“Donald Trump Raped Me” – E Jean Carroll Tells New York Court
A former columnist suing Donald Trump over an alleged rape nearly 30 years ago has testified she launched the case "to try and get my life back". E Jean Carroll told the New York civil rape and defamation trial she had been unable to have a romantic life since the alleged assault. Ms. Carroll claims Mr. Trump accosted her in a...
Pope Francis Gives Women Historic Right To Vote At Meeting Of Bishops
The Pope will for the first time allow women to vote at an influential global meeting of bishops in October - a move that has been welcomed as a historic first. The new rules announced on Wednesday will give five religious sisters voting rights at the synod, which is a papal advisory body. In the past, women were only allowed to...
Tucker Carlson Breaks Silence After Fox News Exit
Tucker Carlson has broken his silence after his departure from Fox News in a video lashing out at "liars trying to silence" honest people. The short video was posted on Twitter two days after his exit. He did not share the reason for his departure or speak about his future plans. Fox News has said it and Carlson had agreed to...
80-Year-Old US President Biden Announces Re-election Bid
US President Joe Biden has officially announced his bid for re-election in 2024 in the form of a three-minute video. In a video released early Tuesday, Biden, 80, framed next year’s contest as a fight against Republican extremism, implicitly arguing he needed more time to fully realize his vow to restore the nation’s character. “When I ran for president four years...
Sudan Rivals Agree To 72-Hour Ceasefire
The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Sudan’s warring generals had agreed to a three-day ceasefire starting Tuesday (2200 GMT Monday), after previous bids to pause the conflict quickly disintegrated. “Following intense negotiation over the past 48 hours, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to implement a nationwide ceasefire starting...
Dragon Catches Fire During Disneyland Show
Crowds enjoying a live performance at Disneyland in California were left stunned on Saturday night when a giant animatronic dragon caught fire. Videos online show Maleficent, the 45ft (13m) fire-breathing dragon, quickly being engulfed in flames, as firefighters try to control the blaze. It happened during Fantasmic, a live performance featuring gravity-defying water displays, pyrotechnics and Mickey Mouse (usually) saving the...
Sudanese Army Says It Permits Evacuation Of Stranded Foreigners As Fighting Continues
Sudan’s de facto president and commander-in-chief of the army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has agreed to the evacuation of citizens and diplomatic representatives from the embattled country. An army spokesman said in a statement on Saturday that the United States, Britain, France and China would begin evacuating from the capital Khartoum “in the coming hours” using military transport aircraft. Al-Burhan has pledged...
India Court Acquits 69 Hindus Of Murder Of 11 Muslims During 2002 Riots
An Indian court on Thursday acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of the murder of 11 Muslims during communal riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. The killings occurred in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, a day after a suspected Muslim mob set fire to a train carrying Hindu pilgrims,...
Elon Musk Threatens To Sue Microsoft Over Twitter Data
Twitter boss Elon Musk has threatened to sue Microsoft as he accused the technology giant of using data from his social media company without permission. "They trained illegally using Twitter data. Lawsuit time," the multi-billionaire said in a tweet. Mr. Musk was responding to Microsoft's plan to remove Twitter from its corporate advertising platform. He did not provide further details or evidence to...
India Court Dismisses Congress Leader’s Appeal Against Conviction
An Indian court has rejected opposition leader Rahul Gandhi's appeal seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case. The decision extends the uncertainty over whether he can contest in national elections due next year. Mr. Gandhi has been sentenced to two years in jail for 2019 comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname at an election rally. He won't be...
