Parliament’s spending watchdog condemned “unacceptable” financial losses due to scams and errors At least £15 billion ($20.39 billion) of taxpayers’ money has been lost through fraud and error in the government’s Covid emergency loan schemes, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) claimed in a report published on Wednesday. Condemning the situation as “unacceptable,” the committee claimed […]
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‘Major non-NATO ally’ loses US military aid
The cancelation of American military assistance to Egypt comes just days after a $2.5 billion arms deal was agreed between the two nations The US has announced that it is canceling $130 million in military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, with the move coming just days after the Biden administration approved a $2.5 […]
UK govt loses case against alleged ISIS member
The Court of Appeal has ruled that it’s unlawful for the UK to remove a person’s British nationality without prior notice The UK government has lost its latest legal bid to strip a woman of her British citizenship for allegedly deciding to join Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in Syria, after the Court of Appeal […]
Britain’s Prince Andrew loses military titles
The UK’s Buckingham Palace has announced that Prince Andrew’s “military affiliations and Royal patronages” were returned to the Queen as he faces a sex-abuse civil lawsuit in the US linked to sex offender the late Jeffrey Epstein. The announcement was made by the Palace in a brief statement on Thursday. “With The Queen’s approval and […]
‘Women are annoying!’: How Japanese society fights for gender equality and loses to traditions
The fight for women’s rights in Japan goes on for years — without much success. “The first time I visited, they were about to go hiking in the mountains. Yulia carried a smaller backpack and her husband Yuichi a bigger one. A year later, I saw them carrying backpacks of the same size. Two years […]
Australian ‘national treasure’ cartoonist loses job after comparing vaccine mandates to Tiananmen Square crackdown
A renowned Australian cartoonist has said he lost his prime spot in a Melbourne-based newspaper after he drew parallels between the Tiananmen Square protests and Covid-19 vaccine mandates in a new cartoon. Cartoonist Michael Leunig, sometimes referred to as Australia’s “living national treasure,” has revealed that he was forced out of his position on the […]




