Belgian police have raided several locations in the country as part of an investigation into corruption within the European Parliament. Prosecutors said the alleged corruption was “under the guise of commercial lobbying”, and that several people had been detained for questioning. According to officials, an address in Portugal was also searched by local police, while…
Kenya’s most senior judge has hit out following recent allegations of corruption and incompetence within the judiciary. “In all these 22 years I’ve been a judge and a chief justice, nobody has ever approached me with a bribe. I would have them arrested,” Martha Koome told the BBC. The country’s first female chief justice has…
Chile’s government imposed a curfew and declared a state of emergency in response to a sweeping blackout that cut electricity to most of the country including the capital, Santiago, on Tuesday. The massive outage, which began in the afternoon, affected eight million households across the country, from the northern port city of Arica to Los…
This NFL season has been tough sledding for the New England Patriots under first-year head coach Jerod Mayo. They’re 3-13 and coming off a monster 40-7 loss at home that prompted fans to start chanting “Fire Mayo.” That didn’t sit well with Patriots linebacker Jahlani Tavai. “They’re not qualified to do what Mayo is doing,…
Zoe Ball’s final BBC Radio 2 show was a spectacle of laughter and tears, as the presenter was flooded with messages of support, including a surprise message from her son. Saying that she hoped she “managed to bring some sunshine and light” to listeners when they most needed it, the radio presenter thanked all her…
It is now a quarry in Oxfordshire. But nearly 166m years ago it was where a large number of dinosaurs crisscrossed the limestone floor. Researchers have unearthed 200 large dinosaur footprints – said to be the biggest site of its kind in the UK – from two types of dinosaurs, thought to be the herbivorous…
Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 7, 2019. Pedro Nunes | Reuters LONDON — British fintech firm Revolut on Thursday announced it topped $1 billion in annual profit for the first time, a major milestone for the company on the road to an eventual initial public offering. Revolut, which…
Kodak Black Baby Mama Fight Chaos On Video!!! Published February 7, 2025 1:00 AM PST Kodak Black‘s name is all over a police report from a fight at a birthday party for one of his kids … and you can hear cops talking about him in new body cam footage … but Kodak says he…
Play video content BACKGRID Justin Baldoni certainly doesn’t look like a guy in the middle of a nasty legal battle with his “It Ends With Us” costar Blake Lively — even though both have been at each other’s throats. Check out new video/photos, obtained by TMZ … Justin — who also directed the controversial film…
People walk past the Korea Exchange (KRX) building in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 9, 2024. Daniel Ceng | Anadolu | Getty Images South Korea’s central bank cut rates by 25 basis points Tuesday to their lowest since August 2022, as it strives to stimulate a slowing economy. The Bank of Korea cut rates to…
