Ex-GOP Jan. 6 investigator warns there are still “three dozen” MAGA lawmakers who should be probed

Former Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., served as a key researcher in the early days of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. After a digest of Rep. Lauren Boebert’s, R-Colo., role in helping insurrectionists on Jan. 6, Riggleman told MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan that she is one of three dozen … Read more

China party says nearly 5 million members probed for graft

China’s ruling Communist Party says it has investigated almost 5 million members for possible corruption over the last decade, with formal criminal cases brought against 553 China’s ruling Communist Party says it has investigated almost 5 million members for possible corruption over the last decade, with formal criminal cases brought against 553 China’s ruling Communist … Read more

Xi Jinping’s secretive life probed in new podcast The Prince

The title of The Prince, a new podcast from The Economist about Chinese leader Xi Jinping, is a reference to Machiavelli’s leadership manual, and to what series host Sue-Lin Wong calls “a Machiavellian story of power — how it’s won, how it’s wielded and how far you can fall when it’s taken away”. It might … Read more

WHO alert on cough syrups ‘alarming’; there are missing links that need to be probed: Expert

“The information from WHO that cough syrups manufactured by an Indian pharma company caused the death of 66 children due to the presence of ethylene glycol is alarming, Professor Y. K. Gupta, senior pharmacologist and vice-chairman of the Standing National Committee on Medicines said. “The information from WHO that cough syrups manufactured by an Indian … Read more