‘I appeal to you – eat this fish’: Sri Lankan politician bites into raw fish during bizarre press conference to prove it will not give people coronavirus Former fisheries minister Dilip Wedaarachchi, 63, bit into the medium-sized fish Tens of thousands of tonnes of fish been left unsold after the Central Fish Market The outbreak … Read more
Cambridge students are calling for a ‘transphobic’ Labour politician to be suspended from his job as a porter at Clare College after he resigned from the council in protest over a motion in support of transgender rights. Kevin Price, who represented King’s Hedges for more than 10 years, refused to support the Lib Dem motion … 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
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
A black female politician has been depicted as a slave in chains in a right-wing magazine, sparking a criminal racism inquiry. Valeurs Actuelles (Current Values) faces prosecution for the seven-page illustrated feature on 40-year-old Danièle Obono. Ms Obono, who is French-Gabonese, said she was sickened by the cartoon, and branded those responsible as ‘odious, stupid … 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 By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 10:58 BST, 5 August 2020 | Updated: 11:11 BST, 5 August 2020 A German neo-Nazi on trial over the murder of pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke has admitted to the killing. Stephan Ernst, 46, told the … Read more
Ryan Murphy teases that season three of The Politician won’t happen for ‘a couple of years’ so Ben Platt’s character can ‘get a little bit older’ By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 03:00 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 08:15 BST, 20 June 2020 Ryan Murphy is arguably the king of streaming television, and he … Read more
An Australian politician today sparked fury by demanding the states of Queensland and Victoria be renamed because they honour Britain’s former monarch and head of an empire ‘that murdered people’. Lidia Thorpe, who represented the Greens in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 2017 and 2018, said the territories got their names because of an ‘invasion … Read more