Tag: probe

Probe begins into police conduct during Kenya’s anti-government protests

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An investigation began Friday in Kenya into police conduct during protests against a government plan to impose new taxes, according to the country’s police watchdog. The chairperson of Kenya’s Independent Policing Oversight Authority, Anne Makori, lauded protesters for demonstrating peacefully and urged police to exercise restraint while noting the killing of […]

Maddow Blog | Facing intensifying ethics probe, Gaetz seeks fundraising boost

Rep. Matt Gaetz raised a few eyebrows earlier this week when he issued a statement claiming that the House Ethics Committee is opening “new” investigations targeting him. The Florida Republican did not elaborate as to what, exactly, these probes would entail, though the congressman insisted he’d done nothing wrong. Soon after, the congressional ethics panel […]

French-Chinese probe to hunt universe’s biggest explosions

A French-Chinese telescope satellite will blast off this weekend on a mission to hunt down gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe. The light from these almighty blasts has travelled billions of light years to reach Earth, so scientists believe they could hold answers to some mysteries of the universe’s youth. But these […]

GOP’s Matt Gaetz suggests he’s facing yet another ethics probe

It was early last year when Rep. Matt Gaetz learned that the Justice Department, which had been investigating him in a sex trafficking investigation, would not bring criminal charges against the Florida Republican. That was, of course, the good news for the far-right GOP congressman. The bad news for Gaetz, however, was that he still […]

UW fires director of primate research center after state probe into program

In response to a state probe into the University of Washington’s (UW) Primate Research Center, the university is making a leadership change within the center. The university has removed Director Michelle Basso from the center after the Washington State Department of Health’s Veterinary Board of Governors opened an investigation into UW following the death of […]

China launches anti-dumping probe into EU pork

STORY: China has opened an anti-dumping probe into imported pork from the European Union. The step comes less than a week after Brussels announced new curbs on electric vehicle exports from China. That was due to growing alarm over Chinese industrial overcapacity flooding the EU with cheap products, including EVs. China’s commerce ministry said the […]

China launches anti-dumping probe into EU pork imports

China said Monday it had launched an anti-dumping investigation into pork imports from the European Union, the latest step in a mounting trade stand-off between the bloc and its largest economic partner. Pork is China’s most popular meat and a staple of diets in the world’s second most populous nation. Imports of pork and pork […]