Month: May 2023

ISTANBUL, Turkey — As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approaches the toughest election of his career on Sunday, he has marshaled many of the state’s resources to tilt the playing field in his favor. Mr Erdogan, who has come to increasingly dominate the country over the past two decades, has tapped the Treasury for populist spending programs and raised the minimum wage three times in the past year and a half. His rival barely appears on the state broadcaster while the speeches of Mr. Erdogan are issued in full. And this weekend’s vote will be overseen by an election board…

Listen and subscribe: apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever you listen Sign up for our weekly newsletter of the best NYC podcasts. This week, Representative George Santos, Republican of New York, was indicted on thirteen counts of alleged financial crimes, including wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and materially false statements to the House of Representatives. The congressman then took a page out of former President Donald Trump’s playbook by calling the prosecution a “witch hunt.” Trump himself was found liable this week for defamation and sexual abuse, in a Manhattan civil trial brought by writer E….

Saturday, May 13, 2023 1:17 p.m CHICAGO (WLS) — A man was shot and killed during an argument in the lobby of a South Side apartment building Saturday morning, Chicago police said. The shooting happened in the 2700 block of South State Street around 2:43 a.m., police said. A 30-year-old man was arguing with another person, identified only as a man, when this offender pulled out a gun and fired shots. SEE ALSO | Chicago police: Woman found shot in head after West Englewood house fire Police said the victim, who was shot in the stomach, was taken in critical…

Following Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a bill reauthorizing the state’s public broadcaster for six more years, many locals have expressed support for overriding it. Stitt recently vetoed House Bill 2820, a routine measure that would have reauthorized the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority through 2029. At an April 28 press availability, Stitt said the OETA bill is an outdated system. “It may have had its place in 1957. Why are we spending taxpayers’ money to prop up OETA? It doesn’t make sense to me and then when you look further into the schedule. I don’t think Oklahomans want to use…

Police say they are “appalled” by violent clashes that broke out between anti-immigration protesters wearing Nazi salutes and counter-demonstrators outside the Victorian Parliament. Key Points: Police and protesters engaged in violent clashes at an anti-immigration demonstration outside Parliament on SaturdayPolice used pepper spray and made two arrestsThe demonstration was strongly condemned by the federal government and the Racial Discrimination Commissioner On Saturday, officers were forced to use pepper spray to contain the violence in Melbourne’s CBD, calling on counter-protesters to “get back”. About 20 neo-Nazi protesters dressed in black and covering their faces gathered on the steps of state parliament…

Singapore’s Law Minister K. Shanmugam speaks to Reuters in Singapore on July 31, 2019 (PHOTO: REUTERS/Edgar Su) SINGAPORE – The community still has confidence in the Singapore Police Force (SPF). However, it is important not to take this for granted and allow the relationship between the police and the community to become adversarial. This was highlighted by Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam in a speech at the Police Work Plan Seminar and Exhibition at the Singapore Expo on Friday (May 12). He warned that other countries have experienced situations where the police are seen as enemies rather than…

Perhaps Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has been urged to seize a political opportunity by using buzzwords like now “Biden Administration”, “coal” and fossil fuels “which the radical green movement hates.” But for those wondering what would prompt this political opportunism, remember: Cruz was looking for excuses to oppose much-needed rail safety legislation that had passed out of the Senate Commerce Committee. Inspired by the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February, the bill would increase inspections of trains carrying hazardous materials, require the use of technology to detect track defects and increase penalties on railway companies due to…

In the good old days, we used to think that in a democracy we should have a level playing field. This meant that candidates made their case to voters and did everything they could to get supporters to vote. The elections were hard-fought and often unpleasant, but the idea was that the person who could get the most votes would win. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t think that will work for him. It seems he needs the power of Florida government to help him advance his political career. This is the story of his battle with the Walt Disney Co….