China has voted against a UN Human Rights Council investigation into possible Russian war crimes in Ukraine amid concern that the probe is politically motivated, shifting from its previous stance of abstaining on the conflict. “We have noted that in recent years the politicization and confrontation at the [council] has …
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has ordered the court’s marshal to investigate the source of a leaked draft opinion showing that its justices would imminently strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. Conservatives suspect that a liberal clerk leaked the document to generate public outcry and force the …
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Russia’s Investigative Committee launched a criminal probe on Monday over a Ukrainian social advertisement, calling for violence against Russian soldiers. The advertisement, shot in distinctive style resembling propaganda videos by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorists, features mock execution of a Russian soldier. The controversial video emerged on social media …
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The EU will send a team of investigators to Ukraine to probe alleged war crimes on the ground, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday, after holding phone talks with the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky. The move comes after multiple dead civilians were found in Bucha, a suburb …
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A New York university is investigating one of its professors after he appeared to defend sex between adults and extremely young children in a series of videos which went viral online. Stephen Kershnar, a philosophy professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia (SUNY Fredonia), received heavy backlash …
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Mason Greenwood, a 20-year-old forward who plays for Manchester United, has been arrested by police on suspicion of rape and assault, following a number of shocking posts on social media. Video footage, photographs, and a voice note alleging violence originally appeared on the Instagram account of Greenwood’s reported partner, Harriet …
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a search of a Covid-19 testing company which has been accused of providing “inaccurate and deceptive” results and enriching its owners. The Illinois headquarters of the Center for Covid Control – which has received more than $124 million from the US government for its …
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While insisting he has cooperated with authorities, actor Alec Baldwin has been reluctant to give up his cell phone to police, despite the search warrant they secured for the device related to the shooting of a cinematographer. Baldwin still hasn’t handed over the phone, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office …
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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo apparently won’t face state criminal charges over his handling of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes, as an investigation of the matter has ended without an indictment. Elkan Abramowitz, a lawyer representing Cuomo, said he was informed on Monday that the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office …
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A Polish politician has accused prosecutors of refusing to act on his complaint over an alleged hack of his phone, believed to have involved the Pegasus software created by the Israel-based NSO Group. Lodged back in September, the complaint has passed between prosecutors’ offices around the country like a “hot …
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