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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attacked with green dye again

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attacked with green dye again

Prominent Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny had to be taken to hospital on 28 April, after green antiseptic dye was thrown in his face causing his eyes to burn. Navalny says he will continue his anti-corruption activity and presidential campaign after an unknown assailant threw the green liquid at his face. Apr 28, 2017
UK general election 2017: What you need to know

UK general election 2017: What you need to know

On 8 June 2017, the British public will go to the polls again after Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election in April. Heres everything you need to know in the lead up to one of the most important elections in recent years.  Apr 28, 2017
Caitlyn Jenner emplores Trump to read her new book, then give it to Jeff Sessions

Caitlyn Jenner emplores Trump to read her new book, then give it to Jeff Sessions

Caitlyn Jenner sent a message to U.S. President Donald Trump outside the White House on Thursday: read my book. You might learn something, she added. Jenner was speaking of her memoir, The Secrets of My Life. She asked Trump to give the book to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions after finishing it.The 66-year-old Olympic gold medalist turned television personality has become a spokesperson for equal rights since she came out as transgender in 2015.This isnt the first time Jenner has posted a call to Trump on social media. In April of 2016, she posted a video of herself using a womens bathroom at Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trumps New York hotel. Apr 28, 2017
Amnesty UK vows to confront politicians over toxic language during election campaign

Amnesty UK vows to confront politicians over toxic language during election campaign

Politicians will be confronted if they use toxic language during the general election campaign, Amnesty International UK warned on Friday 28 April. Kate Allen, director of the human rights group, told IBTimes UK that her organisation will call out such behaviour.What politicians say influences public opinion and influences behaviour and there we want them to be careful, she said. Apr 28, 2017
Boris Johnson defends calling Jeremy Corbyn a mugwump

Boris Johnson defends calling Jeremy Corbyn a mugwump

Boris Johnson MP has defended his attack on Jeremy Corbyn MP, after referring to him as a mutton-headed mugwump. The Foreign Secretary accused the Labour leader of being wedded to old fashioned policies on nuclear disarmament and NATO, and said voters need to know he poses a very real threat to the UK in a world that is uncertain and unstable. Apr 27, 2017
Emmanuel Macron booed by crowd and upstaged by Marine Le Pen over Whirlpool factory closure

Emmanuel Macron booed by crowd and upstaged by Marine Le Pen over Whirlpool factory closure

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was booed by employees at a factory slated for closure on 26 April, after being upstaged by political opponent Marine Le Pen. Macrons diary had included a meeting in the chamber of commerce with union representatives from the Whirlpool plant, but Le Pen pulled off a surprise campaign stunt by meeting the picketing workers at the same time. When Macron later went to the factory, he was greeted by boos and chants of President Marine by some in the crowd. Apr 27, 2017
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