Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Republican Senator John McCain who crossed party lines to endorse President-elect Joe Biden, is reported to be in line to be named the next US ambassador to the United Kingdom.
The uncle of Syrian President Assad has been stripped of his vast European property empire today after being found guilty of misappropriating public funds in Syria and laundering the spoils, by a French court. The Paris court imposed a four-year prison sentence on 82-year-old Rifaat al-Assad, which he is unlikely to serve given his advanced …