Ex-UAW Chief Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $1 Mn In Union Dues – Serialpressit (News)
A former president of United Auto Workers faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to embezzling more than $1 million dollars in union funds and evading taxes.Gary Jones, 63, who...
N. Korea Warns S. Korea to Stop Defectors from Scattering Anti-North Leaflets – Serialpressit...
The sister of North Korea’s leader has warned South Korea to stop defectors from sending leaflets into the demilitarized zone separating the countries, saying it may cancel a recent bilateral military agreement if the...
Charges Filed Against All Four Police Officers In Floyd Killing – Serialpressit (News)
Prosecutors in Minnesota on Wednesday upgraded charges against the US police officer primarily implicated in the killing of a handcuffed black man, and charged three other officers over the death, which has ignited nationwide...
Norway’s PM rebukes Trump on leaving WHO – Serialpressit (News)
Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that the World Health Organization (WHO) is controlled by China and criticized his May 29 decision to withdraw the United States from the...
Conte Lashes Out as EU Members Shut Door to Italian Travelers – Serialpressit (News)
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attacked Italy’s neighbors for maintaining travel restrictions on his people even as they start to open up again to other European nationals.Austria announced earlier Wednesday that it will lift travel...
Mattis Condemns Trump for Dividing Nation, Misusing Military – Serialpressit (News)
Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis condemned his former boss, President Donald Trump, over his plan to deploy American armed forces against protests that erupted after the death of an African-American man in police custody.“Donald...
Italy Marks Historic Turning Point In The Coronavirus Pandemic – Serialpressit (News)
Three months ago, as Italy became the world epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, government officials took increasingly drastic measures to try to contain the virus’s spread — isolating towns, cordoning off regions and finally...
For Hong Kong, Tiananmen Looms Over the Future – Serialpressit (News)
On every June 4 since 1990, huge crowds of Hong Kongers joined in a vigil to remember the loss of lives, and the loss of ideals, in Tiananmen Square in 1989, when Chinese tanks...
We Watch Your Convulsions With Horror and Hope – Serialpressit (News)
A 92-year-old Italian, fondly recalling the G.I.s who parachuted in to liberate his country from fascism, says he now sees the ghost of Mussolini in TV clips from the United States. In Iraq, people...
US Suspends Flights By Chinese Airlines In New Spat With Beijing – Serialpressit (News)
Washington on Wednesday ordered the suspension of all flights by Chinese airlines into and out of the United States after Beijing failed to allow American carriers to resume services to China.The move adds to...