POLITICS
South Korean President Park Geun-hye offers to resign over corruption scandal
South Korea's embattled President Park Geun-hye has offered to step down and asked the parliament to iron out a procedure for her resignation if necessary. In a televised address on Tuesday (29 November) Park said that she would leave her fate in the hands of parliament. "I will leave to parliament everything about my...
Duterte says he ‘spanks’ female police officers when he is angry
Rodrigo Duterte said he sometimes playfully spanks the rear of his female security staff in Malacañang, the Philippines' presidential palace. Speaking at the alumni homecoming of San Beda College of Law on 26 November, he said: "I spank them on their bottoms in Malacañang if I'm ill-tempered. I get my...
Mark Carney plan for Brexit gets cool response from Gove
Brexit supporters have rejected plans reportedly backed by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney for an extended transition when Britain leaves the EU. He hosted dinners last week with business leaders about keeping single market access for at least two years after Brexit, the Sunday Times claims. But former cabinet minister...
Clinton camp splits from White House on Jill Stein recount push
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign said on Saturday it would help with efforts to secure recounts in several states, even as the White House defended the declared results as “the will of the American people”. The campaign’s general counsel, Marc Elias, said in an online post that while it had found...
Donald Trump: US presidential election recount ‘scam by the Green Party’
US President-elect Donald Trump has called the Green Party's request for a recount as a "scam" and accused Jill Stein of trying to "fill her coffers". He also described the move by Hillary Clinton's Democrat campaign to take part in a recount of Wisconsin votes as "ridiculous". Marc Elias,...
François Fillon attacks ‘Paris elite’ before second-round primary
François Fillon, the former French prime minister promising to introduce “electric shock” economic reform, has rounded off his campaign for the right’s presidential nomination by lashing out at what he called the small-minded liberal Paris elite who warned he was a dangerous social reactionary. The...
François Fillon beats Alain Juppé in presidential candidacy debate
François Fillon, the socially conservative former French prime minister promising a pro-business “electric shock” for France, was seen as the winner of a TV debate against his more moderate rival, Alain Juppé, ahead of Sunday’s vote to nominate the French right’s presidential candidate. The...
Jill Stein raises over $2m to request US election recounts in battleground states
Jill Stein, the Green party’s presidential candidate, is prepared to request recounts of the election result in several key battleground states, her campaign said on Wednesday. Stein launched an online fundraising page seeking donations toward a a multimillion-dollar fund she said was needed to request reviews of the...
Hillary Clinton urged to call for election vote recount in battleground states
A growing number of academics and activists are calling for US authorities to fully audit or recount the 2016 presidential election vote in key battleground states, in case the results could have been skewed by foreign hackers. The loose coalition, which is urging Hillary Clinton’s campaign to join its fight, is preparing...
UK ramps up borrowing forecasts, sees slower growth due to Brexit
Britain ramped up its borrowing forecasts on Wednesday as the economy slows in the wake of the Brexit vote, finance minister Philip Hammond said in the country's first budget plan since voters decided to leave the European Union. The weaker growth and tighter public finances outlined by Hammond leave Prime Minister Theresa...
Actually, the Queen already gives plenty of money to the government
Over the past week, an online petition calling for the royals to pay for Buckingham Palace’s £369 million refurbishment has gathered steam – and a lot of people are really rather angry. Pic shows James Bettles.. An aspiring model who hid a spy camera inside a tanning booth in a bid to film a woman naked .....
Donald Trump made a video to reassure you that everything’s just fine
Hey guys, you can all stop worrying because Donald Trump just made this video to assure that everything is fine, thanks for asking. The president-elect doesn’t move into the White House for another 59 days, but his team sat him down in front of a camera to record a clip about how absolutely FINE the transition process is...