A Madrid court opened a preliminary investigation into his wife’s activities, including alleged corruption, last week.
Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said this morning that he would not give up as the country's leader after a period of reflection on his future.Sanchez made the announcement five days after a court said it would investigate his wife, Begona Gomez, for influence peddling and corporate corruption. The accusations were false and staged by his right-wing opponents. The 52-year-old surprised both his opponents and his allies when he said on Wednesday he would take several days away...
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, an ethics watchdog, is calling for an investigation into Sen. Martin Heinrich for allegedly linking official action with solicitations for campaign contributions.
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereFrance is working with Germany to convince their European partners to provide more air defence capacities to Kyiv, the French defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu, said today, Reuters reported.“The advance of Russian forces west of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, has accelerated within the past week,” according to a British intelligence update. Continue reading
Mykola Solskyi accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was head of major farming firm and an MPUkraine’s agriculture minister, Mykola Solskyi, has been detained after being named as a formal suspect in a multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry.Blighted by corruption scandals since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kyiv has pledged to bolster its anti-graft efforts as part of its bid for EU membership. Continue reading
Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the separate deaths of two men in Toronto. According to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), a 23-year-old man was initially apprehended by Peel Regional Police in Brampton on April 25. The SIU said officers received a call for service at the Circle K near Chinguacousy and Mavis Roads, and when they arrived, they located a person of interest. "Upon querying his name, they realized the man was wanted by the Toronto Police Service (TPS)," the...
Google Workers Sacked Over Israel Protests File Federal Labor Complaint Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Dozens of Google workers who were fired for protesting the tech giant’s cloud deal with the Israeli government filed a complaint on Monday with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over their termination. The complaint, obtained by The Washington Post, alleges that Google violated the workers’ rights by “terminating and/or placing them on administrative leave...
PM denies allegations against his wife but says they will cooperate with investigation and defend her innocence
I was in Malacañang, the presidential palace, yesterday, May 1, to witness three major milestones:
Ukraine's farm minister was ordered into detention Saturday as he faces organized crime charges, the latest high-profile corruption investigation among dozens now flooding the country's court system.
Russia arrested Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov Tuesday on suspicion of large-scale bribery. Ivanov is one of 12 deputies reporting to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Ivanov, who was responsible for overseeing construction, property management, housing, and medical support for the military, was accused of running a "criminal conspiracy" in awarding military construction contracts that enriched him personally.
Health minister Mary-Anne Thomas says 10 people who were not unwell were inside Colac area health’s urgent care clinic during her 2023 visit Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastStaff members at a regional hospital posed as “fake patients” to make their urgent care clinic appear busier during a visit by the Victorian health minister last year, an investigation has found.The health minister, Mary-Anne Thomas...