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Fox News grapples with revelations in defamation case
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» NEW YORK - Can Fox News, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's influential conservative outlet, overcome its legal travails and revelations of behind-the-scenes intrigue?
Trump to announce 2024 presidential bid Tuesday, top aide confirms
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: Donald Trump will announce next week that he is taking another shot at the presidency with a White House run in 2024, his longtime advisor Jason Miller said Friday.
Powerful Murdoch media turns on 'loser' Trump
AFP, Published on 11/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: The powerful media empire of conservative billionaire Rupert Murdoch appeared to turn its back Thursday on Donald Trump, labeling the former US president a "loser" who shows "increasingly poor judgement" after the midterm elections.
Jeremy Hunt: softly-spoken survivor takes on hardest role
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» LONDON: Newly appointed UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt is a mild-mannered political survivor who will require all of his considerable experience to calm an economy and government beset by chaos.
Nuclear 'Armageddon' threat back for first time since Cold War: Biden
AFP, Published on 07/10/2022
» NEW YORK - US President Joe Biden said Thursday the world risks nuclear "Armageddon" for the first time since the Cold War and that he is trying to find Russian President Vladimir Putin's "off-ramp" in the Ukraine conflict.
Nuclear 'Armageddon' threat back for first time since Cold War: Biden
AFP, Published on 07/10/2022
» NEW YORK - US President Joe Biden said Thursday the world risks nuclear "Armageddon" for the first time since the Cold War and that he is trying to find Russian President Vladimir Putin's "off-ramp" in the Ukraine conflict.
Biotech 'wiz' found guilty of major fraud
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes was convicted on Monday of defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos, in a high-profile case seen as an indictment of Silicon Valley culture.
Fraud or failure?: Final arguments in Theranos US trial
AFP, Published on 17/12/2021
» SAN JOSé (UNITED STATES) - US jurors heard clashing visions Thursday at fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes's trial, with prosecutors calling her a fraudster in closing arguments and the defense claiming she truly believed in her blood testing startup.
Theranos founder testifies in risky gambit at US fraud trial
AFP, Published on 20/11/2021
» SAN JOSé (UNITED STATES) - Fallen biotech star Elizabeth Holmes testified at her US fraud trial Friday in a risky defense bid, depicting herself as a committed innovator who spent her savings and quit an elite college to pursue her vision.
Theranos founder wooed believers in 'parallel universe'
AFP, Published on 25/09/2021
» SAN JOSé (UNITED STATES) - For critics outside the orbit of fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes, her pledges of a medical revolution reeked of quackery. But the faith of close backers -- from a future Pentagon chief to a lab scientist -- was very real.