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The first transgender politician to reach high office in Belgium has been attacked online by a far-right politician just days after she was appointed. Vice Premier Petra De Sutter, 57, of the Green Party was sworn in as part of a new government on Saturday, posting on social media that she was ‘proud that in … Read more
An Indian politician who filmed himself sitting in mud puddle and blowing a conch, claiming that it prevented coronavirus, has tested positive for the disease. Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, an MP from the northern state of Rajasthan, was among 24 MPs who tested positive for the virus on September 14, local media reported. A month before … Read more
Politician who was sentenced to death for murder becomes the first convicted killer to be sworn in as an MP in Sri Lanka Premalal Jayasekara was convicted in August of murdering an activist in 2015 But his conviction came after nominations for the August 5 election He contested and took up his seat, taking oath on … Read more
Belarus opposition politician Maxim Znak has been snatched from his office by masked men wearing plain clothes, his allies have claimed. The former lawyer, 39, was one of the last remaining members of the country’s opposition Coordination Council still at large as President Alexander Lukashenko’s crackdown continues. It comes after claims that opposition leader Maria … Read more
Lebanese security forces faced off with dozens of anti-government demonstrators last night, angered by the devastating explosion widely seen as the most shocking expression yet of the government’s incompetence. Tear gas was fired to disperse scuffles that broke out in ravaged streets in central Beirut leading to parliament, the wreckage from Tuesday’s explosion still littering the entire … Read more
A leading Lebanese opposition figure has blamed Hezbollah, along with the country’s ‘corrupt’ government, for the devastating explosion in Beirut which capsized a cruise ship and has so far claimed 137 lives. Bahaa Hariri, whose father, Prime Minister Rafiq, was assassinated in 2005, said last night everyone in the city knew Hezbollah controlled Beirut’s port … Read more
‘I fired the shot’: German neo-Nazi on trial over politician murder admits to killing Stephan Ernst, 46, was speaking during trial at court in Frankfurt earlier today Pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke was shot in the head on June 1, 2019 His death highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism in the country By Raven Saunt … Read more
Hugh Laurie looks well and truly in character as a ‘forceful’ politician in the first look at his new BBC thriller Roadkill By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 00:12 BST, 22 July 2020 | Updated: 00:14 BST, 22 July 2020 He is best known for portraying a medical genius on the hit series House. And … Read more
The statue of a 19th century politician has been targeted by vandals and left covered in red paint over his links to the slave trade. A monument to Lord Holland, which sits in a park of the same name, in west London, has been splattered with red paint, and a cardboard sign in perched on … Read more
Ryan Murphy is arguably the king of streaming television, and he can afford to be creative with his strategy of when to release new content. And now that the second season of his Netflix show The Politician has dropped, the writer-producer-director, 54, is coy about when exactly a third go-round for Payton Hobart and company might … Read more