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A court in Russia’s Kemerovo has arrested Tanzilia Komkova, the former head of local building watchdog Gosstroinadzor, as part of an investigation into a deadly shopping mall fire that claimed 64 lives. Komkova, who was reportedly asked by her son “to help some people,” did not prevent owners from illegally running the mall. It was […]
(Reuters) — Singapore’s competition watchdog said it had reasonable grounds to suspect competition had been infringed by Uber’s deal to sell its Southeast Asia operations to rival ride-hailing firm Grab. In a rare move, the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has commenced an investigation into the deal and proposed interim measures tha…Read More
The Department of Justice inspector general has announced it will investigate the FBI over the use of a FISA court order to spy on a Trump campaign adviser, after the House Republican memo claimed the process was abused. The review will determine whether the FBI followed proper procedure when it obtained a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance […]
Andrew McCabe, the former number two at the FBI, leaked information about Clinton’s emails probe to the press and later misled watchdog investigators, according to a Justice Department review due to be released next month. McCabe authorized the leak to the Wall Street Journal for a story about an ongoing investigation into the Clinton […]
Prime Minister Theresa May has made an extremely rare reference to the clandestine criminal activity carried out by MI5. The UK PM confirmed that the British Security Service are being kept under review by a watchdog. In a written statement to Parliament, May mentioned a direction which instructed the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to “keep under […]
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The Securities and Exchange Commission is going after the red-hot market for initial coin offerings, according to the Wall Street Journal. The financial regulator issued a wave of subpoenas, according to the Journal. The Securities and Exchange Commission is going after the red-hot market for initial coin offerings, according to a report by […]
The federal prison watchdog is urging more “compassionate” parole options and a ban on medically assisted death behind bars as Canada’s prison system manages an increasingly sick, mentally ill and elderly inmate population.
Labour has complained to the statistics watchdog about Boris Johnson’s claim that even more than £350 million could be clawed back from the EU after Brexit. Johnson is misinforming the public, MP Keir Starmer says. In a letter from Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, written to Statistics Authority chair David Norgrove, Starmer says “the £350m a week […]
A final decision to release over a million tons of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant should be made “within this year,” as its operator is running out of land to store the waste, Japan’s nuclear regulator said. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima plant, is short on time to […]
Published time: 10 Jan, 2018 17:54 The UK’S intelligence security agency GCHQ sought to open a special communication channel with its own watchdog, court letters have revealed, sparking claims it is seeking to “bury embarrassing evidence” of its own activities. The government’s monitoring agency in Cheltenham wrote to Sir Adrian Fulford, the investigatory powers commissioner, […]
