Russian aide to Vladimir Putin and former culture minister Vladimir Medinsky has compared the George Floyd riots taking place in the US to the hit film ‘Joker’. Medinsky, 49, admitted that he was left with negative emotions after watching Todd Phillips’ 2019 blockbuster ‘Joker’ starring Joaquin Phoenix, and he drew…
A 21-year-old IDF soldier has been arrested for threatening Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on social media a day after the politician revealed he had been receiving death threats online. The unnamed suspect was reportedly arrested in northern Israel and was taken for a remand hearing at Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s…
This top Italian politician has said those who doubt the existence of coronavirus should be punished like Holocaust deniers as he calls for strict new laws. Luca Zaia, 52, the President of Veneto region in northern Italy, made the comments in a live broadcast on the 'Agora' TV programme on…
This far-right politician has claimed that Arabic has become France's second language and highlighted it with a photograph showing a coronavirus health poster in French next to one in Arabic. Local media report his message implying that Arabic is now so prevalent that it is the second language chosen on…
Photos of a former Russian Green Party politician posing next to a dead bear he reportedly hunted in the forest has sparked outrage after he used them in a lockdown rant. Former politician Victor Veriasov now runs the Ergaki Lodge in the picturesque nature park of the same name in…
