Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has already earned more than £1 million ($1.2 million) for giving paid speeches since leaving office in September, according to an official register of UK parliamentarians' interests.. He received payments ranging from £215,000 to £277,000 ($267,000 to $344,000) each time, according to the official document published on the UK parliament's website that lists lawmakers' financial interests.
Stephen "tWitch" Boss, the DJ from "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," has died, his wife has said, in what Los Angeles media reported was an apparent suicide.. Boss became a fixture on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" after he joined in 2014.
Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu vowed to fight for a democratic revolution after initially being stripped of his victory over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ally in a 2019 election that again threatens to prematurely end his political career.. The 68-year-old Turkish leader launched his own political career as a fiery mayor of Istanbul in the 1990s.
Georgia's jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili announced a new hunger strike Wednesday after authorities didn't ensure a video link between the hospital where he is being held and his court hearing.. A court hearing over their demand that was due earlier Wednesday was postponed after authorities failed to provide a video link between the courtroom and Saakashvili's hospital.
Far-right essayist Alain Soral, who appeared in court in Switzerland on Wednesday over homophobic remarks, told the hearing that he was himself the victim of "harassment" by the LGBTQ community.. "I have been the target of a smear campaign, of harassment, especially by the Tribune de Geneve and the LGBTQ community" in Switzerland, he charged.
France's top comics festival said Wednesday it is cancelling an appearance by an author criticised for depicting incest and sexualising children after threats of violence against him. . The Angouleme International Comics Festival said it was "not possible" to go ahead with an appearance by Bastien Vives that "could pose such risks to an author and, potentially... to festival-goers," adding that staff had also faced "intimidation".
South African opposition parties vowed Wednesday to challenge a vote in parliament that rejected an impeachment inquiry against President Cyril Ramaphosa that could have forced his removal from office.. But South Africa's opposition parties vowed not to let the case die, saying they would challenge the decision.
Oscar-winning Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's first feature film in a decade will be released in July next year, its distribution company has said.. His film "Spirited Away" won an Oscar for best animated feature in 2003.
Rapper Tory Lanez offered Megan Thee Stallion $1 million not to tell police he had shot her feet, she told a Los Angeles court on Tuesday.. Police stopped the car a short time later, and Megan Thee Stallion was transported to hospital for treatment, telling police that she had cut her feet on broken glass.
Debate raged in France Tuesday over whether a star graphic novelist should be feted at a top comics festival despite work accused of evoking paedophilia and incest. . The debate has reignited with the decision by the illustrious Angouleme International Comics Festival to honour Vives at its next edition in January.
