| 单词 | sham |
| 例句 | Conservatives in Washington, DC, claim these phenomena are proof that global warming is and always was a sham. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z If this sham was conventional hypocrisy, she had to concede that it had its uses. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Sander laughed, obviously thinking it was all a sham. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a sham and a shame is what it is,” he said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They know this lecture is a sham just as much as I do, but none of them are willing to stand up and lose what little standing they have with the mayor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It gave me the creeps, helping Grandpa slip his pillow sham of roses under Granny’s head. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Jesse Helms used his TV editorials to abrade King’s reputation, denouncing him as “a sham, an agitator, a fellow traveller with known communists.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z What if their entire relationship was a sham? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “What if this turns out to be a sham?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Many of them thought they were dealing with a firm from South Korea, the expert said, while others were unaware that North Korea is a closed totalitarian state with sham courts and no international accountability. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z And no one wants to hear that their life’s work is a sham.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Which makes me wonder: maybe this matching business is a sham? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Like if you touched it, it would crumble or end up being a sham, hollow. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This station with its hanging baskets of flowers is another sham, like Theresienstadt with its concerts, plays and lectures. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In a parody of Aaron Montgomery Ward’s fast-growing empire in central Chicago, Holmes had begun selling sham drugs that he guaranteed would cure alcoholism and baldness. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If God on the Cross is God shamming a human tragedy, it turns the Passion of Christ into the Farce of Christ. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And though there was a bit of fresh snow toward the end of the month, Lyddie knew it for the sham winter it was. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Penn came away fairly well convinced the whole interview setup was a complete sham, and Julie herself was being kept on a tight rein somehow. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Below it on the floor, just where it had fallen from Mrs. Hubbard’s hand, was a straightbladed dagger—a cheap affair, sham Oriental, with an embossed hilt and a tapering blade. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not even sure if Cluny was shamming, pretending that his injuries were severe merely as some kind of test or trap that he had set for his captains. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Gatsby is alone when the book begins, and he dies alone, with his life exposed as a sham and almost no one to come to his funeral. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z We had to endure it alone, we had to put up this show, this miserable, sham performance for the sake of all these people I did not know and did not want to see again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And 1 think that feeling of fear never left me, that I would be caught someday, exposed as a sham of a woman. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He had finally gotten the hang of his journal, writing things that bordered on thoughtful—but it was still just a sham. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z All sham marriages, all of them rang in Obinze’s head, finally the registrar looked up and pushed across a form. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Dr. Dadoo, president of the Transvaal Indian Congress, castigated the restrictions and dismissed the offer of parliamentary representation as “a spurious offer of a sham franchise.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered at what point in space the silly, sham blue of the sky turned black. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Look how crowded this place is. It’s all sham marriages, all of them, now that Blunkett is after them.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In all the years I’d known him, we’d never had a conversation that hadn’t been a sham to lure him through a door with a bucket of ice water balanced on top. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Mark Antony went along with the sham, but it cost him dearly. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The history of race relations in Durham was, after all, a long line of such shams extending back for a century. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Someone with influence had made sure that the inquest was a sham—the cause of death was listed as “unknown.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There was shampoo, soap, razors for shaving, a bathtub, and towels that smelled like lemon. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the Party was rotten under the surface, its cult of strenuousness and self-denial simply a sham concealing iniquity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Thousands of these sham Eastern daggers are made and shipped to the bazaars of Constantinople.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z To biologists, the apparent fertility of the upland forest is a sham. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Were you about to have a sham marriage?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was true that she regarded the whole war as a sham; but apparently she had not even noticed that the name of the enemy had changed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z What if everything about my life has been a sham, like Venice-on-the-strip, and it’s all been about bringing me here, luring me to jump to my death? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z DRACO: Well, I, for one, think this meeting a sham. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z In her heart, does she truly forgive me for choosing Beatriz’s sham of a friendship over her? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I play with the boys as much as I can now, trying to memorize the smell of their freshly sham- pooed hair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “And what is Max going to do about it, that's what I want to know? Does he think he can sit back quietly now that sham inquest is over? Tell me that?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I thought if I could shout loudly enough, or move quickly enough, perhaps the earache would return and I would know the medicine had been a sham after all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Instead, I worked on embroidering a pillow sham as I waited for the cool of the evening. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo agreed with Nemesis about one thing: good luck was a sham. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The removal of this kind of power should obviously expose it as empty, a sham. This Week in Fiction: Jonathan Lethem on the Poignance of Backgammon 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Legally speaking, it could be seen as a sham marriage. Friends are saying "I do" — but might not understand the legal risks of their platonic marriages 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Whether conducting sting operations knee-to-knee with child traffickers, or hounding shady labor regulators to expose the sham of their positions, Tandon keeps her cool. ‘Invisible Hands’ Review: The Children Fueling Global Capitalism 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z "AMC's sham imputed license fee formula is clearly designed to ensure plaintiffs never see that first dollar," the suit contends. 'Walking Dead' creator sues AMC over profits 2013-12-19T14:27:54Z To smoke out their mystery tormentor, they staged a sham wedding – and the stalker took the bait, unleashing a blizzard of silent calls and violent texts. U Be Dead's inconvenient truths 2010-09-01T20:59:00Z Carter, still stunned by the turn of events, believes that her new life is a sham and hasn’t yet come to grips with the fact that her old life was one, too. ‘Finding Carter,’ Starring Kathryn Prescott, Debuts on MTV 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z For all its shards of impassioned political principle, the ultimate tide of the film is antipolitical; it’s a movie about the sham and the disappointment of political organization, of grass-roots activism, of elections themselves. “Widows,” Reviewed: Steve McQueen Grafts Heist Film 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Many are stuffed with statistics and unhelpful suggestions, like one of those oversize polyester-plumped sham pillows you see on the fancier beds — and just as likely to be flung in frustration to the floor. ‘What Pea Disrupts Your Sleep, Princess?’ 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z It was a separate book or it was an early draft — or it was a publishing sham foisted on a public eager for anything from its most beloved living author. No way to treat an author: How Harper Lee lost control of her legacy. 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z "The audience reaction is probably 70/30 positive. In the social media world, that means you're not a complete sham," Lambiase told Fox News. Five Guys hack shows how you can get 'free' cheeseburgers 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z A dark comedy this superficial only reads as light gray, on account of the sham sunlight glaring at the end of its tunnel. Review: How Amazon’s Kate Beckinsale Series, “The Widow,” and Netflix’s New Ricky Gervais Show, “After Life,” Get Grief All Wrong 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z At a barn in West Bend, Wis., she slammed Biden as a “socialist,” attacked the press as “propaganda” and railed against the “sham impeachment.” Vegas may be betting on a post-presidential divorce, but Melania Trump seems all in for her husband. 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z The phrase “The Real Lolita” implies its opposite: a sham “Lolita,” a prop, a lie, a fiction. The Salacious Non-Mystery of “The Real Lolita” 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Yelp, the online review site, is publicly outing various businesses that it believes may be posting sham reviews on its platform. Yelp has a public "wall of shame" for restaurants that are caught paying for reviews 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Here amid sham battlements and decorative pinnacles, he entertained the high and mighty, arranged his beloved objects with a theatrical eye, and enthusiastically explored the architectural expediencies of papier-mâché. Tour one of England’s most extraordinary Gothic Revival mansions 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Mixed patterns in the bedding, with masculine plaid on the shams and a pinstripe duvet, will be suitable for any guest. Empty nesters want to reclaim son’s bedroom as space for guests 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z I admit that my career as a critic is a complete sham. I missed a crucial moment in Jurassic World. Have I misjudged every movie? | Joe Queenan 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z In fact, she exposes femininity as a sham in all sorts of ways. Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z "If we control rigorously for bias, by using proper sham needles, the trials tend to produce negative results," Ernst says. Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z Another of the six judges, Fijian fashion designer Hupfeld Hoerder, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the judging was a sham. Race, age questions fuel Miss World Fiji fiasco 2012-05-16T10:16:04Z It “certainly wasn’t a sham,” and “certainly wasn’t for TV,” she said on the “Today” show on Wednesday, on NBC, a sister company of the E! network. There?s One Big Question About the Kardashian Marriage 2011-11-04T22:36:34Z And the midsection of the novel, which describes the way the sham divorce slowly becomes a real divorce while the grandfather and Jonah bond without words, is deeply affecting. In ‘Shtum,’ parents wreck their home to find a better one for their autistic son 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z On the walls, a backdrop depicts the edge of the world from the film The Truman Show, the sham border around a prison-like reality TV universe. This week's new exhibitions 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z Critic Adam Kirsch thundered: "America should respond not by imploring the committee for a fairer hearing but by seceding, once and for all, from the sham that the Nobel Prize for Literature has become." The gripes of Roth: US incredulity at not winning the Nobel literature prize 2012-10-11T18:07:59Z Any suggestion that it’s possible to separate art from artist, when deployed in response to someone like Kelly and others who dole out abuse, is exposed as a sham. “Surviving R. Kelly” Reframes R. Kelly and the Songs We Once Loved 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Johnson is an actress quite capable of projecting thrilling rage, hurt and bravery — which she does, as Nina concludes that her marriage has been an emotional sham, with both spouses trapped in false roles. A desperate wife cuts up and cuts out in ‘Doll’s House’ | Theater review 2013-01-09T22:10:59Z "Left Behind: Tribulation Force": Kim and Khloe rebel against the New World Order after discovering the Antichrist's Middle East peace treaty sham threatens production of their perfume lines. A sequel, you say? How about 'Frozen Hunger Left Behind Girl'? 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z It is easy to say democracy is a sham and voters don't matter. Political adviser/historian tells why campaigns, voters matter 2012-06-14T20:42:03Z Made from thrift-store-sourced textiles, including toilet and car seat covers, bath mats and pillow shams, the curious creatures are the work of Toronto artist Allyson Mitchell. Riot Grrrls stake a new space in 'Alien She' 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z “American Abstract art is a lie, a sham, a cover-up for a poverty of spirit,” he wrote. Philip Guston and His Barbed-Pen Nixon Years 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Roger was there at the death of my innocence, during the rebirth of my second innocence, and he held the ring at two of my three sham weddings. Breaking: The Greatest Living American Writer: My family’s slave 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Of more significance are studies comparing "real" acupuncture with "sham" acupuncture. Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z McConnell worked with his staff in secret to outline rules for an impeachment trial that would favor Trump, while the president sent out a record number of tweets calling the process a “sham.” Mitch McConnell doesn’t care what you think. He just wants to win. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z This theory, this documentary, is clearly a sham. The Biology of Dads and Mongrels and Special 1 TV 2010-06-23T07:00:00Z Waring, deeply troubled by a bungled prosecution, called the sham trial his “baptism of fire.” A South Carolina Judge Writes a Book About a Predecessor, an Unsung Giant of Civil Rights Law 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z I imagined what my father and his friends did as a poor copy of the real activity, a sham: Negro golf. Notes on the Exotic 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Even the predictable sham of a trial, set up to be one of this season’s major flashpoints, veered toward a boring plea deal, albeit one that couldn’t have gone better for Tywin. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Watch: Arguments in Family Court 2014-05-12T03:53:49Z But what this book does highlight is that her “successful businesswoman” image is also a hollow sham. What Ivanka Trump doesn’t know will hurt us all 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Many Trump supporters won’t tune in “because they think it’s a sham process,” he said. Watergate redux? Trump impeachment inquiry heads for live TV 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z His engagement is a sham! — none of the obligations here is on you. Carolyn Hax: Engaged friend’s drunk dial calls for compassionate amnesia 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z "Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends," he says in the film, just as he said in life. Love Is the Devil: the view from the art world 2012-11-09T09:00:00Z His attempt is to show that democracy is a kind of sham. Alex Gibney on "Citizen K": Real-life thriller of an oligarch who turned against Vladimir Putin 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z How polite of the screeners to sham paranoia when what they really want is to pick out the swarthiest, scruffiest of us and pat us top to toe. Review: Poetry by Lucia Perillo and Amit Majmudar 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z “I know they’re all I have,” he admits, “these partial selves, true and false at once, that any ideal of wholeness I long for is a sham.” ‘What Belongs to You’ review: An eloquent tale of desire and remorse 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z And within hours, internet sleuths discovered a website with actors for hire playing police officers, including one who was photographed arresting Teejayx6, making it clear the whole bust was a sham. How Rap’s Class of 2019 Lives and Dies by the Meme 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z I was part of a sham, but any move I made could cause lasting harm. A Novelist’s Stint Impersonating the Ultra-Rich in China 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Once the show started, however, patrons looking for exotic entertainment found young, mostly Chinese-American performers dancing the Charleston and the shim sham. East Meets West, Over Cocktails 2014-04-11T21:58:20Z Although how could it be a sham, with so many reputable names attached? Is the future of education paying $90 to watch Werner Herzog tell stories about eating maggots? 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z From that second on, I realized it was all a sham, that he was actually shy, funny, sentimental, a joy to be with.” Jane Birkin is back with a new album, but her presence is everlasting 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z But apparently, the idea that breakfast is a necessary part of the morning is a sham – at least according to Dr. Mehmet Oz. Dr. Oz thinks we should 'cancel' breakfast in 2020, says it's a 'ploy' 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z “He was overtly discriminatory to me and to others, and produced a sham report.” Ousted Cooper Hewitt Director Calls Investigation a ‘Sham’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z And "considerable effort went into the creation of the book, and the plot is more than a sham." My sexy werewolf novel got the most awesome review ever – from a US judge 2013-06-14T14:42:41Z Both are among a growing number of adults and children being trafficked to commit crimes across Europe, including cannabis cultivation, drug smuggling, fraud and sham marriages, Anti-Slavery International said in a report released on Tuesday. Trafficking victims in Europe forced into life of crime 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z He recounts his own experiences as both a shamer and a shamee. The Many Uses (and Abuses) of Shame 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Naturally, the war is a sham, justified by some dusty religious text that deems unicorns evil, a myth that the repressed Bluey latches on to with notable zeal. ‘Unicorn Wars’ Review: Teddy Bears in Battle 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z But the story of the "oxygen tent" was a sham, invented by Jackson himself with various associates who were tasked with adding lurid detail. Michael Jackson: King of hypochondria 2010-04-23T23:14:00Z Wielding cellphones and chanting “Let us in,” the Trump loyalists hoped their performance would paint the California congressman’s proceedings as a sham. Adam Schiff once wanted to be a screenwriter. Can he give the Trump presidency a Hollywood ending? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Ronson arrived at his subject as an enthusiastic novice shamer, having participated in various Twitter campaigns intended to call out organizations like the Daily Mail for doing things like publishing homophobic columnists. Monica Lewinsky and the Shame Game 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z It features a credulous story about Jimmy’s PR sham. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: Of Sound Mind 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z I love that he acknowledged that experience — knowing that something is a sham or con and being caught up in it nonetheless. Welcome to "Narrowsburg," a tiny town conned out of its Hollywood dreams 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z But officials say the project was a sham to claim back millions in taxes. 5 jailed in UK for inventing movie in tax scam 2013-03-25T17:02:08Z In many ways, the New York offered by Mademoiselle was like a stage set, an artificially constructed world that Sylvia knew was a sham. Sylvia Plath in New York: 'pain, parties and work' 2013-02-02T14:00:01Z The most romantic movies of my childhood revealed themselves to be shams, years later, when I realized the male leads were selfish jerks who didn’t deserve the girl. Is it better to leave our favorite childhood shows and movies in the past? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The movie leapfrogs through time and among the characters’ conflicting perspectives to conjure a web of paranoia and deception that transform daily life into a series of false fronts and theatrical shams. Preview: Highlights from the Second Week of the New York Film Festival 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Some feature monsters, lynchings and strange rituals; others show scenes of justice and retribution — although the anarchic atmosphere suggests sham justice. Review | Bob Thompson died young, but his colorful jazz- and Old Master-inspired paintings speak to the ages 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z For one thing, the couple’s marriage was a sham, and the rich guy was not the biological father of their infant son. A bookshelf of new Nordic noir 2013-02-07T00:10:27Z Mossack Fonseca shut down last year after being accused by U.S. prosecutors of helping clients conceal assets, investments and income from government tax authorities using a wide range of sham foundations and shell companies. 'Panama Papers' law firm sues Netflix over film based on scandal 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z This week, one of the six international judges said the judging was a sham because Blake pressured them into picking Watters as the winner. Miss World boss plans Fiji trip after fiasco 2012-05-18T07:46:04Z Corden and retired soccer star David Beckham created a mock ad for a sham underwear line, for which the two were spokesmen. David Beckham and James Corden Strip Down for Underwear Ad Skit 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z When they couldn't get answers, that's when they dug into it more, they determined they were shams and they began to short them. "WeWork had all of the bad red flags": How a visionary sales pitch turned into yoga-babble 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Marnie continues to endure the sham of the marriage, and Mark goes on trying to help Marnie, getting her ultimately to acknowledge that she is suffering from mental illness. “Marnie” Is the Cure for Hitchcock Mania 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z But the panic shopping, shortages of supplies and the uncoordinated political response, she said, only confirmed her belief that American capitalism is a sham. Will a Pandemic Shatter the Perception of American Exceptionalism? 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z During the impeachment deliberations in November and December, she appeared 15 times, disparaging House Democrats’ actions as “a sham” and the testimony of administration officials as “a joke.” Why is press secretary Stephanie Grisham always on Fox News? It’s because ‘they ask,’ she says. 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Kunis’s alpha female appears at once ferocious and like a conspicuous sham. ‘Luckiest Girl Alive’ Review: Lean In, to Outrage 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Relegated to carrying out basic administrative tasks and with no real role, English said she felt her employment was a "sham". Lord Sugar made me overpaid lackey, claims Apprentice winner Stella English 2013-03-05T18:33:21Z Her case was later alleged to be a total sham, cooked up by Wilbur and Mason, the latter of whom confessed to lying about her multiple personalities. From Split to Psycho: why cinema fails dissociative identity disorder 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Pretension is a question of optics: the pessimist sees pretension as a sham. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z As he frantically scribbled lines, dots and tic-tac-toe boxes in his notebook, I blocked out Brian’s warning that this was a sham. In Burma, a cruise along the Irrawaddy River from Mandalay to Bagan Researchers noted a small difference in efficacy between real and sham acupuncture, and a moderate difference between acupuncture and no acupuncture. Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z In the end, Ms. Baker said, “So Did the Fat Lady” highlighted the inability of many of the show’s male characters — including the shamer who says “yuck” — to attain what they yearn for most. Sarah Baker Speaks for the Overweight on ‘Louie’ 2014-05-13T02:30:16Z More dramatically, “Americanah” takes Obinze to London, where he does the lowest menial work, tries to enter into a sham marriage to an Englishwoman and watches Nigerian friends show off in ridiculously upscale British ways. Books of The Times: ‘Americanha,’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013-05-19T20:26:59Z Chin said in his lawsuit that it ended up being “a toothless, sham internal investigation.” A new Smithsonian boss settled multiple employee retaliation lawsuits 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The movie digs in its heels here: As much empathy as Ly has for these characters, he understands self-policing by police to be a sham. ‘Les Misérables’ Review: Injustice Still Stalks the Poor of Paris 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Focus on bedding that doesn’t get washed every week, i.e., the down comforters, pillow shams and covers. How to keep your house running smoothly, month by month 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z How is it you can never tell a lady's real hysterics from her sham ones? 30 delightful puns from the Victorian Era 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z "Authenticity is kind of a sham, but it is really important to have a conversation about appropriation," said Balingit. Redefining identity, one Asian American dish at a time 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z It's saying that you're momentarily withholding your participation in sham elections, but you don't want to discredit the idea of elections. Alex Gibney on "Citizen K": Real-life thriller of an oligarch who turned against Vladimir Putin 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z The cheekily depressed “Pink Champagne” is about a sham of a marriage, noticed too late. New Music: Kathleen Edwards, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cate Le Bon ? CDs 2012-01-16T22:48:58Z Call it a decade-long denial, but I don’t think that the relationship was a complete sham; I still consider this to be my first foray into the world of intimacy. My high school boyfriend is marrying a man; that doesn’t mean our intimacy wasn’t real 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z "I'm not really your everyman any more, and I started feeling like that was a bit of a sham," he says. The Gaslight Anthem: 'Fans look up to us. That's creepy' 2012-08-09T19:00:00Z Undressing is also a theme, at least among many of the shamingly buff American men. Skiing and partying in Austria’s Obertauern 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z It was revealed that his life as a happy, successful married man was a sham, as he had lost his job and was living on credit, while he also had a fondness for escorts. TV highlights 18/12/2012 2012-12-17T19:59:01Z The case against Nissen is one of at least two brought this year by U.S. authorities in Manhattan over alleged sham ticket sales to “Hamilton” and other high-demand events. New York man pleads guilty to running 'Hamilton' Ponzi scheme 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z He said that he's always had friends and family in the LGBTQ+ community but "I've always felt like a sham because I wasn't being forthcoming with myself," he said. Wayne Brady comes out as pansexual: Who else is pansexual, and what does that mean? 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z “This is one of the most unethical shams I’ve ever seen in politics.” The hearing that shut up Washington. And then . . . 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The legal system is a sham; the media is cynical. Presto! Pulp and Poetry: ‘Chandu the Magician’ and ‘Stranger on the Third Floor’ 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The lone student left, International Artist Fellow HaeAnn Kwon, walked away in June from the school — and her free tuition — calling the program “a sham” in a public letter. USC Roski School of Art and Design rebuilds with 'transformative' new hires 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Because even love is a sham, better, then, to play it safe. ‘Self and Soul’: Mark Edmundson’s biting critique of modern complacency 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Even the retracting needles are not a perfect sham, because they involve putting pressure on the skin, and this may have some impact on pain. Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z It's always been a charade but it's moved to the point now where everyone is so media savvy that what you get in the end is a pretty synthetic article which is a sham. AUDIO: Celebrity interviews are 'a sham' 2013-06-05T09:04:40Z Claire’s realization that her marriage is a sham has built slowly – like much of the rest of this season’s plot. ‘House of Cards’ Season 3 Finale Recap: This Office Has One Chair 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Whether Allen was a sham relationship for PR purposes or he dated her while also being with Kief, he won’t say. Barry Manilow Just Wanted to Write the Songs. He’s Still Singing Them. 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z In an interview published in April, he described the pandemic as “a sham” designed to “harvest DNA and sell vaccines.” Perspective | Two saxophone masters delivered resonance in pandemic times — but one of them sounded a bad note on vaccines 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Their exaltation of working-class traditions over middle-class values led to the persistence in the Labour party of an increasingly sham proletarian identity, he argues. Modernity Britain: Opening the Box by David Kynaston – review 2013-06-15T07:01:01Z He confesses, “To all appearances, I am a husband, a father, a teacher, a citizen, but when tilted toward the light I become a deserter, a sham, a killer, a thief.” A marriage based on secrecy is threatened in ‘This Must Be the Place’ 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z “This structure allowed Morgan to account to Indiana and pay him only for the first sham sale, and not the actual sale,” the court filing said. The Artist’s Caretaker: Once He Controlled Everything. No More. 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s a stance also adopted by today’s sham gender theorists. How Alicia Silverstone and Mena Suvari rejected typecasting, both onscreen and off 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The 26-year-old performer out of Brooklyn had previously called the case a sham. ‘Hot Boy’ rapper Bobby Shmurda released from NY prison 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z And why are so many people so willing to ignore the warning signs of a sham deal? 'Art of the Con' paints revealing picture of scammed collectors 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Clifford told in 1999 that David Mellor, as part of the Major government's "back to basics" campaign, was "basing his whole image on his family life, and it was all a sham". Max Clifford: The fallen king of spin 2014-04-28T14:09:34Z I am quoted in the book as saying to Shakespeare: 'I absolutely deny to the end of my days that Bruce was a fraud, a poseur and a sham.' Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it referred to "a hoax; a jesting or befooling trick," as well as any "thing which is not really what it pretends to be," like a sham or fraud. What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Brown regarded all conventional politics, including antislavery politics practiced by the likes of Abraham Lincoln, as a sham, as dangerous to the cause of liberty as the power of the slaveholders. John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: A Study in Contrasts 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z He told me by email that the stated rationale for revoking the pass “was clearly a sham,” and the White House should be held accountable. Perspective | Words and walkouts aren’t enough. CNN should sue Trump over revoking Acosta’s press pass. 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Frantic and flagrantly formulaic, this forced farce about a sham engagement sacrifices plot credibility and character motivation for stale humor and cheap setups. 'One Small Hitch' an overly familiar rom-com 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Turns out, the Pepsi jet campaign was a complete sham and the company didn't have a Harrier jet prize to offer. The 7 most bizarre "Pepsi, Where's My Jet?" revelations from Netflix's strange-but-true docuseries 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z After a year in jail, he was sentenced last month to nine more years for fraud in a case that the State Department condemned as a “sham ruling.” Ukraine war recasts ‘Navalny’ as a prequel to Putin’s aims 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z With cunning and verve, Mr Baram brings these virtuosi of the lie together in Brest-Litovsk as the sham alliance between their tyrants collapses. Delusion chronicle 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Indeed, when the class piles on to Hannah, the black student comes to her defense, perhaps knowing what a performative sham it all is, saying, look, who cares? 'Girls' Recap: Hannah, the White Girl in the Room 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Nazi Germany was merely the most extreme case of a late-capitalist condition in which people surrender real intellectual freedom in favor of a sham paradise of personal liberation and comfort. The Frankfurt School Knew Trump Was Coming 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Rivsvi is a former journalist and is savage on the sham compassion of the media and political elite. Film review: Peepli Live 2010-09-23T22:40:00Z His group talked a lot about professionalism, etc., to clients, but it was all a sham. Ellen DeGeneres Is Not as Nice as You Think 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Jackson claimed English's job was "a sham" and "a PR construct". Alan Sugar alleges disgruntled apprentice is 'suspicious and untrusting' 2013-03-07T19:58:43Z Nash also created the sham palaces of Regent's Park, and sliced Regent Street through London's West End to provide Carlton House with a magnificent approach. George IV: the rehabilitation of Old Naughty 2011-08-28T20:00:05Z As Hughes, Patmore, and even William’s poor old father press Daisy into her sham marriage, she hardly has any other choice. Downton Abbey Watch: House of Despair 2012-01-30T13:30:25Z Do not feed the “sham” argument or any other story that judges the race. Perspective | Opting out of a school fundraiser puts parents in hot water 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z A Holiday Built on Presence, Not Presents MY three vegetarian, activist, urban, multi-degreed, agnostic, adult children have rejected as a consumerist sham of a holiday, one in which they will not be participating. Modern Love: Modern Love - Building Christmas on Presence, Not Presents 2012-12-20T17:50:57Z As early as middle school, he was equating self-expression with media constructs, enlisting a classmate to stage sham talk shows on a mock set in the friend’s basement. The Legacy of David Letterman, Icon of the Grizzled Generation 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z That leads him to travel in more culturally daring circles than Tony, who has settled into a sham of a bourgeois marriage. Nick Hornby’s ‘Funny Girl,’ About a 1960s BBC Sitcom Star 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Suddenly, I felt as if those men had seen the truth, while what we knew of ourselves was a sham. Modern Love: Modern Love ? The Trophy Wife 2011-09-01T21:58:18Z Zhai also expressed Beijing's support for Assad's plan to hold a referendum and multi-party elections within four months - a move the West and some in Syria's fragmented opposition movement have dismissed as a sham. Syrian security forces clamp down on Damascus 2012-02-19T19:17:00Z But, we bet Clark Kent wouldn’t be so willing to break out the karma sutra to keep his sham marriage from getting stale. The Americans: the best and worst disguises from the cold war thriller 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z “The high jinks in New York made a sham of my marriage, so it logically made the fruits of that marriage meaningless as well,” he says about shooting his lazy daughter. Books of The Times: ‘Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,’ by David Sedaris 2013-05-14T20:26:13Z We witnessed the unfolding of a very public criminal scandal that revealed how easily admissions can be bought, and the sham idea of meritocracy. Why I'm OK with my kids "falling behind" in school during the pandemic 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Their own marriage begins as a sexual and romantic sham, one that isn’t entirely free of acting even as they’ve grown close to each other. Fake It When You Make It: The Sad Sex of The Americans 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z In an episode in which nearly everyone, even Sally, operates under false pretenses, Betty stands out for rejecting what she sees as a fraud, a delusion, a sham. 'Mad Men' recap: The Big C 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z It’s persecution by unknown forces that are part of a legal structure that’s built on sham. A spellbinding descent into chaos: ‘The Trial’ 2013-04-11T18:36:42Z In truth, the real killer app in the city where Hollis and I are both domiciled is the light fiscal touch – insignificant local tax-raising powers – and the sham it makes of a true local democracy. Cities Are Good for You by Leo Hollis – review 2013-04-17T10:17:21Z I met her, and I can only say that for a couple of hours she was smart, honest and a great talker – there was no fuss, no coyness, no sham and no act. Elizabeth Taylor: let the story melt away and just gaze 2011-03-24T13:00:00Z In fact, this is what led the pair to their sham marriage in the first place. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels for November 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z By this, I gathered he meant it’s a sham that this financially troubled country could ill afford — a big spectacle, not unlike the exorbitant, overdesigned arenas and “villages” built for the modern Olympic Games. An Olympic Odyssey: Where the Games Began 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z However, he added that: "it is not suggested that any part of the arrangements was a sham." Take That star's tax avoidance condemned by Britain's Cameron 2014-05-12T14:56:37Z Modern Christmas is a secular sham, and all the glorious, meaningful and ancient, often religious, traditions are being drowned in a vile pile of cheap paper, expensive pink trees and SpongeBob Santas. Weird Christmas 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Again, real acupuncture was slightly better than sham treatment, while acupuncture was moderately better than no acupuncture. Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z Underneath it all is the assumption, with a weary shrug, that Melania's marriage was more a mercenary act than a romance, which renders it a pathetic sham, without any honor to besmirch. Sympathy for Melania? 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z For king-size beds, use three Euro shams instead of two. How To Make a Bed 2012-06-07T16:20:00.573Z We hope that, like the seemingly mad Edgar in King Lear, Daryl is just shamming – and that he will, like the Shakespearean dissembler, cast off his mask and take out the evil trash. The Walking Dead: season seven, episode four – Service 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z It’s time for Cookie and Hakeem to wrap up the Lyon Dynasty sham. ‘Empire’ Season 2, Episode 7: ‘True Love Never’ 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z A rising star of academics, his books doing well, nonetheless he feels like a sham. Review | In Domenico Starnone’s ‘Trust,’ infidelity takes an unlikely form 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z It’s as if the only true, verifiable experiences of her life had been left behind in Dominica; everything else is somehow sham and threatening. Two Writers Haunted by Their Caribbean Past 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Baumann last week called the report a “sham” and said that the agent who conducted the investigation “used derogatory, sexist language; he was overtly discriminatory to me and to others.” Cooper Hewitt Donor Pulls $5 Million Gift to Protest Director’s Ouster 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Context was irrelevant, continuity a sham; 69 Love Songs was its own all-encompassing world, and one that, 11 years of adoration later, I don't feel I've spent enough time exploring. My favourite album: 69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields 2011-08-25T14:38:00Z Trump's "wall" reveals that American Exceptionalism is fully a sham and a lie. "Trump's wall is based on a ridiculous fantasy": Scott Snyder on how reality is scarier than fiction 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Burke was famously offered $75,000 by Al Campanis, the vice president of the Dodgers, to allow himself to be set up by the team’s executives in a sham marriage. Major-league homophobia: San Diego Padres’ “national embarrassment” highlights a persistent problem in pro sports 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z And she describes dating college football star Glenn Davis in a sham relationship that sprang from the advice of Hollywood publicists, Livingston said. Elizabeth Taylor letters reveal her love at age 17 2011-03-28T23:48:17Z “Endgame” is born out of the comparison between reality and the theater — two shams, the latter perhaps a shade more honest than the former. A triumphant ‘Endgame’ for Beckett veteran Alan Mandell 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Wallace couldn’t return to conventional realism, though, suspecting it to be the most banal and uninteresting of shams. David Foster Wallace vs. Jonathan Franzen: Finding truth and authenticity in an age of irony 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z I came to this show to hoot at the motifs of its subgenre—the sham glamour of photo shoots, the cornball lines lobbed at pitch meetings—and stayed for its amiable exploration of self-discovery. Wearing Its Topicality Lightly, “The Bold Type” Is a Show to Warm a Jaded Heart 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Calling American abstract art “a lie” and “a sham,” he pivoted to making paintings in a dark, figurative style, including satirical drawings of Richard Nixon. Delay of Philip Guston Retrospective Divides the Art World 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Cummings has been on the other side of high-profile hearings that felt to him like a sham. Elijah Cummings endured two painful years. Soon he’ll be more powerful than ever. 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The party wanted to fob off its leftish activists by telling them that Labour's behaviour had made a deal impossible, and to use sham talks to extract more concessions from the Conservatives. 5 Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond by Andrew Adonis – review 2013-05-13T07:00:03Z Otherwise, I must come clean and admit that my long career as a critic was a sham. I missed a crucial moment in Jurassic World. Have I misjudged every movie? | Joe Queenan 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The story was a sham, invented by Jackson himself. Michael Jackson: King of hypochondria 2010-04-23T23:14:00Z Recently I began making politely inept passes at gorgeous girls, emboldened by inevitable dismissal; another sham pantomime. My life in sex: ‘Since both balls were removed, the anguish never stops’ 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Guests can buy it, along with a frame, pillows, pillow shams and bedding at a dedicated online store. As lifestyle brands enter the hospitality business, hotel rooms double as showrooms 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Then add a solid-colored, lightweight quilt or coverlet with coordinating European shams. How To Make a Bed 2012-06-07T16:20:00.573Z In a sham farce of the democratic process, she finds out her fate through bell tower gongs. "Good, honest folks": 20 years later, controversial "Dogville" has become frightening prophecy 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Campbell sought to distinguish the sham from the genuine. Columns That Scrutinized, and Skewered, the Literary World 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z She sued her former partner for palimony then later sued him for fraud saying a movie development deal he arranged for her was a sham to get her to drop the palimony suit. Sondra Locke, actor and former partner of Clint Eastwood, dies at 74 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Trump began tweeting before the election was called that it was "a total sham and a travesty." Donald Trump deletes parts of Twitter tirade 2012-11-07T17:33:33Z Henderson also criticized the government for setting up a sham daycare operation that Smith allegedly believed he was going to help earn state grant money in exchange for the payoff. Lawmaker pleads not guilty to bribery 2012-04-30T18:01:00Z Dressed overly formally in white tie and tails, nearly all wore casual shoes, as though the whole thing was, and is, a sham. 'The Messiah' from opposite ends of the economic spectrum 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z But will the offended really feel better if they can tell it was all a sham? Sorry, but forced apologies are the worst. Why can't we quit this insincere ritual? 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z A sham trial commenced, and they were found guilty and sentenced to life in solitary. ‘Solitary’ Is an Uncommonly Powerful Memoir About Four Decades in Confinement 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The problem is that there are no good placebo substitutes for acupuncture; when testers use sham needles, patients typically know they aren’t really being poked. So you want to give acupuncture a try. How do you pick a provider? 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z What starts as a conflict between tradition and progress morphs into a vision of a sham modernity that rests on the rot of unquestioned injustices. Movies 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Rarely do meaninglessness and relevance, sham and suspense, smash up against one another with such flair as at the Golden Globe Awards. Do the Globes predict the Oscars? 2011-01-13T06:00:00Z Like the Volkswagen Beetle, platform shoes and the British royal family, this sham Cinderella story is an updated classic. ‘I Wanna Marry “Harry,” ’ a Reality Series on Fox 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z This might have been a backhanded parallel to Alicia’s campaign situation — the male student and the university’s sham panel, before which Alicia couldn’t speak or call witnesses, certainly represented one facet of entitlement. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Is Alicia Too Entitled? 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z But would this grand intersection of art and gastronomy turn out to be sublime or a sham? Choice Tables: Museum Restaurants: Where Art and Haute Cuisine Meet in Paris 2010-03-12T17:06:00Z I don’t think I’m alone in going back and forth between thinking Warhol was awesome but also a sham. “We really had a Warhol? “: Lisanne Skyler talks about her HBO documentary “Brillo Box (3¢ off)” 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z With respect to Trump, they argue he is either a sham, a right-wing populist or simply a reactionary Republican. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 1 of 2 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z A day before the hearing, McCarthy’s Twitter account retweeted a fellow House member who referred to the committee’s work as a “sham.” Cassidy Hutchinson and the all-knowing presence of Washington’s aides 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z In effect, the BBC report had said that his vision of humanitarian intervention, which had galvanised a generation, was, at least partially, a sham. Worst aid 2010-04-24T23:06:00Z Which is to say, as self-appointed rulers, we are shams. Picture Books for the Wild at Heart 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Yetman wrote that while he was present at the Capitol, he had positioned himself between rioters and people who were there “just to protest the sham of an election.” Man accused of spraying officers with chemical irritant in Capitol riot makes 1st court appearance 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Researchers then randomly assigned participants to receive yoga therapy or sham yoga therapy. For epilepsy, yoga may be good for your mind 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Beijing dismissed the 2016 ruling as a sham and continues to defy it. Dozens of Chinese ships chase Philippine vessels as US renews warning it will defend its treaty ally 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z Butkevych was arrested last year when his unit was captured on the front line, and subjected to what Amnesty called a sham trial, without access to his lawyer. Kremlin says Russia under no obligation to say where jailed Ukrainian is being held 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Prosecutors said Costanzo and Recio also used sham invoices and a company listing its address as a UPS store to disguise the bribe payments while deleting hundreds of messages and calls to a burner phone. ‘Greed and corruption’: Federal jury convicts veteran DEA agents in bribery conspiracy 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Epic CEO Tim Sweeney skewered the “user choice billing” option as a sham in a social media post vowing to fight Google in court. Google’s antitrust headaches compound with another trial, this one targeting its Play Store 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Researchers found when compared to people who did sham yoga, people who did yoga were more likely to reduce their perceived stigma of the disease. For epilepsy, yoga may be good for your mind 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z He’s called the case a “sham,” a “scam,” and “a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time.” Trump’s decades of testimony provide some clues about how he’ll fight for his real estate empire 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z “I condemn this sham trial and demand his release.” Belarus sentences independent newspaper editor to 4 years in prison 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Commodity Futures Trading Commission in March for operating what the regulator alleged were an "illegal" exchange and a "sham" compliance program. The other crypto bosses in US authorities' crosshairs 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The former president has called the case a “sham,” a “scam,” and “a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time.” Eric Trump returns to the witness stand in the family business’ civil fraud trial 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z In addition, people who did yoga were more than seven times more likely to no longer have seizures than those who did sham yoga. For epilepsy, yoga may be good for your mind 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr Denis is one of 12 nominee or sham partners provided and paid by Alpha, who often know nothing about what the firms that they help to create actually do. Criminals and sanctions-busters exploiting UK secrecy loophole 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z In an appearance on the conservative Newsmax network earlier this week, he called the trial a "sham" and and labelled the chamber a "kangaroo court". Chuckles, smiles and mispronunciation - Inside Donald Trump Jr's courtroom debut 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, he appeared on the conservative Newsmax network to call the trial a "sham" in a "kangaroo court". Donald Trump Jr testifies in New York civil fraud trial 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z In his past appearances, Trump groused to TV cameras outside court, calling the case a “sham,” a “scam,” and “a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time.” Donald Trump’s sons Don Jr. and Eric set to testify at fraud trial that threatens family’s empire 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z In Gabon and Niger, youngsters fed up with sham politics crowd streets and stadiums to yell slogans in favor of military coups. The world is becoming more African 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Mr Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination in the 2024 election, has dismissed the case as politically motivated and a "sham". Ivanka Trump must testify in fraud case, judge rules 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The Trumps and their business deny the allegations, and the former president and current Republican 2024 front-runner has called the trial a politically motivated “sham.” Will Ivanka Trump have to testify at her father’s civil fraud trial? Judge to hear arguments Friday 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Khan sued the university and Doe in 2019, calling the hearing a "sham." Former Yale student's defamation suit over rape accusation can proceed 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z In comments to TV cameras outside the courtroom on the trial’s first day, Trump called the case a “sham,” a “scam,” and “a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time.” Donald Trump is going back to court. Here’s what he’s missed since his last visit to NYC fraud trial 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The U.S. imposed sanctions on Venezuela to punish Maduro's government following a 2018 election that Washington considered a sham, citing lack of democratic guarantees and human rights violations. Restart of Venezuela, opposition talks could lead to US sanction relief 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z I just finished the third day of my sham trial in New York. "A world of chaos, corruption and hypocrisy": Welcome to Donald Trump's fundraising emails 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Outside, Trump decried the trial a “sham,” a “scam,” and “a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time.” Donald Trump returning to civil trial next week with fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen set to testify 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Outside, Trump decried the civil trial a “sham,” a “scam,” and “a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time.” Donald Trump returning to civil trial next week with fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen set to testify 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z China refused to participate in the arbitration sought by the Philippines, rejected the ruling as a sham and continues to defy it. Philippine diplomat witnessed Chinese ships’ aggressive actions in disputed South China Sea 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z China refused to participate in the arbitration sought by the Philippines, rejected the decision as a sham and continues to defy it. Philippines protests after a Chinese coast guard ship nearly collides with a Philippine vessel 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z In recent weeks, jailed politicians in Tunisia have staged hunger strikes to protest what five strikers’ defense team called “a judicial sham” that led to their imprisonment. Families of imprisoned Tunisian dissidents head to the International Criminal Court 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z But China refused to participate in the arbitration sought by the Philippines, rejected the decision as a sham and continues to defy it. Philippine boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in a faceoff near a disputed shoal 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Trump has in recent months used his mounting legal problems as fundraising fodder for his presidential campaign, saying without evidence that Democrats are using sham court cases to prevent him from retaking the White House. Trump civil fraud trial enters second day as business empire hangs in balance 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z “It’s a scam, it’s a sham,” he said in the morning. Trump turns his fraud trial into a campaign stop as he seeks to capitalize on his legal woes 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Security guards - who safeguard public events - are fraudulently obtaining work licences after attending sham training courses, the BBC has found. Sham security courses prompt gig safety concerns 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z "It's a scam, it's a sham. Just so you know, my financial statements are phenomenal," Mr Trump added. Courtroom tensions simmer as Trump trial kicks off 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Trump also slammed James, calling her lawsuit "a scam and a sham." Legal experts: Trump's unhinged attack on judge in court shows he "realizes he's going to lose" 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z He has denied any wrongdoing, calling the case a sham. Five things to know about Trump's New York fraud trial 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z “It’s a scam. It’s a sham,” Trump said. New York trial underway Monday in case Trump calls ‘a scam’ accusing him of lying about wealth 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z But the polls were denounced as a sham by Ukraine's government and its allies. Russia police crisis: Burned out, disappointed and demoralised 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z The West has denounced both the referendum votes carried out last year and the recent ballots as a sham. Putin marks anniversary of annexation of Ukrainian regions as drones attack overnight 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z They had just lost a US Supreme Court seat and one of their top leaders was congratulating a process they viewed as a sham. Obituary: Dianne Feinstein, trailblazing senator who defied CIA and White House 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z A California man pleaded guilty this week to federal charges that he ran a fraudulent agency that arranged hundreds of sham marriages for clients trying to obtain green cards, according to the Justice Department. California Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Up Hundreds of Sham Marriages 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Navarro also formed a sham charity called the United Latino Foundation as another way to embezzle funds from his campaign for his personal use, according to the indictment. Frequent GOP L.A. congressional candidate charged with misusing campaign funds 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z In a study of 200 patients, NurOwn failed to show a statistically significant difference between patients who received the drug and those who got sham injections. FDA skeptical of experimental ALS treatment pushed by patient advocates 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Another thing they do is file sham petitions to stop the approval of competitors. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on drug reform: Big Pharma "spent hundreds of millions — and the public won" 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Democrats called the hearing “a sham” and “a clown show,” based on “so-called whistleblowers who have been brutally discredited.” AG Garland claims deliberate ignorance of Hunter Biden investigation, plain ignorance of other cases 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Federal prosecutors would later describe in charging documents how attorneys crafted a sham lawsuit over the faulty DWP bills and covered up their wrongdoing when the scheme unraveled. Questions remain as feds signal an end to DWP billing probe 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z “Grassroots conservatives need to keep a list of Texas House Representatives who voted to impeach @KenPaxtonTX in the sham investigation,” she said on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s acquittal sets stage for 2024 election showdown 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Last week, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos offered to drop the impeachment if Democrats agreed to a new redistricting process he cast as nonpartisan, something Evers rejected as a sham proposal. Republican legislatures flex muscles to maintain power in two closely divided states 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z “It was a sham election, a disputed election, a flawed election. But beyond that, you torture people for what reason?” Zimbabwe’s reelected president says there’s democracy. But beating and torture allegations emerge 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z The attorney general has always denied any wrongdoing and called the impeachment a "politically-motivated sham". Ken Paxton: Texas Attorney General acquitted of corruption charges 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z He denies the charges, and his lawyers say he was convicted in a sham trial that lacked due process. Jordan rejects U.S. request to release ex-Jordanian official accused of plot against king 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Financial crime experts say the mass registering of these firms is likely the work of criminal gangs using sham companies for money laundering or to obtain bank loans before shutting them down. The leafy street in Leigh on Sea that 80 sham firms call home 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z "These sham 'elections' will not alter our approach nor our support to Ukraine as it fights to reclaim its internationally-recognized territory." G7 condemns 'sham elections' held by Russia on Ukrainian territory 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner has branded the Conservative version of levelling up the country a "sham and a scam", in a speech to trade unions. Labour's Angela Rayner calls Tory levelling up 'a sham' 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Balloting in the occupied areas of Ukraine has been denounced by Kyiv and the West as a sham and a violation of international law. Local elections take place across Russia, but Ukraine is ‘not on the agenda’ 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z China did not participate in the arbitration, rejected its outcome as a sham, and continues to violate it. Australia and the Philippines strengthen their ties as South China Sea disputes heat up 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday also described the voting in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine as "sham elections" and said they were "illegitimate". Kyiv condemns Russian 'sham elections' in occupied Ukrainian territories 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Ukraine's foreign minister called the polls a "sham", saying the votes will not have any legal standing. Ukraine war: Russia holds local elections in occupied Ukraine 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Ukraine and the West denounced them as a sham and decried the annexation as illegal. Russia holds elections in occupied Ukrainian regions in an effort to tighten its grip there 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday: "Russia's sham elections in occupied areas of Ukraine are illegitimate". Russia replies to US criticism of 'sham' vote in occupied Ukrainian regions -RIA 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The company then used those patents to file "sham lawsuits" against generic drugmakers to prevent them from launching their own versions of Pomalyst, the lawsuit said. Bristol Myers accused of illegal tactics to keep Pomalyst monopoly in lawsuit 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z But the states’ lawsuit claimed that its Android software is an open operating system that allows consumers more choices is a sham. Google reaches tentative settlement with 36 states and DC over alleged app store monopoly 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also decried the polls saying: "Russia's sham elections in occupied areas of Ukraine are illegitimate." Ukraine war: Russia holds local elections in occupied Ukraine 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z “So it’s a complete and total sham, which is, in my view, simply more evidence that this so-called search was just a pretense to intimidate the newspaper,” Rhodes said. Kansas newspaper’s lawyer says police didn’t follow warrant in last month’s newsroom search 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The Kremlin is planning to consolidate its influence in occupied territories of Ukraine by staging sham elections that President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party is expected to dominate, British officials said Tuesday. Kyiv warns Ukrainians: Don’t take part in fake Russian elections in occupied territories 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Paxton has decried the impeachment as a “politically motivated sham” and an effort to disenfranchise his voters. The impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton is set to begin in the Texas Senate 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Paxton is accused of misusing public resources by directing employees to conduct a sham investigation into terminated employees’ whistleblower complaints and publish a report containing false or misleading statements in Paxton’s defense. A look at the 20 articles of impeachment against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Bongo's popularity had worn thin amid claims of corruption, sham elections and a failure to spend more of Gabon's oil and mineral wealth on the country's poor. African leaders work on response to Gabon military coup 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z But Bongo's popularity had worn thin amid claims of corruption, sham elections, and a failure to spend more of Gabon's oil revenues on the country's poor. Gabon awaits next move from junta after coup ousts President Bongo 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Paxton decried the impeachment as a “politically motivated sham” and said he expects to be acquitted. What to know about the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z In neighbouring Cameroon, President Paul Biya has ruled for over 40 years, maintaining his hold on power through sham elections and heavy-handed crackdowns on the opposition. Analysis: With Gabon, Africa's coup wave shows little sign of stopping 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “This trial has been a sham with a completely biased pro-abortion judge who has made a mockery of our justice system,” Live Action founder Lila Rose said Tuesday. Pro-life demonstrators convicted on felony civil rights, FACE act charges in 2020 protest 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z It will look in to "sham licences", where unsuitable tenancy contracts were offered to renters. Renters' rights violations to be investigated 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The plaintiffs in the proposed class action must "allege more than that the sham interviews were an open secret," Thompson wrote. Wells Fargo defeats shareholder lawsuit over fake job interviews 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z In January, Trump faces two civil trials arising from private lawsuits: one a defamation claim by writer E. Jean Carroll and the other accusing him of enticing people into a sham business opportunity. How many of Trump’s trials will happen before the election? 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The parents have called it a "sham trial" and filed an appeal. The baby at the centre of an India-Germany diplomatic row 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump called the new charges a “sham” and said he has “committed no crime.” RICO charge put Trump in the company of Mafia bosses, Hells Angels and Young Thug 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z “Now a radical DA in Georgia is following Biden’s lead by attacking President Trump and using it to fund-raise her political career. Americans see through this desperate sham.” House GOP leadership denounces Trump Georgia indictment as ‘sham,’ ‘witch hunt’ 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Russia claimed to have annexed Mariupol, along with all other occupied areas, following a series of referendums that have been widely condemned as sham exercises. Ukraine war: The Russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Critics called July's poll a sham after the main opposition, the Candlelight Party, was banned on a technicality. Hun Sen: Cambodia election result confirms expected win for PM 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z He once again called the prosecution a sham and said it was political persecution, while refusing to address the new charges he now faces. Send in the clowns (with tiny hands): The Trump circus returns to D.C. — for one day 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z A hidden zipper is then attached to the bottom with a back flap, allowing effortless pillow sham change-up seasonally. The ultimate guide to caring for your throw pillows 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The indictment outlines Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 results in key states, including direct calls to state leaders and the formation of sham rosters of electors. Chris Christie: Trump’s actions after the 2020 election a ‘stain’ on the country 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The indictment describes someone with similar characteristics, who "attempted to use the Justice Department to open sham election fraud investigations." Explainer: Who allegedly conspired with Trump to overturn the 2020 election? 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z China has rejected the arbitration decision as a sham and continues to defy it. EU leader warns Europe won’t tolerate aggression: ‘Not in Ukraine, not in the Indo-Pacific’ 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Parnas, a Ukrainian-American businessman, is serving out a 20-month sentence under house arrest for defrauding investors in a sham company and making illegal donations to U.S. political candidates on behalf of a Russian oligarch. Top US Republican McCarthy ponders Biden impeachment probe 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z To achieve a fuller and more luxurious look, choose a pillow insert that is slightly larger than the size of the sham. The ultimate guide to caring for your throw pillows 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z "I don't think we can even call it a sham election," says Mu Sochua, an exiled former minister and member of the CNRP, another opposition party banned by the Cambodian authorities in 2017. Cambodia election: 'This was more of a coronation than an election' 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The party of long-serving Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen declared victory in a general election on Sunday, a contest that had been widely dismissed as a one-sided sham aimed at cementing the party's decades-long rule. One killed in bridge collapse in the Greek city of Patras 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The party of long-serving Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen declared victory in a general election on Sunday, a contest that had been widely dismissed as a one-sided sham aimed at cementing the party's decades-long rule. Tunisia migration deal a model for others, EU's von der Leyen says 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The party of long-serving Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen declared victory in a general election on Sunday, a contest that had been widely dismissed as a one-sided sham aimed at cementing the party's decades-long rule. Italy PM Meloni says illegal migrant flows damage all nations 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z We make our custom shams 1 inch smaller than the fill to achieve the really full look. The ultimate guide to caring for your throw pillows 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Amnesty International condemned his trial as a sham. Jamshid Sharmahd: Iran could execute my dad at any time, says German woman 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Human rights groups have dismissed the election as a sham and accuse Hun Sen, who turns 71 next month, of controlling the media, threatening critics and systematically dismantling his opposition using trumped-up criminal charges. Thousands rally for Cambodia's ruling party on election campaign finale 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Human rights groups had called the charges spurious and their trial before an emergency state security court in Cairo a sham. Egypt president pardons rights activist Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohammed al-Baqer 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The two California men were sentenced this year to a combined 17 years in prison for the sham political fundraising operation, seven years after the first allegations of misconduct. The Californians whose scam PACs tricked Trump and Clinton supporters out of millions 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z By selecting a fill that extends beyond the sham edges, you can achieve a beautifully overstuffed look that exudes elegance and comfort. The ultimate guide to caring for your throw pillows 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Wells Fargo is still operating under growth restrictions imposed in 2018 by the Federal Reserve in response to the bank’s prominent misdeeds, including creating sham customer accounts and mishandling customers car and home loan payments. Wells Fargo Beats Expectations but Sets Aside Money for Loan Losses 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Amnesty International said his trial was an "unfair sham". Danish vlogger: 'My guilt over being traded in Iranian prisoner swap' 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Suu Kyi has been convicted of more than a dozen offences, ranging from incitement and election fraud to corruption and breaches of a state secrets law, in trials dismissed around the world as a sham. Thai foreign minister confirms meeting with Myanmar's Suu Kyi 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z It may be useful to examine the path the subcommittee’s GOP majority traveled to come to its assertions that the Proximal Origin paper was a sham. Column: House Republicans give a crash course in how to concoct a conspiracy theory about COVID's origin 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Typically, I reuse the inserts and rotate and store the shams. The ultimate guide to caring for your throw pillows 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z He said the couple had given "total resistance" to a number of warnings and said the car sale advert had been a "sham". Kirklees councillor jailed for trying to dodge speeding fine 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The four countries that filed the suit said in a statement that the names and evidence in the case were withheld, and dismissed the exercise as a “sham trial.” Years After Iranian Missiles Downed a Passenger Jet, a Suit Seeks Answers 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z But the countries that filed the case with the world court in The Hague called the prosecution “a sham and opaque trial.” UK, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine take Iran to top UN court over 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Griner was sentenced in 2022 to nine years in a penal colony for possessing vape cartridges containing cannabis oil - which is banned in Russia - after a judicial process labelled a sham by Washington. Russian ex-arms dealer freed for Brittney Griner to run for far-right party in local vote 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Prominent opposition figure Sam Rainsy has labelled the election a sham. Cambodia's Hun Sen kicks off campaign for virtually unopposed election 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Stefanik issued a statement saying, "It is past time to expunge Democrats' sham smear against not only President Trump's name, but against millions of patriots across the country." McCarthy can't keep his circus together: House Republicans are currently a hot mess 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z A suspension would silence the prime minister's Facebook page less than a month before an election in Cambodia, although critics say the poll will be a sham due to Hun Sen's autocratic rule. Meta oversight board urges Cambodia prime minister's suspension from Facebook 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Seven protesters have also been executed following what a UN expert has called "arbitrary, summary and sham trials marred by torture allegations". Iran protests: Mother of Nika Shakarami tells of anguish 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Investors believed they were going to receive 66% of all net profits, plus tax incentives, from the sham business. He raised millions to turn manure into green energy. It was all a load of cow dung 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Diageo has denied the accusations and called Combs’ suit a “sham action.” Spirits giant Diageo seeks to cut ties with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs amid lawsuit alleging racism 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z But Friday’s video complicated the picture, with Mr. Prigozhin going after not just Mr. Shoigu but also unnamed “oligarchs” around Mr. Putin, while casting the entire official rhetoric around the invasion as a sham. Prigozhin Derides Ukraine Invasion as ‘Racket’ to Enrich Russia’s Elite 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z To my Republican colleagues who introduced this sham resolution: You honor me with your enmity. In rowdy scene, House censures Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigations 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Haith had heard the stories about how the Red Sox gave Jackie Robinson a sham tryout and also opted not to sign Willie Mays. Red Sox, Nationals, A’s among MLB teams commemorating Juneteenth 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Google's lawsuit said Hu creates sham businesses that appear in its search engine and Google Maps, using an "elaborate set of props" to verify them on video calls with the tech giant's agents. New Google lawsuit aims to curb fake business reviews 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Merck asserts that Health and Human Services wants to impose its own number and that the negotiations are a “sham.” Column: Merck says it's being 'coerced' into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That's nonsense 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump told supporters outside a planned fundraiser at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Tuesday evening that the case should be dropped, warning the “sham indictment” is “destroying the country.” Trump rails against charges, decries ‘two standards’ of justice at fundraiser after arraignment 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z The referendum, which was held after Russia seized control of Crimea, was considered a sham and wasn’t recognized internationally. New Zealand public radio apologizes for publishing ‘pro-Kremlin garbage’ after wire stories altered 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Two other sham electors are also no longer part of GOP leadership: Shafer didn’t stand for another term, although the party lists him as “chairman emeritus” and he’s a close ally of McKoon. Georgia GOP elects election deniers to key posts 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z The referendum on Crimea was deemed a sham by Ukraine and most Western governments. New Zealand's national broadcaster probes 'inappropriate' editing of Ukraine war stories 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Marine, is serving a 16-year sentence in a Russian penal colony after being convicted of espionage charges that Washington also says are a sham. Russia arrests U.S. citizen on drug dealing charges 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z “This sham indictment is the continuation of the endless political persecution of Donald Trump.” House Republicans Rally Behind Trump, Adopting His False Narrative About the Indictment 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z He accused his critics of using sham environmental concerns to achieve “centralized planning and control of the society.” James G. Watt, Interior Secretary Under Reagan, Dies at 85 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z “Without any evidence the politicians leading this sham impeachment falsely accused General Paxton of not paying for the repairs to his home. That is a lie,” Buzbee said. Bank records raise questions about home remodel in Texas Attorney General Paxton’s impeachment 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Washington on Tuesday, claims that the plan is unconstitutional and calls it a "sham" and "tantamount to extortion." Merck sues government, saying plan to lower Medicare drug prices is “extortion” 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Sams derided the House investigation as a sham solely aimed at damaging the president’s poll numbers. White House attacks Comer’s credibility ahead of FBI contempt vote: ‘Repeatedly failing to deliver’ 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z In its complaint, Merck says the negotiation program is a sham. Merck sues to stop Biden’s drug-negotiation program, calls it ‘extortion’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion. Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices extortion 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Commodity Futures Trading Commission for operating what the regulator said was an "illegal" exchange and a "sham" compliance program. Crypto shares tumble after U.S. SEC charges Binance with securities law violations 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z The Securities and Exchange Commission accused the company of engaging in a "web of deception", including erecting "sham controls" so that it could continue operating in the US. US charges crypto giant Binance with 'web of deception' 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Ukraine has denounced the elections in the occupied regions as a sham. Car Bombing in Russian-Occupied Ukraine Shows Reach of War 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z It is important, indeed crucial, to reclaim our 18th-century founders from those who have used them far too long as mere props of a sham patriotism. Were the founding fathers "woke"? Well, compared to the modern-day GOP — definitely 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Ken Paxton and his allies, from former President Donald Trump to Texas grassroots organizations, have called the House impeachment process a politically motivated sham, rushed through in the final week of the legislative session. Juror and spouse: Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton could vote in trial on husband’s impeachment 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z "The ugly spectacle in the Texas House today confirmed the outrageous impeachment plot against me was never meant to be fair or just," he said, calling it a political sham. Texas Senate to deliberate on impeached AG Ken Paxton 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z “It was a politically motivated sham from the beginning.” Fight still ahead for Texas’ Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z But some party members began to rally around him Friday, with the state GOP chairman, Matt Rinaldi, calling the process a “sham.” Texas’ GOP-held House set for impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z The chairman of the state Republican Party, Matt Rinaldi, called the impeachment a "sham" and called on the senate to vote to retain Paxton in office. Texas keeps on burying kids from gun violence — while Republicans fight among themselves 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said he tricked investors into funding his sham hemp business through a company he called Harvest Farm Group. Fresh out of prison, Beverly Hills con artist launches $9-million hemp scam, FBI says 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z "It was all a sham," the SEC said. US securities regulator shuts down 'sham' marijuana offering 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Seven protesters have also been executed since December following what a UN expert has called "arbitrary, summary and sham trials marred by torture allegations". Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's grave attacked by vandals 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Fighting has been fierce in Donetsk, one of four regions that Russia proclaimed as its own last September after what Ukraine and its allies denounced as a "sham" referendum following Moscow's full-scale invasion. Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits front line to meet marines 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The sham inquisition was based on intentional lies, purposefully doctored “evidence,” and willfully ignored exculpatory information, according to the report released this week by special counsel John Durham. Retribution for Crossfire Hurricane is in order 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z July's poll will be a "fake and sham election for the simple reason that there will be no opposition," said Rainsy, the self-exiled former opposition leader, adding Cambodia was "in effect a one-party system". Cambodia opposition figure calls upcoming election a 'sham' 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z The payment is the latest stemming from a huge yearslong fraud in which representatives opened sham customer accounts to bolster their sales goals. The C.E.O. of OpenAI Heads to Congress to Discuss Rules for A.I. 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z So when she published an essay in 2019 saying that her transition “was all a sham” and that she wanted “to live again as the man that I am,” conservatives took immediate notice. How a Few Stories of Regret Fuel the Push to Restrict Gender Transition Care 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Controversies have engulfed Wells Fargo for years, including sham accounts, improper mortgage changes and accidental releases of client data. Wells Fargo to Pay $1 Billion to Settle Lawsuit by Shareholders 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z They faced what a UN expert called "arbitrary, summary and sham trials marred by torture allegations". Global executions at highest rate for five years - Amnesty report 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z In 2020, he was proclaimed as the winner of presidential elections, which were denounced by the opposition as a sham. Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko misses event, fuelling health rumours 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z The strategy will also include banning cold calls on all financial products, such as those relating to bogus insurance or sham cryptocurrency schemes, to help stop scams at source. Warning UK losing £2,300 per minute to fraud 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The suspects are accused of plotting to overthrow the government, in what turn out to be sham trials designed to eliminate Erdogan’s opponents. Key dates in the career of Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z A top executive, Carrie L. Tolstedt, pleaded guilty in March to a criminal charge linked to the sham accounts scandal and faces up to 16 months in prison. Wells Fargo to Pay $1 Billion to Settle Lawsuit by Shareholders 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z It also alleged friends of Lopez Beltran had staged sham competitions by bidding separately for projects using companies with the same owners, partners and addresses. Mexico president defends son after report alleging corruption 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z But Allred has also flexed his partisan fighting chops by serving on the House subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government, which Democrats decry as a political sham. "Cruz only cares about himself": Democrat Colin Allred announces 2024 challenge against Ted Cruz 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Binance, accusing the world's largest crypto exchange of operating what the regulator called an "illegal" exchange and a "sham" compliance program. Mastercard seeks to expand crypto card tie-ups 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z She called Russia “a terrorist state” and said its playbook “is so lazy” that Gershkovich has the same interrogator who harassed her brother until his “sham trial” in June 2020. US urges Russia’s Lavrov to see suffering of Whelan’s sister 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z He ultimately decided it was “a lie, a sham, a coverup for a poverty of spirit” — a rebuke emblazoned on a wall in this show. At the National Gallery’s Philip Guston show, lots to unpack 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z “The abductions, disappearances, sham trials, unlawful detentions — the internationals turned a blind eye to all of that for the sake of a political process that has now gone horribly wrong.” Sudan’s Generals Dined With Peace Negotiators. Then Started a War. 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Prosecutors in the trial have alleged that the arrangement was a sham by which Michél and Low funneled stolen foreign money into the Obama campaign. ‘Mic check one-two’: Fugees rapper testifies in his corruption trial 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The so-called Donetsk People's Republic is one of the four regions in Ukraine that Moscow proclaimed as its own last September in an exercise Ukraine and its allies called a "sham," coercive referendum. Russian-installed Donetsk chief meets Belarus president, wants more trade 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Democrats called the committee a “sham” and accused the witnesses of being “props” of the Republican lawmakers on the committee, which GOP members disputed. NYC crime victims tell their stories to House Judiciary Committee 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z But it looks like a model of pluralistic democracy compared with the sham exercise underway in neighboring Cambodia. Opinion | Don’t let Southeast Asia’s sham elections fool you The carbon offset projects that are supposed to neutralize all those residual emissions are often questionable, if not a sham. Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’ 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z The mainly Russian-speaking region of Donetsk is one of four that Russia claims to have annexed from Ukraine following what Kyiv and its Western allies say were sham referendums. Russia's Wagner mercenaries control over 80% of Bakhmut, leader says 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z She was put on trial without a lawyer — an obvious sham during which the judge again held up the photo of her daughter at the protest. Opinion | An eyewitness reveals how China is brainwashing the Uyghurs 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z “We’re winning. We had a great day today, actually, because it turned out to be a sham,” he said, according to audio posted online. Trump’s bravado tested as legal woes overlap with campaign 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z But rigged and sham elections are a perversion of democracy. Opinion | Don’t let Southeast Asia’s sham elections fool you “He will not let this sham indictment stop our mission to Make America Great Again! Our movement will prevail — just as we’ve prevailed after every other vicious attack,” wrote Donald Trump Jr. Trump defies onslaught of legal attacks: ‘A persecution, not an investigation’ 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z "This is the third sham of a Tory water plan since the summer. There's nothing in it that tells us how, if, or when they will end the Tory sewage scandal," he added. Wet wipes ban planned in England to tackle water pollution 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z “Looking at this case, what we see is county and fair officials improperly used their authority and connections to transform a purely civil dispute into a sham criminal matter,” Shakib said. 9-year-old California girl wanted to save her goat from slaughter. Then came the search warrant 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Whether you feel that this indictment is long overdue or an illegitimate sham charge, it is a historic moment for our country. Opinion | The Trump indictment is no surprise — and it won’t be easy 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Some of the demonstrators on Saturday echoed such language, referring to what they called a “fake indictment” and “just a sham.” On the heels of his criminal indictment, former President Trump's supporters protest in Orange County 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Russia officials “continue to insist on sham charges of espionage,” Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said in December, “and are treating Paul’s case differently.” Espionage Charge Adds Hurdle to Freeing a Reporter Detained in Russia 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Marine sentenced to 16 years in prison in Russia for what the United States considers sham espionage charges. The American reporter accused of spying in Russia will likely spend months in a high-security prison. 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Lukashenko relied on Moscow’s help to crush nationwide protests after he was re-elected to a sixth term in 2020, in what international observers have widely described as a sham election. Belarus, echoing Russia, raises the prospect of nuclear conflict. 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z In 2021, he was sentenced to 25 years on terrorism charges by a court, in what supporters called a sham trial. Paul Rusesabagina: Hotel Rwanda hero and government critic arrives in US 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Many opposition figures and activists see the election as a sham and some have joined a shadow government that seeks to undermine the military, or have taken up arms with a resistance movement. Explainer: Why is Myanmar's military holding an election? 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The N.L.D. had described the upcoming election as a sham and said it would not participate. Myanmar’s Military Regime Disbands Aung San Suu Kyi’s Political Party 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Ortega, 76, a former Marxist rebel who helped topple a right-wing dictatorship in the late 1970s, regained power in 2007 and sailed to a fourth term in an election widely slammed as a sham. U.S. adds Nicaraguan National Police to export control list, citing human rights 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z According to U.S. regulators, though, Binance ran a "sham" compliance programme. Binance billionaire Zhao, the crypto king who wants the world 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Many of the parties are unable or unwilling to contest the election, which has widely been dismissed by critics as a sham. Myanmar junta dissolves ex-ruling party as election deadline passes 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The National League for Democracy rejected the law just days after it was announced, saying at the same time that the military-planned polls are illegal and amount to a “sham election.” Suu Kyi’s party faces dissolution in military-ruled Myanmar 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Zaporizhzhia is one of four regions that Moscow claimed to annex in September after referendums denounced internationally as shams. Zelenskiy to IAEA: Russia holds nuclear plant hostage 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The junta will hold an election in August that has already been widely dismissed as a sham. Myanmar junta leader urges foreign powers to back its return to democracy 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z And when it spots a G. diffusa flower, the male will swoop down and try to be, uh, more than friends with the sham fly. Why did this daisy evolve to look like a fly? 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z In a sting operation set up by Led By Donkeys, the ex-health secretary and ex-chancellor discussed rates to advise the sham firm, the Observer reported. Matt Hancock and Kwasi Kwarteng discussed fees with fake firm 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Rusesabagina and his lawyers said that authorities routinely confiscated confidential legal materials belonging to his defense, and Mr. Rusesabagina soon boycotted the trial altogether, calling it a “sham.” ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero Released From Prison After Two and a Half Years 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z “That explanation completely ignores that all of this was done at the direction of the defendant,” Morse said, showing jurors the “sham” donation letter he included with his check to USC. Prosecutors urge conviction of Ridley-Thomas as jurors begin deliberations 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, intensified his repression after a wave of protests in 2020 following a presidential election that the West and Belarus’ opposition denounced as a sham. US sanctions Belarus’ election officials, president’s plane 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Two years ago, he was sentenced to 25 years for terrorism by a Rwandan court in what supporters called a sham trial. Paul Rusesabagina: Hotel Rwanda hero set to be freed 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z He denied all the charges and refused to take part in the trial that he and his supporters called a political sham. 'Hotel Rwanda' figure Rusesabagina to be released from prison -government source 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z He added: “Mr. Rusesabagina’s sham trial and conviction made a mockery of justice, and his wrongful detention had a lasting impact on U.S. policy toward Rwanda.” ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero Released From Prison After Two and a Half Years 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Trump, who sued several media companies for defamation and labeled the media as the “enemy of the people,” pledged to “open up” libel laws as president, calling them “a sham and a disgrace.” DeSantis wants ‘media accountability.’ A new bill makes suing journalists easier. 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Mr Bialiatski was sentenced to 10 years in jail this month in a trial condemned beyond Belarus as a sham. Memorial raids: Russia targets leaders of banned Nobel Prize-winning group 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Maduro took office nearly 10 years ago and was last elected in 2018 in a vote that was widely considered a sham and was disavowed by much of the international community. Ferraris and Hungry Children: Venezuela’s Socialist Vision in Shambles 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Wells Fargo’s former retail chief pleads guilty over sham bank accounts. Banking Backstops Have Gone Global 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z A former top Wells Fargo executive is likely headed to prison for her role in the sham accounts scandal that engulfed the bank six years ago. Former Wells Fargo Executive to Plead Guilty in Sham Accounts Scandal 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Opposition politicians and Western countries denounced the results as a sham. Belarus rights group says scores detained in new clampdown 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The suspects are accused of plotting to overthrow the government, in what turn out to be sham trials based on faked evidence and designed to eliminate Erdogan’s opponents. Key dates in Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year rule of Turkey 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z He has a firebrand younger brother, who lures him to their home island, Shikoku, with a sham business scheme. Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Laureate and Critic of Postwar Japan, Dies at 88 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z In their view, a federal judge who'd struck down a North Carolina voter ID law for discriminating against minorities had transformed the state's election laws into "a grotesque and perverse sham." Some GOP election officials refused to certify results. Few were held accountable 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Nine lawyers in Michigan in 2021 were ordered to pay $175,000 in sanctions for a sham suit seeking to overturn the election in that swing state. Former Trump lawyer censured for falsehoods about election 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z “The surveillance footage we reviewed shows that famous clip was a sham, edited deceptively by the Jan. 6 committee,” he said. Jan. 6 committee chairman denies panel selectively edited Capitol footage 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z “Nancy Pelosi’s sham, unconstitutional Jan 6th Committee was nothing more than a political witch-hunt designed to punish the radical Far Left’s political opponents.” Republican Lawmakers Split Over Carlson’s False Jan. 6 Claims 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z In an email to The Times, Villanueva called the special counsel investigation “a sham from the start.” Civilian oversight commission calls for sheriff to outlaw deputy gangs, ban their rituals 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria's fiercely contested presidential election but many, including opposition parties, have claimed the poll was rigged and a sham. Bola Tinubu's Nigeria election win: The rigging claims of Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Their parties had earlier dismissed the poll as a sham, and demanded a rerun. Bola Tinubu wins Nigeria's presidential election against Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Two Reuters journalists had their identities faked by an unknown person or people who then used sham social media accounts to engage with Chinese activists on several online platforms over several months. Chevron boosts annual share buyback, hikes US spending 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Two Reuters journalists had their identities faked by an unknown person or people who then used sham social media accounts to engage with Chinese activists on several online platforms over several months. Mexican president says Tesla will build major plant in northern city 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Opposition parties in Nigeria have called for the presidential election to be scrapped, describing it as a sham. Nigeria election 2023: Opposition calls for poll to be scrapped 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z However, many young people who backed Mr Obi in the vote have dismissed the whole thing as a sham. Bola Tinubu's Nigeria election win: The rigging claims of Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Their family fraud ring applied for more than 150 loans to mainly sham businesses in the San Fernando Valley. Los Angeles fugitive in sprawling COVID relief scam is extradited from Montenegro 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Without due process, habeas corpus is a sham; the detainee is deprived of the ability to know, let alone challenge, the allegations against him. Opinion | Guantánamo detainees deserve due process and habeas corpus 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The shareholder’s lawyers argue that the compensation package should be voided because it was dictated by Musk and the product of sham negotiations with directors who were not independent of him. Musk’s Tesla pay package under scrutiny in Delaware court 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Researchers also tested a “sham” stimulation, activating electrodes randomly to see if patients responded to a kind of placebo effect rather than stimulation targeted specifically to their arms and hands. Helping Stroke Patients Regain Movement in their Hands 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Navalny, the leading opposition voice to Russian President Vladimir Putin, was arrested in 2021 and sentenced to at least 11 years in prison on sham charges of fraud and contempt of court. Opinion | They clicked once. Then came the dark prisons. The Home Office is facing a legal challenge over an algorithm it uses to identify potential sham marriages, the BBC can reveal. Legal action launched over sham marriage screening algorithm 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The votes are widely dismissed as a sham by Ukraine and the West. Key moments in a year of war after Russia invaded Ukraine 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z But it was a sham, the woman told investigators. Father charged with kidnapping daughter to force her into marriage in Yemen 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z "But instead of offering members a democratic vote with a referendum, the RMT leadership is hiding behind a sham 'consultation", Mr Shoveller said. Rail workers to stage more strikes in pay dispute 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z But after getting engaged and having a baby with him, she discovered that everything about him was an elaborate, carefully crafted sham. Love-Bombed: The fake firefighter who conned his way into hearts 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z "We will not hesitate to take enforcement action against individuals found to be in a sham marriage or civil partnership including cancelling their leave and removing them from the UK," a spokesperson added. Legal action launched over sham marriage screening algorithm 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z He detested the elitism of civilian politics, which he called “sham democracy.” Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general turned autocrat, dies at 79 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Rights advocates suggested the move was a sham. Your Monday Briefing 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z He won with 98 percent of the vote, but critics said it was a sham. Pervez Musharraf, Former Military Ruler of Pakistan, Dies at 79 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Prosecutors suggested the meeting was a sham; there was no official record of the interview, and Neza was not paid for the work. How prosecutors say a top FBI agent sold his services overseas 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The Home Office has declined requests from the PLP to disclose more information about the criteria used by the algorithm, on the grounds it could undermine attempts to crack down on sham marriages. Legal action launched over sham marriage screening algorithm 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Today, House R's wasted our time by debating a sham resolution in an attempt to justify cuts to programs that millions of Americans have paid into & earned. "They're going to call you socialists anyways": Progressives slam 109 Dems for backing GOP stunt 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The plaintiff said she reported discrimination three days later, prompting the supervisor to complain about her work and issue a written warning, and culminating in her firing after a "sham" investigation. FedEx loses bid to undo $366 mln racial bias verdict, files appeal 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z In December, seven students and three others were sentenced to death after sham trials. Opinion | Myanmar’s junta keeps on killing 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z It is made up of Luhansk and Donetsk provinces, which were declared annexed by Moscow in September following sham referendums denounced by most countries. Russia advances in eastern Ukraine, strike on apartments kills civilians 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The UN says these would be "sham elections". Myanmar coup anniversary: 'Silent strike' marks two years of military rule 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Hindenburg has raised important questions about the valuations of Adani stocks, but it doesn’t mean its entire business or assets are “a sham,” he said. Richest Asian, Adani, targeted in $68B stock market rout 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The election has also been dismissed as a sham by Western governments. Myanmar army set to cement rule with tough new election rules 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z "That creates a real blueprint for property owners to put a sham company on the tenancy agreement and cram as many tenants in as possible." Court bid to protect tenants from ‘ghost landlords’ 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Only the Justice Department can decide whether to charge Trump, who has called the Democratic-led panel's investigation a politically motivated sham. Factbox: Georgia on his mind: Donald Trump troubled by more legal woes 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “Along with our partners, we will continue to hold the Iranian regime accountable so long as it relies upon violence, sham trials, the execution of protesters, and other means of suppressing its people,” the U.S. U.S., EU, UK impose new sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The so-called Donetsk People's Republic is one of the four regions in Ukraine that Moscow proclaimed as its own in September in an exercise Ukraine and its allies called a "sham," coercive referendum. Head of Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine's Donetsk says visited Soledar 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Four young men have been executed while 18 other people have been sentenced to death in what human rights groups describe as grossly unfair sham trial. 'I use Call of Duty to speak to my family in Iran' 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z During his first day on the witness stand Wednesday, Burazco told the court about the sham contracts that were set up with soccer officials to funnel the bribes. Witness: Bribes helped Fox execs get soccer TV rights 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Human rights groups have said they were convicted after grossly unfair sham trials. Iran protests: 15 minutes to defend yourself against the death penalty 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z More than a phony driver’s license, these “covert assets” can include money, the creation of sham companies to support an undercover narrative and bogus bombs to fool suspected terrorists. Perspective | Safety, training lapses endanger FBI undercover agents, watchdog says 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z When their relationship became public, they were often subjected to speculation that their romance was a “sham.” Michael Jackson's estate says he 'cherished' his bond with ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Last year, Stefanik, who currently serves as the Republican conference chairwoman, said that the Jan. 6 impeachment was a "sham process," and that Trump was "rightfully acquitted." "Not sure that's how it works": Experts mock Kevin McCarthy's plan to "expunge" Trump impeachment 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Nearly seven years after its sham accounts scandal came to light, the bank remains under an asset cap restriction imposed by the Federal Reserve in 2018 that limits its growth. Rising Interest Rates Lift Profits at Bank of America and Wells Fargo 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “Let me make it plain. Crisis pregnancy centers are no place to go for reproductive health care,” she said on the House floor, claiming the centers are “sham places” that deceive women seeking abortions. House Republicans pass first pro-life measures in post-Roe era 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The letter calls the redundancy process a "sham". UK Twitter employees legal threat over redundancies 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z "So unless they're investigating themselves, this Insurrection Protection Committee is a sham." Dems warn Jim Jordan’s probe of feds is a “fascist power grab to evade accountability for Jan. 6” 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z "It is past time to expunge Democrats' sham smear against not only President Trump's name, but against millions of patriots across the country," Stefanik said. "Not sure that's how it works": Experts mock Kevin McCarthy's plan to "expunge" Trump impeachment 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Amnesty International said last month Iranian authorities are seeking the death penalty for at least 26 others in what it called "sham trials designed to intimidate protesters". Analysis: Iran executions quash protests, push dissent underground 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Tell them it’s important to you, so much so that you’ll move your business to another bank if you find out this process is a sham. LOVERRO: Sale of the team is the silver lining behind another disappointing season 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Amnesty International said last month that Iranian authorities are seeking the death penalty for at least 26 others in what it called "sham trials designed to intimidate protesters". Iran sentences three more protesters to death amid international criticism 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z The government has also killed hundreds of people, held thousands of sham trials and sentenced more people to death row, according to rights groups. Iran hangs two more people in brutal campaign against protesters 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “Appalled by the regime’s execution of two more young Iranians after sham trials,” Robert Malley, the U.S. special envoy for Iran, said in a tweet. Iran Executes 2 Men Arrested in Protests 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Human rights groups have denounced what they described as a "sham" trial. Iran hangs two more protesters 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z But let us hope that 2023 will see populism exposed for the sham that it is. Opinion | 2023 could be the year that exposes populism for the sham that it is 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The latest sign is a Dec. 28 appellate court decision upholding a life sentence against philanthropist Osman Kavala, based on a sham prosecution. Opinion | In Turkey, a philanthropist did good. Now he sits in prison for life. 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Amnesty International called the court proceedings “a fast-tracked unfair sham group trial … which bore no resemblance to judicial proceedings.” Iran hangs two more people in brutal campaign against protesters 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z The whole scheme was lubricated with bribes, prosecutors said, funneled through a sham charity. Rick Singer, at center of college admission scandal, sentenced to 3½ years in prison 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Western countries have dismissed the trials as a sham designed to keep the junta's biggest enemy at bay amid widespread resistance to its rule. Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi for 7 more years as secretive trials end 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Since then she's faced 18 months of trials on 19 charges - which rights groups say are a sham. Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for a further seven years 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Two men were executed this month after what activists said were sham trials. Iran protests: 100 detainees facing death penalty - rights group 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Belarus was shaken by major protests after the disputed August 2020 reelection of Lukashenko, which the opposition and the West denounced as a sham. Belarus hands opposition activists prison terms in absentia 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z If, after the massive budget increase for the IRS, the wealthiest continue to avoid proper scrutiny while others’ returns are more carefully reviewed, then the effort is a sham. Opinion | Major accounting firms can help the IRS scrutinize Trump’s taxes 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Two protesters have been executed and at least 26 others face the same fate, after what Amnesty International calls "sham trials". Iran protests: 'No going back' as unrest hits 100 days 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z “I just realized how much of a sham the whole movement was,” he said. How the Worst Fears for Democracy Were Averted in 2022 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Amnesty International has said Iranian authorities are seeking the death penalty for at least 21 people in what it called “sham trials designed to intimidate those participating in the popular uprising that has rocked Iran”. Iran Supreme Court accepts appeals of two protesters sentenced to death 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z The committee, which Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy boycotted and dismissed as a “sham process,” will formally disband on Jan. 3 as Republicans take over the House majority. GOP’s usual embrace of Trump muted after criminal referral 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, one of the protesters sentenced to death after what human rights groups have denounced as sham trials, has also been tortured in prison, according to his lawyer. Iran protests: Family finds signs of torture on man's exhumed body 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z He has denied all the charges and refused to take part in the trial that he and his supporters have called a political sham. Rwanda's Kagame criticizes U.S. over concerns about 'Hotel Rwanda' hero's detention 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z “Unfortunately, Russia has continued to see Paul’s case through the lens of sham espionage charges,” Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken recently said, “and they are treating him differently than they treated Brittney Griner.” Russia’s ‘Sham’ Charge of Spying Makes Whelan’s Case the Hardest 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z He pressured his vice president to halt the electoral count, got Republican members of Congress to vote to cast out Joe Biden’s electors and pressed state legislatures to appoint sham electors for him instead. Opinion | The plan to stop a future Trumpist coup moves closer to reality 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Ukraine and its Western allies have dismissed as illegal shams the "referendums" that Peskov referred to in four regions of south and eastern Ukraine that Russia partly occupies, saying they were conducted at gunpoint. Russia rejects Zelenskiy call for troop pullout, saying Ukraine must accept 'realities' 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The so-called Donetsk People's Republic is one of the four regions in Ukraine which Moscow proclaimed as its own in September in what Ukraine and its allies called a "sham," coercive referendum. Head of Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine's Donetsk says 50% of region under Moscow control 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z |
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