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Rwandan Fabien Neretse is pictured in front of the Palace of Justice during the first day of his trial in Brussels, on November 4, 2019. The 71-year-old agricultural scientist has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for genocide. PHOTO | JOHN THYS | AFP By AFP A Belgian court on Friday sentenced a former […]
US President Donald Trump. PHOTO |COURTESY By AFP IN SUMMARY House Democrats are due to move forward this week with their case to make the real estate mogul only the third president ever to be impeached. The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday at which experts will weigh whether Trump’s alleged wrongdoing […]
US President Donald Trump has been invited for impeachment hearing. PHOTO | SAUL LOEB | AFP Washington, The House Judiciary Committee said Tuesday it would begin hearings on December 4 in the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, inviting the US president and his lawyer to attend. Lawmakers in the Democratic-led House […]
A 21-year-old woman has delivered a baby with two heads and three arms in India. Babita Ahirwar and her husband Jaswant Singh Ahirwar said they were shocked when she delivered the infant on November 23. They appear to have had a form of conjoined twins in which the babies share the same internal organs, including […]
Michael Bloomberg By AFP Michael Bloomberg confirmed Sunday that he is running for president, joining the crowded field of Democrats seeking to take on his fellow New York billionaire, President Donald Trump. His 11th-hour entry highlights the fluid nature of the Democratic contest just three months before the first primary. “I’m running for president to […]
A white teenager is accused of plotting to attack the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Georgia. By ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — A white 16-year-old girl is accused of plotting to attack a mostly black church in a north Georgia city, where police say she planned to kill worshippers because of their race. Bethel […]
By AFP Boeing’s troubled 737 MAX aircraft won another boost Tuesday, as Air Astana said it planned to buy 30 of the planes a day after SunExpress of Turkey ordered 10 of the jets, which were grounded in March. The Kazakh flag carrier said it had signed a “letter of intent” to buy the 737 […]
Iraqi riot police fire tear gas while blocking al-Rashid Street during clashes with anti-government demonstrators in al-Rashid Street, in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 17, 2019. One Iraqi protester was killed and more than 30 others were wounded Sunday amid renewed clashes on a key bridge in Baghdad. The protesters now have control of three bridges crossing […]
The 48-year-old whistleblower is currently being held at a top-security British prison (AFP Photo/Tolga AKMEN) By AFP The father of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Friday he worried his son would die in prison after nine years of “persecution” for daring to reveal US “war crimes”. John Shipton told reporters in Geneva that he had […]
The Trump administration rolled out a proposal Friday to hike application fees for immigrants seeking to remain in the U.S. — including a first-ever charge for those seeking refuge. It’s the administration’s latest move to restrict pathways for obtaining asylum and immigration benefits like U.S. citizenship. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency in […]