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Ukraine arrests officials on live TV, sacks powerful oligarch Ukraine dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised cabinet meeting hours after the president sacked a powerful oligarch as regional governor.

26 March 2015 13:19

Expensive patriotism: man in Kazakhstan fined for hanging flag A man in Kazakhstan was ordered to pay a fine for hanging a flag off his balcony in a multi-apartment house. Lawyers and public do not agree with the decision. Will he pay?

06 March 2015 11:21

Scarlett Johansson took our name, band says Scarlett Johansson can expect her name to boost sales, but her new band's decision to call itself the seemingly innocuous The Singles has triggered a firestorm.

26 February 2015 11:16

Miss Lebanon in hot water after selfie with Miss Israel Miss Universe contestants are keen to proclaim their desire for world peace, but this year's Miss Lebanon has declared war.

19 January 2015 12:12

Brazil's Petrobras graft scandal embroils 28 more politicians The main accuser in the corruption scandal that has embroiled Brazil oil giant Petrobras gave a list of 28 politicians who had taken kickbacks.

20 December 2014 18:05

Doping scandal at World Weightlifting Championship in Astana: 8 weightlifters await B sample analysis A doping scandal has erupted after The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships that was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on November 8-16.

14 December 2014 13:35

Astana Pro Team on probation: UCI issues provisional license for 2015 Kazakhstani Astana Pro Team has been granted a provisional license for 2015 races.

11 December 2014 19:58

Pressure grows on Spanish PM to tackle corruption Spanish Prime Minister scrambled to contain the fallout of a new graft scandal involving members of his conservative Popular Party.

30 October 2014 13:29

Ads agency fined millions for gay smooch poster in Kazakhstan Losing the third case in a row over the scandalous gay smooch ad, Havas Worldwide Kazakhstan is facing bankruptcy with the new verdict.

29 October 2014 14:35

Spanish PM apologises for party corruption scandals Spain prime minister apologised for corruption scandals involving members of his conservative Popular Party.

29 October 2014 13:10

Gay smooch ad creators lose in court; situation of sexual minorities in Kazakhstan in spotlight Creators of the scandalous poster depicting a smooch between Kazakh composer and Russian poet of 19 century have lost the appeal in court on grounds of "acceptable morality and behaviour". What is for sexual minorities in Kazakhstan?

17 October 2014 17:44

Descendant of Kazakh composer demands 1mln in damages from gay smooch poster creators The poster advertising a gay bar in Kazakhstan depicting a Kazakh composer and a Russian poet kissing has mostly angered the public in Kazakhstan. Now the Kazakh descendant of the composer claims 1mln tenge in damages from the poster creators.

04 September 2014 01:33

China shuts meat factory supplying McDonald's, KFC Shanghai has shut a factory of US food provider OSI Group for selling out-of-date meat to restaurant giants including McDonald's and KFC, authorities said Monday in China's latest food safety scandal.

21 July 2014 13:09

Popular Kazakh singer in midst of scandal less than year after another concert ended in violence A new scandal is raging around popular Kazakh singer Kairat Nurtas just a year after another concert resulted in mass violence in Almaty.

11 July 2014 14:14

Vietnam banking tycoon given 30-year jail term A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced a disgraced banking tycoon to 30 years in jail over a multi-million dollar scandal that shocked the nation's already fragile financial markets.

09 June 2014 13:14

GM fires 15 over ignition scandal but says 'no coverup' General Motors chief executive Mary Barra said Thursday that the company has fired 15 mostly senior executives over the deadly ignition scandal that has placed the automaker under federal investigation.

06 June 2014 13:47

Spanish King Juan Carlos abdicates: PM Spanish King Juan Carlos will abdicate in favour of his son Prince Felipe, the premier announced Monday, ending a 39-year reign that ushered in democracy but was later battered by royal scandals.

02 June 2014 16:32

India wins Italy appeal over helicopter deal India on Friday partially won an appeal against an Italian court order rejecting its request to recover bank guarantees over a scrapped helicopter deal at the centre of a bribery scandal.

24 May 2014 11:25

Guatemala ex-leader gets six years in New York Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo was sentenced in New York to five years and 10 months in prison Thursday for a $2.5 million bribery scandal.

23 May 2014 12:56

Watergate conspirator Jeb Magruder dies Jeb Magruder, the Nixon White House aide imprisoned for his role in the Watergate scandal who later claimed he overheard the president order the break-in, has died. He was 79.

17 May 2014 12:22

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