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Trump says prosecutors seeking to restrict his free speech rights
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump pushed back on Monday against a bid by government lawyers to restrict what he can share publicly about his historic prosecution for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
US county sues oil companies for $51 bn over 'Heat Dome' disaster
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - A county in the northwestern state of Oregon on Thursday filed a lawsuit against major fossil fuel companies seeking more than $51 billion over the 2021 "Heat Dome," one of the United States' deadliest weather-related disasters.
UK 'partygate' report slams 'failures of leadership'
AFP, Published on 31/01/2022
» LONDON - A long-awaited report into claims of lockdown-breaking parties at British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's offices was published in part on Monday, criticising "failures of leadership" that allowed events to go ahead.
Officials reject call to bar Sheikh Mohammed from Kentucky Derby
AFP, Published on 30/04/2021
» LOS ANGELES - The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Thursday rejected a bid to bar Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, owner of Kentucky Derby favorite Essential Quality, following concern over the whereabouts of his daughter.
Trump admits, briefly, that Russia boosted his election
AFP, Published on 30/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Thursday that Moscow helped him win the White House in 2016 -- before retracting himself to launch a fiery attack on Robert Mueller and the Russia probe.
US lawmakers clash while awaiting a briefing on Mueller report
AFP, Published on 24/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - Republican and Democratic lawmakers clashed sharply on Sunday over the meaning of the newly completed report on Russian meddling, even as they waited to be briefed on its scope and contents.
Washington on edge for Mueller's findings on Trump
AFP, Published on 23/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - US Attorney General Bill Barr is expected to hand Congress as early as Saturday the key findings of the Russian meddling probe as Washington waits tensely to see if it implicates President Donald Trump in serious wrongdoing.
Mueller report could damn Trump ... or do nothing
AFP, Published on 23/03/2019
» WASHINGTON: Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded his Russia meddling investigation Friday without recommending any new charges, but President Donald Trump, who faced obstruction and collusion allegations, could still be implicated in serious, even impeachable wrongdoing.
Verdict due in MtGox bitcoin embezzlement case
AFP, Published on 13/03/2019
» TOKYO - The former high-flying head of collapsed bitcoin exchange MtGox will learn his fate Friday as a Tokyo court hands down its verdict on charges of faking digital data and embezzling millions of dollars.
UEFA, PSG, Man City targeted in Football Leaks revelations
AFP, Published on 03/11/2018
» PARIS - UEFA helped Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City get around their own Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, according to a Football Leaks investigation published on Friday.