Hugh Schofield Paris correspondent Reuters France’s former interior minister has apologised for the first time for the 2022 fiasco at the Stade de France which saw Liverpool football supporters wrongly blamed for a riot. Gérald Darmanin admitted that security arrangements for the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid were wrong, and that his…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologised on Friday after hundreds of its members criticised it for not supporting Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian who was recently detained by Israeli settlers. The academy apologised for not “directly [acknowledging] Mr Ballal and the film by name”, after nearly 700 voting members, including multiple A-list…
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa (Acsa) has apologised for failing to protect the public from the risk posed by a prolific British child abuser who had moved to South African in 2001. Senior barrister John Smyth, who died in South Africa in 2018 at the age of 77, abused over 100 children and young…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan for the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed – but stopped short of saying Russia was responsible. In his first comments on the Christmas Day crash, Putin said the “tragic incident” had occurred when Russian…
Mark Cuban apologised after facing backlash for saying Donald Trump is “never” seen around “strong, intelligent women.” Cuban’s recent comments about the former president have triggered widespread backlash. Mark Cuban apologises after saying Trump isn’t seen around ‘strong women’ (Photo by Craig Lassig / AFP)(AFP) On being asked about Trump’s ability to court Nikki Haley…
ABC affiliate WNEP-TV accidentally aired election results showing Vice President Kamala Harris winning Pennsylvania—just a week before Election Day. The graphic, which showed VP Harris’ win with 52% of the vote over Republican challenger Donald Trump’s 47%, popped up during the station’s Sunday coverage of the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix, sparking a wave of…
