Day: May 19, 2023

Nigerian doctors begin 5-day strike demanding better working conditions

10:07 pm May 19, 2023

Doctors in Nigerian public hospitals on Wednesday kicked off a five-day strike to demand better conditions, leading to health care being shut for many patients. The strike by the resident doctors became necessary after the government’s refusal to increase their salaries and pay arrears owed some of their members as well as to invest more […]

Lebanon gets Interpol notice following central bank chief’s failure to appear

10:06 pm May 19, 2023

Lebanon on Friday received an Interpol notice for the country’s embattled central bank governor who failed to show up in Paris earlier in the week for questioning in a key corruption case, officials said. France, Germany, and Luxembourg are investigating the governor, Riad Salameh, and his associates over myriad financial crimes, including illicit enrichment and […]

Nevada man sentenced to life in prison in torture, murder of man, 27, forced to walk off cliff

10:00 pm May 19, 2023

A Nevada man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday in the death of a 27-year-old man in 2021 who was tortured, shot and forced to walk off a cliff, the Nye County District Attorney’s office confirmed to Fox News Digital. Brad Mehn was found guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping with a […]

Washington Post forced to issue several corrections on ‘Russian bot’ stories following Twitter Files

9:57 pm May 19, 2023

The Washington Post issued a series of corrections on stories published during the Russiagate saga, a direct result of reporting from the Twitter Files by independent journalist Matt Taibbi. In January, Taibbi drew attention to Hamilton 68, a “dashboard” that purportedly monitored Russian bot activity and was frequently cited by top Democrats and the media […]

FBI improperly used warrantless search powers more than 278,000 times in 2021, FISA court filing reveals

9:14 pm May 19, 2023

The FBI improperly used warrantless search powers against U.S. citizens more than 278,000 times in the year ending November 2021, according to an unsealed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) filing. U.S. citizens covered in that improper effort included people involved in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021; George Floyd protesters during the summer of […]