Ko Wen-je, once a rising star in Taiwanese politics and a presidential contender, was indicted Thursday on corruption charges. The 65-year-old is accused of accepting half a million dollars in bribes involving a real estate dealing during his term as mayor of Taipei, as well as misreporting campaign finances during his run for president in…
ISTANBUL -A mayor from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party was arrested late on Wednesday after prosecutors accused him of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party , banned as a terrorist group in Turkey. Turkey arrests opposition mayor accused of being PKK member The arrest of Ahmet Ozer, mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district, followed an…
Karthik Naralasetty, a 35-year-old Indian-American businessman, is running for mayor in The Hills village of Texas, with the mayoral election to be held on November 5, coinciding with the presidential election in the United States. Karthik Naralasetty (naralasetty.org) If he is victorious, Naralasetty will create history as the youngest mayor of The Hills, and would…
