The fugitive former North Macedonian prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison for ordering the demolition of a building owned by a political adversary. Skopje’s Criminal Court handed down the sentence after finding that Gruevski had abused his power and ordered the 2011 demolition …
Read More »US officials slapped with sanctions
Iran has announced sanctions against an additional 24 Americans, including officials who served in former President Donald Trump’s administration, for allegedly supporting terrorism and human rights violations. Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced the measures on Saturday, saying they stem from efforts by US officials to impose or intensify “criminal sanctions” against …
Read More »Will Smith slapped with 10-year Oscar ban
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will bar actor and recording artist Will Smith from attending any of its events for the next 10 years, the organization revealed on Friday. The decision was made by the group’s Board of Governors and published in an open letter addressed “to …
Read More »Man who slapped Macron is medieval LARP geek who lives with his mother – French media
Tarel has been named in news reports as the man who was caught on camera shouting “Down with Macron-ism!” and slapping Macron in the face on Tuesday as the president visited Drome. Tarel was soon tackled and arrested, along with his friend ‘Arthur C.’, with police subsequently searching both of …
Read More »Google slapped with 220mn-euro fine following French probe into anti-competitive behavior
“The decision to fine Google is particularly significant as it is the first throughout the world to tackle complex algorithmic auction processes used for online display-advertising,” Isabelle de Silva, who heads France’s Autorite de la concurrence, said in a statement on Monday. The French Competition Authority deemed that Google had …
Read More »Wife of Belgian envoy who slapped Seoul shop worker claims diplomatic immunity to avoid charges
Xiang Xueqiu, the spouse of Ambassador Peter Lescouhier, made headlines last month after assaulting an employee at a clothing shop. The altercation reportedly occurred after the worker followed Xiang as she left the store to ensure that she hadn’t stolen the jacket that she was wearing. After realizing that the …
Read More »Fox News slapped with $1.6bn defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems over election fraud claims
The voting machine firm filed its lawsuit in a Delaware court on Friday, asking for more than $1 billion in damages over what it called “reckless” and defamatory fraud allegations that led to “enormous and irreparable economic harm” and even death threats to employees. “Fox, one of the most powerful …
Read More »Edinson Cavani slapped with 3-match ban & £100k fine over ‘racist’ Instagram post, but fans SLAM FA over ‘political correctness’
Cavani, who signed for United in October on an initial one-year deal after departing Paris Saint-Germain, was criticized for the content of an Instagram post before United’s Premier League game with Southampton. The criticism eventually forced Cavani to delete the post and issue an apology after it was discovered that …
Read More »Chilean president slapped with $3,500 FINE & ‘turns himself in’ after no-mask selfie with stranger stokes public backlash
Pinera was hit with the penalty on Friday, local health authorities announced in a statement, noting that the president will pay more than than 2.5 million Chilean pesos (just over $3,500) after filing a “self-complaint” notifying them of his “non-compliance with the use of a mask in a public space” …
Read More »In the Bakhmut uchastnik embargo slapped Abroskina. Video
Abroskin in the presence of the head region Zhebrivskyi called the offender a “woman” and promised “payback”. The police unblocked the road near the town chasov Yar, travel to which was blocked by unidentified individuals in balaclavas. About this informed the head of national police of the Donetsk region Vyacheslav …
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