The bellhop at the Orlando hotel delivered a large red bag to the Cypress Penthouse, where he was met at the door by a woman in a green-and-white dress with a green-and-white “Shevin for Governor” sash around her neck. It was Myrna Shevin, the wife of Florida’s attorney general, and she did not look happy. […]
A leading member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party went on trial on Thursday for using a banned Nazi slogan, as hundreds demonstrated outside the courtroom against his party’s policies. The AfD chairman in the state of Thuringia, Björn Höcke, is in court in the eastern city of Halle to face allegations that […]
One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has arrived in court for his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan – months before a regional election in which he is running to become his state’s governor. Bjorn Hocke, 52, is the leader of the regional branch of Alternative […]
HILLSDALE — The Hillsdale College Republicans will host Stephanie Trussell at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in the Hoynak Room of the Dow Conference Center. Trussell is expected to speak on her experience fighting for conservative values in the deep blue “for now” state of Illinois. This will be the second event of Hillsdale College […]
Voters in the north-west Oklahoma city of Enid are being asked to decide whether a councilmember who attended the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 should be removed from his post. Iraq war veteran Judd Blevins, 42, was elected to Enid’s city council to be the commissioner of its first ward last […]
South Korea’s main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung did not wear a red face mask emblazoned with a Chinese flag while running for president in 2022, contrary to false claims by Facebook posts sharing a doctored photo of him days before parliamentary elections on April 10, 2024. The posts compared Lee to his election rival South […]
A court in Tunisia has sentenced four people to death and two people to life in prison on charges of participating in the murder of the prominent political leader Chokri Belaid in 2013. He was found shot dead in his car in the capital, Tunis, prompting outrage. The leftist politician had been a fierce critic […]
TikTok, the short video platform, has limited the reach of leading Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Maximilian Krah. Krah, who is the far-right AfD’s lead candidate for the European elections in June, confirmed to dpa that the Chinese online firm had prevented his videos showing up for users who do not follow him. He also […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential politicians of the last decade in India held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government before national elections. Arvind Kejriwal, who is New Delhi’s top elected official, […]
(Bloomberg) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was picked as the nation’s most influential politician after he was freed from detention under a special parole, according to a survey. Most Read from Bloomberg Nearly 43% of the respondents chose Thaksin, according to a nationwide poll of 1,310 people conducted by the National Institute of […]
A rumored change in pricing at fast food giant Wendy’s based on a company announcement earlier this month had social media users in an uproar Thursday. Wendy’s proposed dynamic pricing model was construed by many as surge pricing, which is the increase in prices as demand goes up. New York Assemblymember Kenny Burgos, who represents […]
A senior politician from the party of Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Imran Khan has rejected rumours circulating online that he was hospitalised after a gun attack days after losing his seat in the country’s recent elections. Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra posted on February 14, 2024 that he was “fine” and “at home”. A police spokesperson in […]