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Trump to surrender in Georgia Thursday to face racketeering charges
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» ATLANTA - Donald Trump said he will turn himself in on Thursday in Georgia to face racketeering and other charges stemming from his bid to overturn the 2020 election.
Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dead in prison
AFP, Published on 14/04/2021
» NEW YORK - Bernie Madoff, the mastermind behind the worst financial scam in history, died in jail at age 82 on Wednesday, US prison officials said.
Darn it! The US artist stitching together Trump quotes
AFP, Published on 31/07/2019
» NEW YORK - "Drain the swamp." "Such a nasty woman." "Crooked Hillary." An American artist has found a novel way to record President Donald Trump's most outlandish comments for posterity: through embroidery.
Americans await release of bombshell final Mueller report
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» WASHINGTON: Nearly four weeks after President Donald Trump declared himself completely exonerated, Americans will on Thursday get a chance to see the evidence themselves with the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Trump blasts FBI counterintel probe into whether he worked for Russia
AFP, Published on 12/01/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump blasted the FBI Saturday, insisting it acted "for no reason & with no proof" when it opened an investigation into whether he was acting on Russia's behalf after he fired the agency's director, James Comey, in May 2017.
Referee, executive charged in Belgium football scandal
AFP, Published on 11/10/2018
» BRUSSELS - A top football referee and a club executive were on Thursday among the first suspects charged in a massive fraud and match-fixing scandal that has engulfed Belgium's elite league.
Indian off-spinner Chandila banned for life over spot-fixing
AFP, Published on 18/01/2016
» MUMBAI - Indian off-spinner Ajit Chandila was banned from cricket for life on Monday for his involvement in a spot-fixing scandal while batsman Hiken Shah was suspended for five years over corruption.
India panel proposes cricket board revamp after scandals
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» NEW DELHI - A panel appointed by India's Supreme Court on Monday proposed sweeping changes to the country's scandal-hit cricket board and said gambling should be made legal.
Defiant Russian, Binoche 'grande dame' wrap up Cannes race
AFP, Published on 23/05/2014
» A Russian blast at state corruption and a French drama about the perils of fame starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart wrapped up the competition at Cannes Film Festival Friday.
Spanish artist to share riches from botched fresco
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» An 82-year-old Spanish woman whose botched restoration of a painting of Christ made her a global laughing stock is to reap nearly half the riches from worldwide merchandising of the monkey-like image.