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Trump threatens Musk with 'serious consequences' in spending bill row
AFP, Published on 08/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump threatened his former advisor Elon Musk with "serious consequences" Saturday if the tech billionaire seeks to punish Republicans who vote for a controversial spending bill.
Musk deletes post claiming Trump ‘in the Epstein files’
AFP, Published on 07/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Tech billionaire Elon Musk has deleted an explosive allegation linking Donald Trump with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that he posted on social media during a vicious public fallout with the US president this week.
Jury finds ex-Twitter worker spied for Saudi royals
AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: A former Twitter worker was found guilty on Tuesday of spying for Saudi officials keen to unmask critics on the platform.
US jury to decide if Twitter worker spied for Saudi royals
AFP, Published on 05/08/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors in a San Francisco court on Thursday began mulling the fate of a former Twitter worker accused of taking bribes from Saudi Arabia to help unmask its critics on the platform.
Former hostages unmask Islamic State 'Beatle' at trial
AFP, Published on 10/04/2022
» ALEXANDRIA, US: Former hostages taking the witness stand at the trial of their alleged Islamic State group captor have described their brutal treatment in chilling detail.
Dismiss, discredit, divert: White House fights impeachment
AFP, Published on 15/11/2019
» WASHINGTON - Discredit the witnesses, dismiss the accusations against President Donald Trump as hearsay, shift the focus to the Bidens, unmask the whistleblower.
Three charged in US with spying on Twitter users for Saudi Arabia
AFP, Published on 07/11/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: Two former Twitter employees and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court Wednesday with spying on Twitter users critical of the Saudi royal family, the US Justice Department announced.
Trump administration pushes back against impeachment probe
AFP, Published on 02/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - The Trump administration pushed back hard Tuesday against the impeachment investigation of the president, accusing Democrats of bullying and intimidation in asking five diplomats to testify on White House efforts to seek dirt on a Trump political rival.
Austrian chancellor under pressure in wake of corruption scandal
AFP, Published on 22/05/2019
» VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was facing the prospect of a no-confidence vote in parliament as he grappled Tuesday with the fallout from the "Ibiza-gate" scandal that toppled his coalition with the far right.
The Indian 'Miss Marple' snooping on election candidates
AFP, Published on 14/05/2019
» MUMBAI - As India's best-known female private eye, Rajani Pandit has posed as crazy, blind and deaf to solve murders and unmask unsuitable fiancés. But election time is boom time for the woman dubbed "Miss Marple".