HSBC Could Face U.S. Legal Action Over Swiss Accounts
HSBC Holdings Plc faces investigation by U.S. authorities and an inquiry by British lawmakers after admitting failings by its Swiss private bank that may have allowed some customers to dodge taxes.U.S....
View ArticleEx-IMF Head Strauss-Kahn Testifies in French Sex Trial
Feminist activists threw themselves on Dominique Strauss-Kahn's car in protest on Tuesday as the ex-IMF chief, once tipped to become French president, arrived at court to testify over his alleged role...
View ArticleNiger approves sending troops to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram
Niger's parliament has unanimously approved the deployment of troops to northern Nigeria as part of a regional offensive against Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has launched several...
View ArticleFallon Is the King on YouTube but Not on the Night's Talk Shows
Last week Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon assembled a quartet of actors, none of whom had to walk off the set of the new David Fincher film to be there, to appear in a skit. The following morning my...
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Andrew Wakefield, Father of the Anti-Vaccine Movement, Sticks to His Story
Andrew Wakefield is both revered and reviled. To a small group of parents, he’s a hero who won’t back down from his assertion that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine can cause autism.To most,...
View ArticleHSBC Chairman ‘Knew Perfectly Well’ About Tax Evasion, Says Whistleblower
Stephen Green, the former boss of HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm at the time of its alleged assistance of wealthy clients’ tax avoidance, “knew perfectly well” what was occurring at the bank,...
View ArticleFreedom of Speech Facing 'Major Threat' in France
A human rights expert has warned that freedom of speech in France is facing “a major threat” and is in a “very dangerous situation”, as a stringent anti-terror law came into force in the wake of the...
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A Ukrainian Father's Desperate Search for His Son, Trapped in Donetsk Airport
Once the green van screeched to a halt, doors swung open and the blindfold was removed. Words were irrelevant. Teary eyed, Slavik clutched his mother tightly, before reaching for his father, the chief...
View ArticleNewsweek Twitter Account Hacked By Group Claiming ISIS Affiliation
Updated | At 10:45 a.m., the Newsweek Twitter account, @Newsweek, was hacked by a group calling themselves the "Cyber Caliphate." The group claimed to be affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) and...
View ArticleJeb Bush Publishes Eight Years of Emails From Time as Governor
Jeb Bush, the leading Republican candidate for the 2016 presidential election, released an archive on Tuesday containing eight years' worth of his private correspondences from his time as governor of...
View ArticleMPs Urge Committee to Call Stephen Green to Answer for HSBC Scandal
Former HSBC chairman Stephen Green’s should appear in front of the Public Accounts Committee to answer questions on the conduct of the bank’s Swiss subsidiary while he was in charge, according to...
View ArticleUK Only Western European Country to Ban Prisoners Voting
The UK is the only country in western Europe that still enforces a blanket ban on prisoners voting in elections, a law which the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has now ruled breaches inmates’...
View ArticleEU Targets Interim Greek Debt Deal by Next Week
The European Union is aiming to clinch an interim debt deal with Greece at a meeting of euro zone finance ministers on Monday, with "low expectations" for a breakthrough at meetings of ministers and EU...
View ArticleJewish Groups Slam German Anti-Semitism Commission for Omitting Jews
Jewish groups in Germany sharply criticized a new government commission on anti-Semitism on Tuesday, saying the lack of a single Jewish member on the panel was scandalous and pledging to set up a rival...
View ArticleSamsung Updates SmartTV Policy, Names Third Party Collecting Voice Commands
A single line in Samsung’s voice-recognizing SmartTV privacy policy sent the media into a frenzy over the past few days. It read:“Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other...
View Article'Grave' Repercussions If Greece Turns to Russia
There could be serious repercussions if Greece fails to reach an agreement on their debt with the eurozone, and turns to Russia instead, experts have warned.The Greek defence minister Panos Kammenos...
View ArticlePlans for Milan ‘Prostitution Zone’ Gain Cross-Party Support
A number of Milan politicians have come out in favour of creating a red light district in the city this week. Politicians from across the political spectrum, including the ruling Democratic Party (PD),...
View ArticleUltra-Nationalist Hungarian Party Send MP to Live With Roma After Racist...
Hungary’s radical nationalist party Jobbik has ordered one of their newly elected local councillors to spend three days living with a Roma member of the party. The ruling came after it emerged that...
View ArticleGroup Finds 4,000 Lynchings in the South, More Than Previously Known
The lynchings of black Americans in the South after the Civil War were much more widespread than previously thought, according to a new report published Tuesday by the Equal Justice Initiative...
View ArticleSheldon Silver’s Woes May Pave Way for UFC in New York
Since 2013, New York state has been the lone holdout against allowing mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions such as those organized by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the most successful of...
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