PARIS (Reuters) - France's financial prosecutor will announce on Thursday the result of a preliminary investigation into fake work allegations surrounding presidential candidate Francois Fillon's wife, a source close to the case told Reuters. A scandal over hundreds of thousands of euros in taxpayers' money which conservative Fillon's wife was paid for work she may not have done has cost the 62 year-old former prime minister his status as favorite to win the French presidency in May. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the United States has nearly tripled since 2015, due in part to radical Islamic attacks and the incendiary rhetoric of last year's presidential campaign, the Southern Poverty Law Center says.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are criticizing the FBI over its refusal to discuss potential contacts between Russian officials and associates of President Donald Trump, saying the bureau's tight-lipped approach and its public disclosures about Hillary Clinton's emails during the fractious election campaign reflect a double standard.
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Constitutional Court plans to wrap up hearings over parliament's impeachment of President Park Geun-hye on Feb. 24, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday. The court did not give a date for giving its verdict after closing arguments but said it would make a swift decision to minimize the gap in the country's leadership, according to Yonhap. Park was impeached by parliament in December and stripped of her powers pending the court's ruling. If the court upholds the impeachment, a presidential election will be held two months later. ...
By Kirsti Knolle and Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's defense ministry is set to file a lawsuit against Airbus accusing the planemaker of wilful deception and fraud linked to a 2 billion euro ($2.1 billion) order for Eurofighter jets in 2003, APA news agency said on Thursday. A recently completed ministry investigation, to be released on Thursday, found that Airbus and the four-nation Eurofighter consortium misled Austria with fraudulent intent about the purchase price, according to APA and ORF radio, which cited a ministry spokesman. Austria's defense ministry was not immediately available for comment.
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