voted down the PM’s Brexit plan by a record margin – voted to keep her in Downing Street. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn argued that Mrs […] Read more
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has overwhelmingly lost a crucial vote on her Brexit plans in the House of Commons, the U.K.’s lower house of parliament. May lost by 230 votes after lawmakers voted by 432 to 202 to reject the deal. Politicians from different political parties rejected the proposed Withdrawal Agreement, currently the only […] Read more
By Anuradha Raghu Malaysia’s King Yang di-Pertuan Agong Malaysia’s king, known as Yang di-Pertuan Agong, has abdicated in an unprecedented move. Sultan Muhammad V is stepping down immediately as the 15th King of Malaysia after serving since Dec. 13, 2016, according to a statement from the palace on Sunday. The statement did not give a reason […] Read more
By Tim Ingham Billie Eilish performs at the 2018 KROQ Absolut Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Forum in Inglewood, CA. The plan was to sell flowers. Following a successful music-industry career throughout the Eighties and Nineties, working with the likes of Kenny Loggins and Paul Simon, Denzyl Feigelson moved to Hawaii. There, semiretired, the South African exec […] Read more
President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Defense Secretary James Mattis will depart the Pentagon by January 1, a date earlier than anticipated after his stunning resignation, and will appoint Patrick Shanahan — the agency’s number 2 official — as acting Secretary. The president’s announcement, made via Twitter, comes days after Mattis stunned Washington by […] Read more
Karolina Valantiniene hugged her teenage daughter Viktorija Sokolova in bed at their Wolverhampton home before she went to sleep, a court heard The mum of a teenager, who was found raped and murdered in a park, said she gave her child a final kiss goodnight before she disappeared. Karolina Valantiniene also hugged her daughter Viktorija […] Read more
