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John Swinney has rejected calls for a Holyrood inquiry into former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, who admitted this week to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

They allege that despite giving dowry at the time of marriage, they were constantly taunted by the Singhs that the wedding was not according to their "standards" – an accusation Giribala Singh has rejected.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

An appeals court has rejected a California agency’s plan to issue bonds to pay for a proposed water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Sheinbaum said that Mexico has increased cooperation with the U.S., capturing or killing top kingpins with assistance from U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies, but she has rejected direct U.S. involvement in antidrug raids.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

"What will become of us," asked one of them, "now that the king has rejected our proposals?"

From History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 by Green, John Richard