Month: May 2022

Reuters A lawyer with ties to the US Democratic party has been cleared of lying to the FBI during the frenzied final days of the 2016 presidential campaign. Michael Sussman, 58, had been charged with lying to investigators and concealing his ties to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. At the time, Mr Sussman was looking into possible
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REUTERS Around 15,000 suspected war crimes have been reported in Ukraine since the war began, with 200 to 300 more reported daily, its chief prosecutor said. Some 600 suspects have been identified and 80 prosecutions have begun, Iryna Venediktova told reporters in The Hague. The list of suspects includes “top military, politicians and propaganda agents
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After deftly evading the grasp of law enforcement agencies for more than a decade, the world’s most notorious arms trafficker made a reckless mistake. Viktor Bout risked venturing outside of Russia, the one place where his close ties to high-ranking government and military officials offered him tacit protection, the one place where he could feel
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Reuters Canada should introduce a total ban on the buying and selling of all handguns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said. His government is proposing a new law that would freeze private ownership of all short-barrelled firearms. The legislation would not ban the ownership of handguns outright – but would make it illegal to buy
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Getty Images Fashion brand Missguided has appointed administrators after suppliers filed to shut it down over unpaid debts. The retailer with about 330 staff has asked Teneo Financial Advisory to sell its business and assets. Missguided has been hit by supply chain costs, inflation increases and “softening” consumer confidence in an increasingly tough market, Tenoe
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