satirists, best known for a political caricature puppet show televised in the 1990s.... She is also

MOSCOW( Reuters)-A Russian satirical filmmaker was charged with hooliganism on Wednesday and could be jailed for up to eight years over a YouTube sketch in which a fictional local official accidentally blows up a bus stop, his lawyer told Reuters. More than 1.78 million people have watched the Sept.... 20 video" Vitaly Nalivkin prevented a terrorist act", in which the blundering official tries to destroy a suspicious bag at the bus stop by firing at it with a shoulder-launched grenade.... The

exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris.... He was 94. The renowned author died

KAMPALA( Reuters)-A Ugandan court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for an international award-winning author who fled to Germany last month to seek treatment for injuries he said were inflicted on him during torture by security personnel, his lawyer said.... Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was arrested at the end of December and held for almost a month before he was charged with communications offences related to tweets that criticised President Yoweri Museveni and his son.... " It is true the co

NEW DELHI — The comedian from Mumbai stood onstage Friday night at the Kennedy Center with a camouflage-print shirt on his back and fire in his belly. Before closing his sold-out show, Vir Das told his Washington audience he needed to talk about his homeland.... Liberal politicians, performers and writers emerged to cheer Das’s jabs at India’s authoritarian turn and swelling nationalism.... On the other side, critics lashed into Das for broadly painting India as, among other things, a country

Georgia Republican and candidate for governor Kandiss Taylor has apparently fallen for a parody of her own campaign video and three-word slogan: “ Jesus, guns, babies ”.... , for her endorsement.Ms Erskine did not, however, endorse Ms Taylor, who wrote: “ BOOM!... Ms Taylor would face Ms Abrams in November’s election if she wins the Republican nomination, although polls suggest that is unlikely....

US election: Emily Maitlis told off for swearing on air by co-star Once journalists tasked with covering huge news events prided themselves on their detachment and impartiality.... They didn’t wonder if her one-time allegiance to all things woke, including defunding the police, might have turned off millions of floating voters. The closest Maitlis came to querying her candidacy was to ask: “ Has she run a strong enough campaign?... ” Which was hardly up there with questions like, “ What do you

“ It’s just like any other Good Book, ” the comic continued.... I love Abraham dragging his son up to the mountain for a human sacrifice – by the way, Eric, want to go camping?... It’s a money-making venture and an attempt to get out of jail....

Meghan Markle, 40, joined her husband Prince Harry, 37 on stage at the Global Citizen Live event on Saturday, to give a speech about vaccine equity-a cause which the pair have been outspoken on previously.... The event marked the final item on the itinerary for the couple who spent three days in New York City attending a number of high-profile meetings and visits. During their speech, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex fired up the crowd by urging first world countries to donate one billion doses o

" Are you going to make a speech?... Capitol Hill staffers walk through the Senate subway at the US Capitol on Sept 17, 2021.... Some senators grumbled about bumpy rides while others complained that their delicately coiffured hair was being ruined by gusts of wind....