Ex-spa owner denies selling access to Trump, says Dems target her because she's a Chinese Republican
The former operator of a Florida spa named in a prostitution investigation is speaking out for the first time to rebut reports that she sold access to President Donald Trump. In an interview with NBC News, Li “Cindy” Yang said she believes she’s facing allegations of being a Chinese agent solely because of her ethnicity […]
Electric car batteries damaging to environment: Amnesty International
Amnesty International called out electric car manufacturers on Thursday for producing batteries through unethical and fossil-fuel intensive methods. The human rights NGO argued that years of unregulated industry practices for the extraction of the minerals used in lithium-ion batteries have led to “detrimental human rights and environmental impacts.” “Finding effective solutions to the climate crisis […]
Russia releases two American Mormon missionaries
Two American members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints detained in Russia for nearly three weeks have been released and are on their way home to the United States, a church spokesman said Wednesday. Kole Brodowski, 20, and David Gaag, 19, were arrested on March 1 in Novorossiyk, 760 miles south of […]
Nirav Modi: Billionaire jeweller arrested in London over India’s biggest banking fraud
Nirav Modi, a fugitive billionaire jeweller suspected of a $2 billion (€1.76 bn) loan fraud in India, has been arrested in London, Reuters reported on Wednesday citing British police sources. The 48-year-old is one of the main suspects charged in India’s biggest banking fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB). Modi, who denies wrongdoing, left […]
