BERLIN (AP) — A high-profile politician in the far-right Alternative for Germany party was convicted for the second time Monday of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event. Björn Höcke, who plans to run for governor in the eastern state of Thuringia in September, was fined for using the banned Nazi slogan “Everything […]
Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson and dabbled in politics with campaigns for Texas governor and other offices, has died. Friedman, 79, died on Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio, close friend Kent Perkins told The […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian man was charged with a terrorism offence on Thursday after walking into a politician’s electorate office with plans to kill him, the authorities and local media said. The 19-year-old man entered the office of New South Wales state parliamentarian Tim Crakanthorp in Newcastle, about 170 km (105 miles) north of […]
[Source] Chihning Ho, a Taiwanese lawmaker also known for her physical beauty, reportedly kicked a drunk man in the groin after he sexually assaulted her during her recent trip to Japan. The incident occurred outside Otsuka Station in Tokyo on June 15. Caught on video: A video shared by FNN shows an apparentlya inebriated man […]
A defamation case against the leader of the Bavarian state branch of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) over insulting comments about Bavaria’s state premier has been settled with a fine of €12,000 ($12,870). The AfD’s Stephan Protschka derided Bavarian state premier Markus Söder as “Södolf” – an apparent reference to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler […]
A prominent politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is back in court on Monday for using a banned Nazi slogan. Björn Höcke, the AfD’s firebrand leader in the central German state of Thuringia, is on trial for using the the slogan of the Nazi’s Stormtrooper (SA) street-fighting paramilitary group, “Everything for Germany.” […]
The funeral for longtime politician and elected official Ferris Williams was held Saturday at Southern Mission Baptist Church in East St. Louis. Williams, 65, of Washington Park, died May 30. His family said he had some illnesses, but they are not sure of the cause of his death. Kawaii Williams, his wife of 22 years, […]
After India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a shock election setback, a video of politician Navneet Rana crying surfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed her reaction to losing her seat. However, the video was filmed years before the election and shows Rana’s husband comforting her after she was admitted to […]
A photo of Pakistan’s jailed former leader Imran Khan with a political ally before he was ousted as prime minister was shared in false posts that claimed it showed him with the late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi. The image — viewed hundreds of thousands of times — circulated after Raisi was killed in a helicopter […]
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has expressed some biting comments following the results of the European elections, calling for the resignation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron. “[The results] come as a reflection of your inept policy of providing support to the [B]andera authorities in … Ukraine at the cost of […]
BERLIN (AP) — A member of a German far-right party was stabbed and wounded in the southwestern city of Mannheim, German news agency dpa reported Wednesday, only days after a knife attack killed one police officer and left five other people injured in the same city. Dpa reported that a candidate with the far-right Alternative […]
A politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Bavaria has been criminally charged with a range of allegations including incitement, the use of banned extremist symbols, money laundering and coercion. Daniel Halemba, 22, was elected to Bavaria’s state parliament in 2023. His fellow lawmakers have already lifted his parliamentary immunity to allow the […]