(Bloomberg) — Venezuela lawmakers ousted a national electoral board member who declared irregularities around President Nicolás Maduro’s reelection in July and urged the Prosecutor’s Office to promptly initiate a criminal investigation into him. Most Read from Bloomberg The government-controlled National Assembly appointed Conrado Pérez to re
Al-Sinwar responsible for the worst crimes
Following the killing of the leader of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Yehya al-Sinwar, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pointed out that the extremist had committed the worst crimes. For the “terrible, brutal, inhumane attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens, who were killed, raped, and degraded in the worst possible way,
‘Al-Sinwar was a brutal murderer’
After Israel declared the leader of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Yehya al-Sinwar, to be dead, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Hamas to release all hostages and lay down their arms. “The suffering of the people in Gaza must finally end,” she said on Thursday evening. “Al-Sinwar was
Chile Anti-Crime Mastermind Steps Down Following Rape Allegation
(Bloomberg) — Chile Interior Ministry Undersecretary Manuel Monsalve stepped down following reports that he’s being investigated for rape, a shock development that robs the government of one of its top crime-fighting officials. Most Read from Bloomberg Monsalve told reporters on Thursday that he will leave his post, while adding he still does
Severe weather with heavy flooding in southern France
Heavy rainfall in parts of France caused flooding, evacuations and closed motorways and railway lines on Thursday. The weather service Météo France issued the highest red warning level for six regions in the southern half of the country, and an orange warning level was issued for 34 regions. Around 900 people had to be evacuated […]