Great Grift: Full probe of Covid funds theft will decide whether Biden or Trump will be next US president
Fraud in pandemic unemployment assistance programmes stands at $76 billion, according to congressional testimony from Labor Department Inspector General Larry Turner. That’s a conservative estimate. Another $115 billion mistakenly went to people who should not have received the benefits, according to his testimony.
Probe labelled ‘Great Grift’ reveals how public servants and proxies in US stole $280 billion, misspent $123 billion Covid funds
The pilfering was wide but not always as deep as the eye-catching headlines about cases involving many millions of dollars. But all of the theft, big and small, illustrates an epidemic of scams and swindles at a time America was grappling with overrun hospitals, school closures and shuttered businesses. Since the pandemic began in early 2020, more than 1.13 million people in the US have died from Covid-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Influential former Italy prime minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi succumbs to leukaemia
Despite his health woes and the relentless court battles, Berlusconi refused to relinquish control of Forza Italia and returned to frontline politics, winning a seat in the European Parliament in 2019 and in the Italian Senate last year.
After President Museveni ‘created’ Banyarwanda ruling tribe, he embarked on virulent ethnic balkanisation of Uganda
Already, every sphere of human life and activity is now effectively dominated by people who belong to the ethnic group dominating power in Uganda. This is not surprising. During his long reign in Uganda, the president has made sure that power does not get out of his hands, or out of his family and ethnic group. This is exactly what racist South African supremacists did to exclude the majority Blacks from governing their country.
Ukraine announces recapture of villages in Kherson as Russia gloats over repulsion of enemy
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Ukrainian counteroffensive actions were underway. But while the recapture of Blahodatne pointed to a small Ukrainian advance, Western and Ukrainian leaders have repeatedly cautioned that efforts to expel Russian troops more broadly are expected to take time. Russia has made much of how its troops have held their ground elsewhere.
Billionaire George Soros’ son vows to broaden Open Society Foundations’ scope after taking over empire
The foundation directs about $1.5 billion a year to groups such as those backing human rights around the world and helping build democracies, the Journal reported.
