Washington (AFP) – Donald Trump’s former aide Steve Bannon was sentenced Friday to four months in prison for refusing to testify in the congressional probe of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. One of the masterminds behind Trump’s 2016 preside…
Trump ordered to testify in Capitol assault probe
Washington (AFP) – Lawmakers probing the 2021 attack on the US Capitol subpoenaed former president Donald Trump Friday to testify on his involvement in the violence, in a major escalation of their sprawling inquiry. The summons came after the House pan…
Mordaunt enters Tory race as Johnson eyes comeback as PM
London (AFP) – Britain’s divisive former leader Boris Johnson on Friday received heavyweight Conservative backing to stage a sensational comeback following the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss. Cabinet member Penny Mordaunt became the first to f…
US, Russian defence ministers hold rare call as Ukraine advances
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russia’s defence minister held rare telephone talks with his US counterpart Friday, after pro-Kremlin officials said they were turning Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson into a “fortress” as Kyiv’s forces advance. Few details eme…
Slowed Snapchat parent earnings send shares off a cliff
San Francisco (AFP) – Shares in Snapchat’s parent company plunged more than 26 percent on Thursday on a quarterly earnings report that showed revenue was slowing as online advertisers tighten budgets. In what could be a harbinger of pain to come for ot…
Facebook adds way to remove misinformation from groups
San Francisco (AFP) – Facebook on Thursday added a method for people running groups to automatically sift out claims that have been debunked since being posted. The ability for group administrators to send misinformation to a “quarantine queue” comes a…
Oklahoma man executed by lethal injection for murder of infant daughter
Washington (AFP) – A 57-year-old man was executed in Oklahoma on Thursday for the murder of his infant daughter after the Supreme Court rejected last-minute appeals that his life be spared on the grounds that he was severely mentally ill. Benjamin Cole…
Cougars of LA imperiled by more frequent wildfires
Washington (AFP) – They are beautiful, powerful and stalk the hills above Los Angeles. But more frequent wildfires caused by climate change have placed the survival of the city’s last remaining mountain lions in doubt, by increasing their exposures to …
Russian attacks on Ukraine grid prompt power cuts, more refugees
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of turning its energy grid into a battleground and sparking a new wave of refugees from the country as Kyiv began curbing electricity consumption ahead of winter’s arrival. The United States mea…
Trump testifies in case filed by rape accuser
New York (AFP) – Former US president Donald Trump testified Wednesday in a defamation case pitting him against a prominent former American columnist who says he raped her in the 1990s. E. Jean Carroll, 78, alleges that Trump sexually assaulted her in a…