Police Corruption

BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday removed outspoken Foreign Minister Qin Gang from office and replaced him with his predecessor, Wang Yi, in a move that has already fueled rumors over the personal lives and political rivalries of China's Communist Party elite. In its announcement on the national evening news, state broadcaster CCTV on gave no reason for Qin’s removal. Qin dropped out of sight almost a month ago and the Foreign Ministry has provided no information about his status. That is in keeping with the ruling Communist Party’s standard approach to personnel matters within a highly opaque political system where the media and free speech are severely restricted. The ministry made no comment at its daily briefing on Tuesday. The move comes amid a foreign backlash against China's increasingly aggressive foreign policy, of which Qin was a chief proponent. Adding to the mystery around Qin's removal, it was approved at a meeting of the Standing Committee of China's rubber ...

“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. (Photo illustration: Jack Forbes/Yahoo News; photos: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images, Getty Images) What’s happening Vice President Kamala Harris’s net favorability has hit a record low. According to an NBC poll conducted in June, Harris has a net rating of -17, marking the lowest rating for any vice president in history of the poll. Approximately 1,000 respondents participated in the poll and found that 49% of registered voters have a negative view of Harris, while 32% have a positive outlook on the VP. “Polls are a snapshot of the time, they certainly do not define the time,” Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic strategist, told Yahoo News. “And no poll can measure the effectiveness of Vice President Harris and how consequential she is not just to the Democratic Party, and to this administration, but to the country.” In 2021, Harris made history as the first Black and first female of Indian descent to become...

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's company and his former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen's claims that he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president. Lawyers for the two sides disclosed the settlement during a video conference with the judge Friday, three days before Cohen’s 2019 lawsuit was slated to go to trial in a Manhattan state court. Details of the agreement were not made public. Cohen said Friday the matter "has been resolved in a manner satisfactory to all parties.” Messages seeking comment were left with lawyers for Trump’s company, the Trump Organization. The legal fees lawsuit was one of the more obscure branches of the thicket of legal troubles surrounding Trump and his company. Still, the trial stood to give a platform to Cohen — an ardent Trump loyalist who became an outspoken antagonist — and to put the ex-president's son Donald Trump Jr. on the witne...

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nev., on July 8, 2023.AP Photo/John Locher - Israeli authorities are trying to retrieve a collection of antiques that have been stuck in the US. - A spokesperson for Donald Trump said Thursday that they would send the ceramic oil lamps back. - Trump slammed Jewish voters when presented with the lamps in 2021, a Republican donor told The Wall Street Journal. Former President Donald Trump was apparently displeased with Jewish voters' lackluster electoral support for his 2020 campaign — a grievance he expressed when presented with a collection of priceless Israeli artifacts ahead of a 2021 holiday dinner at Mar-a-Lago, a longtime Republican donor and Israel supporter told The Wall Street Journal. Trump this week agreed to return a collection of ancient Israeli artifacts that have been "stuck" in the US for four years after the country's antiquities authorities started publicly pushing for th...

In an unfortunate turn of events, the founder and former head of a private Jewish safety patrol group in Brooklyn has admitted guilt in a crime related to the sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl. Jacob Daskal, who headed the Boro Park Shomrim security group, entered a guilty plea for the charge of transporting a minor with the intent of engaging in criminal sexual activity. The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Daskal will face a prison sentence of 14 to 17 years and will be required to register as a sex offender. Daskal's guilty plea comes after more than five years since his initial arrest and the subsequent charges related to the alleged abuse of the young girl, who had sought his help due to family troubles. Prosecutors revealed that Daskal exploited his position as a community leader to groom and engage in multiple instances of sexual activity with the victim in various locations, including Brooklyn, upstate New York, and Chicago. In response to Daskal's admissi...