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Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to felony charges in Arizona election interference case
By The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine felony charges stemming from his role in an effort to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Arizona to Joe Biden. Giuliani appeared remotely for the arraignment that was held in a Phoenix courtroom. His trial will be held ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 40 villagers shot dead in latest violence in Nigeria’s conflict-hit north
By Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Armed men attacked remote villages in northcentral Nigeria, killing at least a dozen villagers during a late-night raid, authorities said Tuesday. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack which follows a similar pattern to yearslong violence in the region blamed on the fight for control over water and land between ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defense rests without ex-President Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial
By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, Jennifer Peltz And Colleen Long, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense Tuesday without the former president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money criminal trial, moving the case closer to the moment the jury would begin deciding his fate. “Your honor, the defense rests,” Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the judge following testimony ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defense rests without Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial
By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, Jennifer Peltz And Colleen Long, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense Tuesday without the former president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial. The jury was sent home until May 28, when closing arguments are expected. Trump did not stop to speak as he left the courthouse and ignored a question about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest | Defense rests its case without Trump testifying in his hush money trial
By The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial could enter its final day on Tuesday with the defense expected to rest its case after calling just a handful of witnesses. Should the defense rest its case, Judge Juan M. Merchan has said he will send the jury home until closing arguments ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spain withdraws its ambassador to Argentina over comments made by President Milei
By The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Spain on Tuesday said it was pulling its ambassador from Argentina in response to comments made by Argentine President Javier Milei, who accused the Spanish prime minister’s wife of corruption and described socialism as “cursed and carcinogenic.” Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares told reporters Tuesday that the Spanish ambassador ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law
By The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating the country’s new ban on Al Jazeera. The Qatari satellite channel is among thousands of clients that receive live video feeds from the AP and other news organizations. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Macron is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia amid deadly unrest and indigenous frustration
By Catherine Gaschka, John Leicester And Keiran Smith, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to riot-hit New Caledonia, the French Pacific territory that has been gripped by days of deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence. “He will go there tonight,” government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot said after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday where the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!1 dead, others injured after London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence, Singapore Airlines says
By The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – Singapore Airlines says a person has died aboard and others were injured when a London-Singapore flight encountered severe turbulence... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Greek judge dismisses case against 9 Egyptians accused of causing a deadly shipwreck
By Derek Gatopoulos, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
KALAMATA, Greece (AP) – A Greek judge dismissed charges against nine Egyptian men accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants last year and sent shockwaves through the European Union’s border protection and asylum operations, after a prosecutor told the court Greece lacked jurisdiction. Shortly after the trial opened in the southern Greek ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French president Emmanuel Macron is to visit violence-hit New Caledonia
By The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to New Caledonia, signaling French authorities’ growing confidence that reinforced security and emergency measures are bringing unrest on the French Pacific territory under control. Government spokeswoman Prisca Thevenot announced the trip. “He will go there tonight,” she said Tuesday... Read More »
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