The Beijing Games closing ceremony on Sunday brought an end to a Winter Olympics which became as high-profile for developments away from the stadiums and slopes as it did for sporting action. Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva had already returned to Russia as the flame went out at the ‘Bird’s …
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ratings have plummeted after footage leaked this week showed Downing Street staffers laughing and joking about a Christmas party held there last December 18, while the rest of the country was under Tier 3 lockdown restrictions. The scandal has already led to the resignation of Johnson’s …
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During a Saturday ceremony honoring two correspondents who have long covered the Vatican, the Pope directly approached the Catholic Church’s history with clerical sexual abuse scandals. He thanked the journalists for “what you tell us about what is wrong in the church” and for the “voice” given to abuse victims. …
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Trump Jr. had plenty to say when speaking to a crowd of supporters at CPAC this week. The former president’s oldest son targeted CNN, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and even the recently sentenced Michael Avenatti. His criticism of Hunter Biden, however, is what got him trending on social media and triggered …
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During a Wednesday press conference, Cuomo turned from talking about vaccine distribution in New York to addressing the allegations of unwanted touching and harassment from multiple women that have led some to say he should step down from the governorship. “I now understand that I acted in a way that …
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New work of Sergey Elkina. Cartoonist Sergei Elkin reacting to the Paradise Papers showed, under whose supervision the Russian oligarchs hide their money in the “Paradise Islands”. Paradise Papers – sensational investigation of the International consortium of journalists ICIJ on offshore accounts demonstrates the global scale of how the world’s …
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Today, June 16 marks 92 years since the founding of the famous children’s camp in the Crimea “Artek”. Now a children’s center in Gurzuf is under the control of the occupation authorities. Since the annexation of the Peninsula around the children’s camp did not subside scandals. So, the local “authorities” …
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Entertaining diplomatic embarrassments of the last century. Sometimes to make a reservation, go to sleep or just to win a football match is fraught international scandal. They were just similar During a visit to Tokyo in 2002, us President George W. Bush discussed with the Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro …
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