He is accused of embezzling $175,000 from the flight school and spending the money on strip clubs, family vacations and other luxuries and using the money to subsidize his campaign for office.
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Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Le Pen’s hopes of becoming France’s president in 2027 were cut short on Monday when a Paris court blocked her from standing for office for five years, after she was found guilty of embezzling European Union funds.
Unfortunately, mid-rehearsal, their mother, Rose (an absolutely magnificent McDonald), comes thundering onto the stage, usurping Jocko’s leadership and sucking up all of the air into the room.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
20 Dec. 2024
For instance, one of his first actions was to fund the Al-Jazeera Arabic satellite television station, allowing Qatar to set the agenda on TV screens from Casablanca to Cairo, usurping the role once played by state information ministries.
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Allen Fromherz / Made by History,
TIME,
30 Sep. 2024
Pretending to be dead, Gi-hun and his friends launch a surprise attack, overpowering the guards and seizing their weapons, leaving only one guard alive.
It was suspended from the G8 after annexing Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014.
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SYLVIE CORBET,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
For a decade, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the West’s pariah after first annexing Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and then launching a full-scale invasion of the country.
Those concerned about attaching their name to a public comment may also submit theirs anonymously via the Federal Register pages (which are divided into separate policies for new passports, renewals, and correction or replacement requests).
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Samantha Riedel,
Them,
14 Mar. 2025
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