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Authorities in Detroit have charged a man with embezzling millions of dollars from a group that has turned Detroit’s riverfront into a popular attraction

Johnny and Haechan, two members of the K-pop boy group NCT, have been embroiled in a scandal of epic proportions. An X account called @kira_ceo_main claimed that the two idols got up, close and personal involved with three Japanese fans. The photos soon went viral on social media.

Just back from a visit to Ukraine, a U.S. Treasury official is describing a country whose wartime economy has proven resilient in the face of Russia’s invasion, and he says U.S. and allied budget assistance is designed to help Ukraine combat corruption...

Here is a question I once asked myself while browsing in a modest-sized bookstore, which is one of my favourite things to do: If I had to read all the books in the store section by section, which one would I enjoy the most—and which the least? For me, the second question is easier: I am not a fan of self-help books and business/management books, two genres that have all too much in common. Granted, you can find some good advice in these books. But too often the exhortations are cliched or lacking in context.

NEW YORK CITY — Donald Trump would have Americans believe that his conviction on 34 felony counts last week proves that their legal system is rigged and corrupt and that he’s a victim.

It was the political trial of the young century, a salacious, high-stakes drama starring a former U.S. president vying to reclaim the White House. Manhattan prosecutors’ hush-money case against Donald Trump spanned more than a month and featured more than 20 witnesses.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi «owed an explanation to the country's women» for having campaigned in favour of sex scandal accused Prajjwal Revanna. Speaking to PTI-Video during his visit to Patna, Tharoor alleged that accusations against Revanna had been known to the BJP which chose to ignore these because of «political cynicism». «It is now well known that videotapes of Revanna were made available to a BJP leader in Karnataka where the party displayed political cynicism by keeping mum and having a truck with the Janata Dal (Secular),» he said. Referring to a rally of Modi in the Hassan constituency for Revanna who has been on the run since the matter came to light, Tharoor said, «The prime minister of the country clearly owes an answer to the country's women for canvassing in favour of such a candidate».

The former head of Britain’s Post Office Paula Vennells has broken down in tears on several occasions while giving evidence to an inquiry into one of the country’s biggest miscarriages of justice that saw hundreds of branch managers wrongly convicted o...

Paula Vennells, the ex-British Post Office head, on Wednesday become the one of the most trending persons on the social as she had sobbed after appearing before a public inquiry into the wrongful conviction of hundreds of postmasters. She claimed that the event caused by errors not conspiracy, and if anything she had been «too trusting» of others. The incident has been one of the country’s biggest miscarriages of justice that saw hundreds of branch managers wrongly convicted of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system, as per report. While Vennells was CEO, a group of postal workers took legal action against the Post Office in 2016. Three years later, the High Court in London ruled that Horizon contained a number of «bugs, errors and defects» and that the Post Office «knew there were serious issues about the reliability» of the system, including that employees at Fujitsu could remotely access the ledgers of branch managers.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was due to address the nation on Wednesday amid mounting expectations that he will call a summer general election. Sunak's office confirmed that he would issue a statement statement after positive economic figures set Britain's political rumor mill alight with speculation that an election might be imminent. Multiple British media outlets said he would name a July 4 date for the election.

Boesky, involved in one of the biggest insider trading scandals, dies at 87.

The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry has been published, six years after it started its work

Enforcement Directorate (ED) will file «at least one more» supplementary prosecution complaint (equivalent of a chargesheet) in the Delhi excise scandal, people aware of the matter told ET. It will elaborate on the alleged role of hawala operators in the alleged transfer of kickbacks from a South India-based group to functionaries of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the party's Goa assembly election campaign in 2022. The federal agency had arrested an alleged Delhi-based cash courier named Vinod Chauhan earlier this month. The agency, in one of its previous charge sheets, had alleged that Chauhan received cash bags from associates of BRS leader and co-accused in the case K Kavitha, which were then allegedly transferred through hawala to AAP leaders in Goa.

EV factory in Germany worth €2 billion ($2.2 billion). Despite its aspirations for a greener future, Volkswagen continues to sell many vehicles powered by combustion engines, raising concerns about exceeding emissions allowances in the near future. CEO Oliver Blume has even petitioned European regulators for leniency in this regard.

Arvind Kejriwal's aide for the assault, here are some of the top stories of May 16. Vineet Nayyar, the former vice-chairman of Tech Mahindra, passed away on Thursday, at 85. From starting off as a district magistrate to overseeing the turnaround of an Indian IT giant marred by scandals, Nayyar wore many hats in his lifetime.

The case of sexual harassment of a 47-year-old house help was registered against Revanna and his son and MP Prajwal Revanna at the Holenarsipur town police station in Hassan district on April 28. Prajwal reportedly left for Germany on April 27 and is still at large.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of compromising on the issue of infiltration and appeasing minorities, BJP chief J P Nadda on Wednesday said during the decade-long reign of the TMC in the state, one scandal after another has plagued West Bengal. Speaking at an election rally in support of the party's Purulia candidate Jyotirmoy Mahato, Nadda said while the fragmented INDIA bloc parties were rooting for a 'majboor' (weak) government at the Centre to fulfill their selfish motives, people of West Bengal have already made their choice clear for a 'majboot' (strong) government. Nadda also accused Banerjee of converting Bengal into a safe haven for terrorists. «Mamata Didi's government is going soft on the issue of infiltration besides pursuing the policy of minority appeasement,» Nadda said.

Prajwal Revanna manipulated her to answer his video calls, where the MP would ask her to remove her clothes and threatened to harm her mother. “He (Prajwal) used to call me and ask me to remove my clothes. He would call on my mother’s mobile and force me to answer the video calls.

HYBE has now become controversy’s favourite child. The K-pop titan, which has been in the news for its ongoing feud with Min Hee Jin, the CEO of one of its labels ADOR, is now embroiled in a new scandal!

Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna to the CBI, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said he reposed faith in the Special Investigation Team of the state police, which is investigating the case. Questioning BJP's locus standi to make such a demand, he asked the opposition party as to why it doesn't trust the police. He also hit out at the saffron party for making misleading statements aimed at causing confusion in the minds of the people about SIT, which is conducting a «fair probe». «We are getting the probe done by our police (SIT), we have belief and faith in our police. They are efficient,» Siddaramaiah said in response to a question on BJP demanding a CBI probe.

Kolkata: Demanding the resignation of West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday that she would never go to the Raj Bhawan or sit next to Bose as she felt «sitting beside him is a sin». Banerjee's statement comes in the backdrop of an allegation of molestation levelled against him by a female employee of the Raj Bhawan. Speaking at an election rally at Hooghly, the Trinamool Congress supremo said she would never visit the governor at the Raj Bhawan.