United States President, Donald Trump, on Tuesday, commuted the sentence of a former state (Illinois) governor jailed for corruption, as well as pardoning a New York City police chief imprisoned for tax fraud. Pardons were also handed out to Edward DeBartolo Jr, a former owner of the San Francisco 49ers football team, and Michael Milken, […]

Surgeons at King’s College Hospital in London removed a brain tumour from a woman who played the violin during the procedure. Doctors for violinist Dagmar Turner, 53, mapped her brain before the surgery to identify areas that were active when she played the instrument and those responsible for controlling language and movement. Doctors then woke […]

United States Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting his post after the nation’s President, Donald Trump, wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told The Associated Press. The revelation came days after Barr took a public swipe at the president, saying […]

A former employee of Denmark’s social services, Britta Nielsen, was sentenced to six and half years in prison on Tuesday for embezzling millions in funds, meant for people in need, over decades. Britta Nielsen, 65, was accused of diverting 117 million Danish kroner ($17 million or 15.7 million euros) between 1993 and 2018 from the […]

By Komi Kueviakue The campaigns for Togo’s Presidential elections kicked off on February 6, two weeks ahead of the voting scheduled to take place on February 22. The seven political parties and their candidates vying for the seat are : 1) ADDI (Alliance des Démocrates pour un Développement Intégral) led by Aimé Gogué; 2) MCD […]