FBI Offered Up to $1 Million for Allegations on Trump
New court testimony reveals Tuesday that the FBI allegedly offered former British spy Christopher Steele up to $1 million if he could substantiate claims made in his infamous dossier to politically smear Donald Trump before the 2016 presidential election.
Los Angeles residents call for council members to resign after leaked racist comments
Post Content The former Los Angeles City Council president announced Tuesday that she was taking a leave of absence following calls for her, two of her colleagues and a labor leader to resign after they were caught making racist and offensive remarks in a leaked audio recording that has caused a firestorm in City Hall. […]
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly refuses to say what abortion limits he supports in Arizona Senate showdown
Post Content Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., skated around the question of abortion limits during his first midterm debate Thursday against GOP opponent Blake Masters, stating he supported the “protections and restrictions” under Roe v. Wade but not clarifying exactly what those were. Kelly, who is seeking re-election in the Senate this fall, was asked […]
Children killed in Thai day care massacre prepared for funeral rites
The bodies of the many of the young victims whose lives were snuffed out in last week’s massacre at a day care center in rural northeastern Thailand were dressed Tuesday as doctors, soldiers or astronauts — what they wanted to be when they grew up — before they were to be cremated in the evening […]
Historic child sex abuse at Portuguese Catholic Church was ‘truly endemic’
The head of a lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Tuesday the problem in the past had been “widespread” and on some occasions reached “truly endemic” proportions. Pedro Strecht, a psychiatrist who heads Portugal’s Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church, said […]
South Korea says it has ability to intercept North’s missiles
South Korea’s military said Tuesday it’s capable of detecting and intercepting the variety of missiles North Korea launched in a barrage of recent simulated nuclear attacks on its rivals, though it maintains the North’s advancing nuclear program poses a grave security threat. North Korea said Monday its two weeks of firing drills involved nuclear-capable ballistic […]
King Charles coronation at Westminster Abbey scheduled for May 2023
The coronation ceremony for King Charles III will be held a little less than seven months from now on May 6, 2023, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday. The ceremony, which will officially install Charles as King, will be held Westminster Abbey, London, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. KING CHARLES IS ‘DEVASTATED’ BY […]
Israel announces maritime border deal with Lebanon
Israel’s prime minister said Tuesday that the country has reached a “historic agreement” with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border after months of U.S.-brokered negotiations. The agreement, coming after several years of U.S.-mediated talks, would mark a major breakthrough in relations with the two countries, which formally have been at war since Israel’s establishment […]
US College Resists CCP Pressure to Ban a Speech by Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist
Read More Sunny Cheung Kwan-yang, an advisor to the Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC), living in exile in the United States and wanted by the Hong Kong regime, was harassed by “Little Pinks” (pro-CCP Chinese) when he gave a speech at the University of Southern California on Oct. 3. It is reported that the Chinese […]
Mkhwebane fails in court bid to return to work
Read More Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Photo: Leila Dougan/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images The Western Cape high court on Tuesday dismissed an urgent application by Busisiwe Mkhwebane for the immediate execution of its earlier ruling that the decision by President Cyril Ramaphosa to suspend her as public protector pending the outcome of a parliamentary impeachment […]