Argentina on Friday announced plans to offer citizenship to wealthy foreigners in exchange for cash contributions or investments in government bonds, as libertarian President Javier Milei seeks new sources of dollars for the debt-burdened nation. Economy Minister Luis Caputo unveiled the so-called “golden passport” scheme at an investor event in Paris, saying applications are expected
The US Supreme Court has lifted restrictions on the Trump administration to use a controversial federal voter database, which uses citizenship information and other sensitive data to filter alleged non-citizen voting. Critics warn the ruling could lead to valid voters being removed from electoral rolls. The ruling marks a victory for the Trump administration as
A former senior budget official for Connecticut’s Democratic governor is now a fugitive in Greece after fleeing the U.S. by boat and plane ahead of his sentencing for corruption, his lawyer and prosecutors told a federal judge on Thursday. Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, 70, also sent his attorney a 10-page email accusing Gov. Ned Lamont of
Following the premiere of “NAZA” at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for the introduction of a law that would “revoke the citizenship of anyone who slanders IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] soldiers.” “We will hit them in their pockets and also in their citizenship, because their place
Prominent Israeli filmmakers are among 1,500 industry names that signed a petition launched on Monday expressing solidarity with “NAZA” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who have faced backlash from authorities at home after the hot-button documentary premiered at Venice Film Festival last week. “In recent days, we have witnessed an unprecedented campaign of incitement
Israel’s culture minister has called for the Oscar-winning Israeli co-directors of Naza, a documentary that accuses the Israeli army of mass civilian killings in Gaza, to be stripped of their citizenship over “treason against the state”. Named for the Hebrew military acronym for collateral damage, the film speaks to 24 unidentified Israeli military and intelligence
