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Mariordo Camila Ferreira and Mario Duran/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) Department of Defense chief of staff Rear Adm. Kevin Sweeney resigned on Saturday, following other high-profile Pentagon departures. Sweeney said a statement that he “decided the time is right to return to the private sector.” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis also stepped down last month, after President […]
AP Flipkart Group CEO Binny Bansal has resigned following an allegation of “serious personal misconduct,” according to a press release. The release did not elaborate on the allegation but said Bansal “strongly denies” it. An independent study did not corroborate the allegation but found Bansal made lapses in judgment, according to the release. In May, […]
Twenty-one workers at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been fired or quit their roles over sexual misconduct in the past three years, the organization has announced. In a Friday statement, ICRC Director-General Yves Daccord wrote that the organization has identified 21 staff members “who were either dismissed for paying for sexual […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images An internal review by a local sheriff’s office indicated that Scot Peterson, the resource officer on duty during the Parkland shooting, failed to confront the gunman. Peterson is believed to have remained outside of the building while the shooting unfolded on Frbruary 14. Some people have criticized Peterson’s conduct. Veterans with combat experience […]
Ford Ford has promoted Kumar Galhotra to run its all-important North American business. The move comes one day after Ford veteran and former North American head Raj Nair resigned amid allegations of inappropriate conduct. Galhotra is a 29-year Ford veteran who had served as CMO and was leading the comeback of the Lincoln brand. One […]
Kevin Hagen/Getty Images South African President Jacob Zuma resigned on Tuesday night. In response, the rand hit its highest level in close to three years. The USD/ZAR currently trades 11.7062, down from a high of 14.5725 just two months ago. The South African rand just hit its highest level in close to three years, helped by […]
Sean Gallup/Getty Images A German politician from the far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) resigned and converted to Islam. Arthur Wagner stepped down on January 11, the group wrote in a Facebook post, and said the decision came as a surprise. The party touts an anti-immigration, anti-Islam platform. Arthur Wagner, a German politician from […]
The chief executive of the Miss America Organization resigned on Saturday over crude emails criticizing and deriding former contestants of the competition. The resignation of Miss America CEO Sam Haskell, which is effective immediately, came one day after he was suspended over the controversy. The organization’s president and chief operating officer, Josh Randle, and board […]
Flickr/jurvetson Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson resigned from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a firm he cofounded, amid an internal investigation into sexual harassment allegations. Jurvetson has denied the allegations. His departure was by mutual agreement with the firm, a DFJ spokeswoman said. Jurvetson is also taking a leave of absence from the boards of Tesla and SpaceX. Steve Jurvetson […]
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will hold a special election March 13 to complete the term of disgraced Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, an anti-abortion lawmaker who resigned after his hometown newspaper revealed he had suggested a mistress get an abortion when they thought she might be pregnant. Monday’s announcement by Democratic […]
