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Greek prosecutor recommends dismissing charges in migrant shipwreck case
By Derek Gatopoulos, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
KALAMATA, Greece (AP) – Greek prosecutors recommended dismissing 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, as their trial was opening on Tuesday. Speaking at the opening of a trial against the nine in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Australia and New Zealand sending planes to evacuate nationals from New Caledonia’s unrest
By The Associated Press on May 20th, 2024
SYDNEY (AP) – The Australian and New Zealand governments announced Tuesday they were sending planes to evacuate their nationals from violence-scorched New Caledonia. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed Australia had received clearance for two flights to evacuate citizens and other tourists from New Caledonia amid violent unrest that has beset the French Pacific archipelago ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge in Trump’s hush money trial threatened to throw witness out of court for behavior on stand
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on May 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial cleared the courtroom of reporters Monday and then threatened to remove the defense’s witness from the trial after his behavoir on the stand, a court transcript shows. Judge Juan M. Merchan told Robert Costello, a former federal prosecutor, that his conduct was “contemptuous ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heated day in Donald Trump’s hush money trial ends with defense asking judge to dismiss the case
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on May 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday pressed the judge overseeing his hush money trial to stop the case from going to the jury and throw out the charges after prosecutors concluded their presentation of evidence. Judge Juan M. Merchan did not immediately rule on the request, which came at the end of ... Read More »
1 responseDonald Trump’s lawyers urge the judge to throw out his hush money case after prosecution rests
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on May 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday pressed the judge overseeing his hush money trial to stop the case from going to the jury and throw out the charges after prosecutors concluded their presentation of evidence. Judge Juan M. Merchan did not immediately rule on the defense request, which came at the end ... Read More »
1 responseJudge admonishes defense witness for his behavior after prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on May 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial briefly closed the courtroom Monday, forcing reporters into the hallway after he admonished a defense witness for his behavior on the witness stand. It happened minutes into the testimony of Robert Costello, a former federal prosecutor who has publicly blasted the prosecution’s star ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecution rests in Donald Trump’s hush money case, and defense now gets its turn to call witnesses
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on May 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Prosecutors rested their hush money case against Donald Trump on Monday, turning it over to the former president’s lawyers for a chance to call witnesses. The prosecution’s final witness, at least for now, was also their most important: Trump attorney-turned-adversary Michael Cohen, who the defense over several hours of cross-examination sought ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest | Prosecution rests its case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial
By The Associated Press on May 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s hush money trial entered its final stretch as the prosecution’s star witness Michael Cohen returned to the stand Monday. In his testimony last week, Cohen placed the former president directly at the center of the alleged scheme to stifle negative stories to fend off damage to his White House ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haiti’s main international airport reopens nearly three months after gang violence forced it closed
By Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on May 20th, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it to all traffic in early March. The reopening of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a critical shortage of medications and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!War crimes prosecutor seeks arrest of Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
By Josef Federman, The Associated Press on May 20th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war. While Netanyahu and his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, do not face imminent arrest, the announcement by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in a helicopter crash
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on May 20th, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Hossein Amirabdollahian, Iran’s foreign minister and a hard-liner close to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who confronted the West while also overseeing indirect talks with the U.S. over the country’s nuclear program, died in the helicopter crash that also killed the country’s president, state media reported Monday. He was 60. ... Read More »
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