Published by Al-Araby The somewhat predictable and boring first round of the French presidential elections has confirmed that in France, elected leaders will not be held accountable, and that there is a despair amongst French voters who are increasingly choosing to abstain The results so far have made clear that

The world recognizes Putin’s actions as cowardly, will he stand up and be a man? What country would install their own pro-separatist leaders in a Russian border town? later to have an election to join Ukraine. Putin would not stand for it, but Ukraine did in Crimea now in two

The Texas Papers is one of the largest investigations in history dating back to the Texas oil boom and exposes murders, thefts, swindlings, frauds, scams, and the corruption which has benefited powerful leaders, state officials, politicians, oil and gas companies, attorneys, who have stolen trillions of dollars in royalties from

Published by DPA Imprisoned Russian dissident Alexei Navalny has accused the Russian judiciary of arbitrary criminal proceedings as a new trial against him gets under way. “My trials are quite strange in terms of the process and the sentences, but here they have crossed every line,” the outspoken Kremlin critic

Published by Reuters By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew has settled a lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager and also being abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, a U.S. federal

Published by Radar Online Nancy Pelosi’s son, Paul Pelosi Jr., was reportedly once involved with five different companies that have been under investigation by federal authorities for their alleged ties to convicted criminals and known fraudsters. According to Daily Mail, the Speaker of the House’s 52-year-old son was connected to

Published by Reuters By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew must make himself available to answer questions under oath by next July 14 in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan

Published by Reuters By Elaine Lies and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Princess Mako, the niece of the emperor, married college sweetheart Kei Komuro on Tuesday, giving up her royal title and saying she was determined to build a happy life with her “irreplaceable” husband after a tumultuous engagement. In

Published by Reuters By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) – A jump in the number of people in China infected with bird flu this year is raising concern among experts, who say a previously circulating strain appears to have changed and may be more infectious to people. China has reported 21

Published by Hong Kong Free Press There was a reception last month for the “media sector.” This gave a little foretaste of what the media sector is likely to consist of when the national security police have finished pruning it. Organisers included Patrick Li, who has presided over the obedience