Tag: scandal

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Mother of all scandals: “King” Bolsonaro and cabinet caught with their pants down

  

  On Apr 22, Brazil was fast becoming a new coronavirus flashpoint, but President Jair Bolsonaro and his cabinet barely mentioned the pandemic in a videotaped meeting that has triggered outrage and fuelled a potentially explosive investigation.

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  The 2019 Literature Nobel Prize award implodes in the scandal-hit Swedish Academy

  

  Two external members of the Nobel literature prize committee quit on Monday after criticizing the scandal-hit Swedish Academy. The 233-year-old Academy was forced to introduce several new measures after a sex scandal involving the husband of a former member escalated into a bitter row that meant it had to postpone the award for 2018.

• Friday, April 19th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Controversial tabloid embroiled in high profile scandals involving Trump and Bezos is sold

  

  The owner of US tabloid newspaper the National Enquirer has agreed to sell the title to magazine distributor James Cohen. American Media Inc (AMI) said it would sell the title and two of its sister publications to Mr Cohen.

• Monday, February 18th 2019 - 10:01 UTC

  MPs demand tough urgent action against Facebook to combat spread of fake news

  

  Facebook needs for stricter regulation, with tough and urgent action necessary to end the spread of disinformation on its platform, MPs have said. A House of Commons committee has concluded that the firm's founder Mark Zuckerberg failed to show “leadership or personal responsibility” over fake news.

• Monday, August 27th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Francis ends visit to Ireland begging forgiveness for the abuses perpetrated by Church leaders

  

  Pope Francis has begged forgiveness for members of the Catholic Church's hierarchy who “kept quiet” about clerical child sex abuse. He was ending a two-day visit to the Republic of Ireland by celebrating a Mass at Dublin's Phoenix Park.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  NRA elects ex Reagan aide involved in the Iran-Contra scandal

  

  The influential US gun lobby the National Rifle Association (NRA) has elected a former aide to President Ronald Reagan as its new president. Oliver North, a retired US Marine Colonel, played a major role in the so-called Iran-Contra scandal.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 09:22 UTC

  South African ruling party recalls president Zuma to step down

  

  South Africa's ruling ANC party on Tuesday “recalled” scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma from office but set no deadline for him to step down, pitching the country into further uncertainty. ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule told reporters that Zuma had “agreed in principle to resign” and had proposed leaving in three to six months -- a delay that the party rejected.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2018 - 10:18 UTC

  Pope Francis held a private meeting with victims of sex abuse by priests

  

  Pope Francis publicly expressed “pain and shame” on Tuesday over the rape and molestation of children by priests in Chile and later listened, prayed and cried at a private meeting with victims. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said the meeting took place in the Vatican embassy in Santiago.

• Monday, January 15th 2018 - 09:19 UTC

  Donald joins the sloppy club: caught in his 'tighty-whities' chasing porn stars

  

  United States president Donald Trump faced new accusations on Saturday regarding the alleged payment of hush money to a pornographic film star. A second actor in pornographic films told the Daily Beast she had been invited to join Trump when he was with Stephanie Clifford, who performs under the name Stormy Daniels. The same site reported that a third actor, who accused Trump of sexual misconduct before the 2016 election, is now subject to a non-disclosure agreement.

• Saturday, January 13th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  PwC banned from auditing in India following country's major corporate scandal

  

  PwC's Indian unit has been banned from auditing listed companies for two years, over one of the country's biggest corporate scandals. Price Waterhouse was auditor for Satyam computers when company owner Ramalinga Raju admitted to inflating earnings.