The UN is unable to verify accusations raised by Kiev against Moscow of “stealing” and exporting Ukrainian grain, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, has said. Asked about the claims by a reporter during a news briefing on Tuesday, Dujarric said that neither the UN Secretary-General’s office nor …
Read More »NFT platform accused of stealing & auctioning music
HitPiece, a website that allows people to bid for NFTs of songs using cryptocurrency, has been accused of stealing music from musicians and auctioning off their work, with some threatening to sue the platform. The platform wiped its content on Tuesday after hundreds of musicians claimed their work had been …
Read More »Obama adviser pleads guilty to stealing from school
Seth Andrew, a former adviser to 44th President Barack Obama, pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges after stealing $218,000 from a charter school he founded. The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that Andrew had pleaded guilty to transferring the money from the school to his own private bank …
Read More »DEA agent sentenced for conspiring with drug cartel & stealing millions
Judge Charlene Honeywell handed down the sentence on Thursday, suggesting in her statement to the Associated Press that the DEA should share the blame. Other agents corrupted by the “allure of easy money” must also be investigated, she said, observing that while Irizarry was “the one who got caught,” it …
Read More »Daily Express RETRACTS story on Russia ‘stealing’ Sputnik V vaccine recipe, but the original fake-news publisher the Sun persists
In a Monday ‘bombshell,’ the Sun claimed UK spies “have proof” that Moscow’s flagship Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, was actually inspired by documents “swiped” from AstraZeneca “by a foreign agent in person.” The Express later published its own story, citing the Sun. On Tuesday, however, the latter tabloid retracted the …
Read More »‘Teaching kids about race & gender? You’re stealing their innocence’: The American mom sued for asking a school why it teaches CRT
Four months ago, Rhode Island mom Nicole Solas, 38, asked the principal of her child’s kindergarten whether the kids would be learning about critical race theory (CRT). Not all parents in the US are happy about its being taught, with some being concerned it focuses on skin colour rather than individual …
Read More »‘Stealing jobs’: Influencer Addison Rae sets off social media storm with appearance as UFC ‘presenter’
“I studied broadcast journalism in college for 3 whole months to prepare for this moment,” wrote Rae to her following of 4.8 million on Twitter, sharing an image of herself with a UFC mic in hand in front of a board covered in the promotion’s logos. The suggestion seemed to …
Read More »Derailing relations? American embassy employee accused of STEALING Russian train station sign & ‘endangering lives of passengers’
Speaking on Monday, diplomatic spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the incident took place in spring earlier this year, and saw an arrow pointer sign disappear from a junction near the Ostashkov train station near the city of Tver, outside of Moscow. “The police, as expected, carried out pre-investigation measures and …
Read More »‘Stealing millions from users’: Squad members Tlaib and AOC call for congressional hearing over Robinhood ‘market manipulation’
The amateur traders united through Reddit and Discord this week, causing hedge funds to lose billions of dollars by purchasing stock in companies such as GameStop, which Wall Street was betting against. However, the ironically named Robinhood – which acted as one of the main platforms for the traders to …
Read More »Can’t wait for her ‘I Have a Dream’ speech! Kamala Harris accused of STEALING story from Martin Luther King in magazine interview
The apparent plagiarism was noticed on Monday, with netizens pointing out that during an interview with Elle magazine over the fall, Harris told a story that is nearly identical to a memory shared by Dr. King some 56 years ago in a sit-down with Playboy. While speaking with Elle in …
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