Tag: Political scandals
US wants life in prison for brother of Honduras president
NEW YORK — A brother of Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández should be sentenced to life in prison for running a “state-sponsored drug trafficking...
Former TV presenter puts race on Dutch political agenda
AMSTERDAM — Sylvana Simons is campaigning for the Dutch general election on a platform of what she calls radical equality.
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Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, awaits probe
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday passed up an opportunity to join other Democrats calling for the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew...
Hondurans to vote in primaries amid corruption allegations
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández’s name keeps popping up in the New York trial of an alleged drug trafficker. And one...
With Cuomo under fire, No. 2 Kathy Hochul treads carefully
BUFFALO, N.Y. — As a chorus of top Democrats demanded New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation over sexual harassment allegations last week, the woman...
Kuwait’s #MeToo moment: Women denounce harassment, violence
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Abrar Zenkawi was cruising toward the beach in Kuwait City when she saw a man waving and smiling in...
Drug trafficker says he bribed Honduras president
NEW YORK — A convicted Honduran drug trafficker and former leader of a cartel testified in United States federal court Thursday that he paid...
Ex-German press office worker convicted of spying for Egypt
BERLIN — A court in Berlin has convicted a former employee of the German government press office of spying for Egypt and given him...
German lawmakers seek to grill Merkel over Wirecard scandal
BERLIN — German lawmakers say they plan to question Chancellor Angela Merkel and her deputy, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, about their involvement with the...
Mexico charges ex-political boss in sex recruiting scandal
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico City said Tuesday they have obtained an arrest warrant for the former local boss of the long-ruling Institutional...