Lawyers say ‘not possible’ for Trump to post bond in $454m civil fraud case | Donald Trump News

Lawyers say ‘not possible’ for Trump to post bond in $454m civil fraud case | Donald Trump News

Lawyers for former United States President Donald Trump have told a New York appellate court that it is impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of his $454m civil fraud judgement while he challenges the ruling. The lawyers wrote in a court filing on Monday that…

No evidence of brain injury in people suffering ‘Havana Syndrome’: US study | Health News

No evidence of brain injury in people suffering ‘Havana Syndrome’: US study | Health News

US research agency finds no ‘biological abnormalities’ in US officials reporting incidents, but says symptoms are real. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States has found no evidence that government employees reporting symptoms of the “Havana Syndrome” suffer from “biological abnormalities”, including brain injury. In a statement…

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as Blinken visits Seoul | South China Sea News

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as Blinken visits Seoul | South China Sea News

Launches come days after South Korea and the US wrapped up military drills Pyongyang sees as an invasion rehearsal. North Korea fired short-range ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters as United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to open a democracy summit in neighbouring South Korea, officials have said….

Biden jokes about Trump’s ‘mental illness’ at traditional Washington dinner | US Election 2024 News

Biden jokes about Trump’s ‘mental illness’ at traditional Washington dinner | US Election 2024 News

The digs against his Republican rival come as the US president deflects criticism that his memory is hazy and he appears confused. US President Joe Biden has joked about former President Donald Trump’s mental fitness during a speech at the Gridiron Club dinner, a Washington tradition that began in the…

The criminal hypocrisy of Hernandez’s drug conviction in a US court | Opinions

The criminal hypocrisy of Hernandez’s drug conviction in a US court | Opinions

On Friday, March 8, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted on three counts of drug trafficking and weapons conspiracy in a Manhattan federal court. Extradited to the United States shortly after completing his second presidential term in 2022, the 55-year-old Hernández is up against a mandatory minimum sentence…

‘He’s lost my vote’: Many Irish Americans turn against Biden over Gaza war | Israel War on Gaza News

‘He’s lost my vote’: Many Irish Americans turn against Biden over Gaza war | Israel War on Gaza News

One evening in 2004, when John Francis Mulligan, a US-born Irish citizen, was in the West Bank, a stranger asked him to walk her to a funeral. It was after curfew in Nablus, and Palestinians weren’t allowed out on the streets. A young man had been killed earlier that day,…

Professor Jeffrey Sachs: ‘US is complicit in Israeli genocide’ | Israel War on Gaza

Professor Jeffrey Sachs: ‘US is complicit in Israeli genocide’ | Israel War on Gaza

Columbia University’s Jeffrey Sachs says the war in Gaza could end today if the United States stopped supplying weapons to Israel. “Does the United States want to be complicit in genocide?” This is the question that US leaders should be asking themselves as Israel’s war on Gaza continues, argues Columbia…

Six-time Miami Open champ Novak Djokovic pulls out, cites scheduling issues | Tennis News

Six-time Miami Open champ Novak Djokovic pulls out, cites scheduling issues | Tennis News

Djokovic’s announcement follows his shock defeat last week to world number 123 Luca Nardi at Indian Wells. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will skip the Miami Open saying, less than a week after a surprise loss at Indian Wells, that he needs to balance his “private and professional schedule”. Djokovic’s announcement Saturday…

‘Everybody’s fight’: Palestinians hail the sacrifice of Corrie, Bushnell | Gaza News

‘Everybody’s fight’: Palestinians hail the sacrifice of Corrie, Bushnell | Gaza News

Twenty-one years ago today, an Israeli soldier drove an 80,000-pound (26,287kg) bulldozer over a 23-year-old woman from Olympia, Washington. Her name was Rachel Corrie, and she was part of an international team of peace activists who had volunteered to protect Palestinian homes from demolition by Israeli settlers. The US magazine,…

US prosecutors investigating Meta for role in illicit drug sales, WSJ says | Social Media News

US prosecutors investigating Meta for role in illicit drug sales, WSJ says | Social Media News

The Wall Street Journal report also says the Food and Drug Administration is helping to investigate the Facebook owner. US prosecutors in Virginia are probing whether Facebook-parent Meta’s social media platforms facilitated and profited from the illegal sale of drugs, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Citing documents and…