French police oust protesting students from iconic Sorbonne University (PHOTOS)

Police removed some 200 students who occupied the famous Sorbonne University in Paris. Several universities across France remain blocked by protesters raging against a new educational reform. The demonstrators in the University of Paris, commonly known as the Sorbonne, occupied the spaces inside the building on Thursday afternoon. The university authorities attempted to negotiate with […]

REPORT: ‘Dysfunctional’ Deutsche Bank is preparing to oust CEO John Cryan

REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Deutsche Bank COO Kim Hammonds told a conference that the bank is the “most dysfunctional” company she has ever worked for. Hammonds made the comments at an internal managerial conference. Her comments come as it is reported that chairman, Paul Achleitner is preparing to oust CEO John Cryan after a clash over strategy. A top […]

40 Conservative MPs are ready to oust Theresa May — 8 short of the number needed to trigger a leadership contest

Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images Forty British members of parliament from Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party have agreed to sign a letter of no-confidence in her. 48 are required to trigger a party leadership contest. An earlier attempt to unseat May after her disastrous speech at the annual party conference fizzled out. May has […]

‘You treat me like a baby!’: The ‘final straw’ that reportedly led Trump to oust his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A new book details the inside story of the fight that reportedly led President Donald Trump to oust Paul Manafort, who served as chairman and, for a time, manager of his campaign. The book, “Devil’s Bargain” by Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent Joshua Green, was previewed in the Daily Mail on Monday. The book […]

Shareholders fail to oust Mylan board, but down-voted massive salaries

Enlarge / Robert J. Coury of Mylan (L) and Mylan CEO Heather Bresch will remain on the board. (credit: Getty | Gilbert Carrasquillo) Mylan shareholders today did not unseat the drug maker’s board of directors, despite calls for an ouster over the EpiPen pricing scandals and remarkably large executive salaries. In a vote during an […]

‘I want to liberate my city’: Syrian fighters return to their hometown of Raqqa to oust ISIS

© AFP DELIL SOULEIMAN Khalil al-Hussein fled the Islamic State group’s Syrian stronghold Raqa 18 months ago, but now he is back and fighting to help oust the jihadists from his hometown. The 25-year-old is one of several members of a Kurdish-Arab alliance fighting IS who are originally from the northern city. The US-backed Syrian […]

OPCW’s block of on-site probe shows Western powers now aiming to oust Assad – Lavrov

The attempt by Western countries to derail Russia’s fact-finding initiative in Syria to examine the site of the chemical incident in Idlib province exposes their aim to topple the Syrian government, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. READ MORE: Russia questions Britain’s chemical weapons investigation in Syria “I believe that it’s a very serious situation, because […]