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Trial of motorcade duo opens without one defendant
Published on 02/04/2024
» The first hearing in the sedition trial of two young activists accused of attempting to disrupt a royal motorcade took place on Tuesday without one of the defendants, both of whom are on hunger strikes.
Alec Baldwin asks judge to dismiss charges in 'Rust' shooting
Reuters, Published on 15/03/2024
» NEW MEXICO - Actor Alec Baldwin's lawyers on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss manslaughter charges against him for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of a Western movie, alleging prosecutorial misconduct.
Trump and Biden cruise towards rematch few want
Published on 06/03/2024
» US President Joe Biden and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump are set for a rematch in a general election race that few Americans are excited about and that Wall Street donors tried in vain to avert.
Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency because of his involvement in the January 2021 assault on the Capitol, Colorado's supreme court ruled Tuesday, setting off a political earthquake that could upend next year's election.
Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» LOS ANGELES - An appeals court in Colorado on Tuesday ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state's presidential primary ballot because of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021.
US abortion policies loom over Republican debate in Miami
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» MIAMI - Republican presidential candidates will meet in debate on Wednesday -- again snubbed by clear frontrunner Donald Trump -- as the party's increasingly hardline position on abortion faces scrutiny after disappointing state elections results a day earlier.
Portuguese set to turn page on Costa era
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» LISBON - Portugal's political parties were preparing on Wednesday for a landscape without Antonio Costa, who had been prime minister since 2015 but quit suddenly the day prior when he was implicated in a corruption investigation.
Republican Mike Pence drops out of US presidential race
AFP, Published on 29/10/2023
» LAS VEGAS - Former US vice president Mike Pence dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Saturday, saying it was not "his time" -- and underlining his scandal-embroiled previous boss Donald Trump's total dominance of the Republican Party.
Trump expected in court as fraud trial resumes
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Donald Trump was expected to attend his New York civil fraud trial when it reconvenes on Tuesday, a day after the former United States president was slapped with a partial gag order in a separate criminal case.
Trump told Australian businessman US nuclear subs secrets: report
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» WASHINGTON: Former president Donald Trump shared classified information about US nuclear submarines with an Australian businessman shortly after he left office, in a meeting at his Florida private members club Mar-a-Lago, US media said Thursday.