Russian Election Expert Grigory Melkonyants Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison, State Media Report
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Russian Election Expert Grigory Melkonyants Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison, State Media Report

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The head of Russia’s only independent election watchdog was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison after being convicted of working with an “undesirable” organization, according to Russian news agencies and his attorney. Grigory Melkonyants, a co-founder of the Russian election monitoring…

U.S., Helped by Musk’s Team, Charges Iraqi With Voting Illegally in 2020
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U.S., Helped by Musk’s Team, Charges Iraqi With Voting Illegally in 2020

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A 45-year-old Iraqi man was charged on Monday with voting illegally in the 2020 presidential election, a prosecution that federal officials said had been assisted by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency. The case against the man, Akeel Abdul Jamiel, appeared to…

Newsmax Made Defamatory Statements About Dominion, Judge Says
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Newsmax Made Defamatory Statements About Dominion, Judge Says

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A Delaware judge has ruled that the right-wing cable channel Newsmax made defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems when it falsely claimed that the company rigged votes in the 2020 presidential election. Judge Eric M. Davis of the Delaware Superior Court said on…

Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election
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Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Europe’s longest-serving leader, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, cruised to his seventh election victory in a row on Sunday in a contest that his exiled opponents dismissed as a sham, whose only purpose was to cement his autocratic grip on the former…

Giuliani Keeps His Condo in Settlement of Defamation Case
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Giuliani Keeps His Condo in Settlement of Defamation Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Rudolph W. Giuliani has reached a settlement with two Georgia election workers who he repeatedly, and falsely, claimed had helped to steal the 2020 election. The former mayor of New York was at risk of losing millions of dollars worth of personal mementos,…

Mozambique at a Crossroads as New President is Sworn In
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Mozambique at a Crossroads as New President is Sworn In

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Decades ago, Mozambique’s liberation party, Frelimo, easily attracted adoring crowds. The promise of salvation from Portuguese colonizers, and a life with jobs and housing for all, was an easy sell in a southern African nation that was suffering under racist rule. But when…

Fani Willis Asks Georgia Supreme Court to Review Decision Kicking Her Off Trump Case
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Fani Willis Asks Georgia Supreme Court to Review Decision Kicking Her Off Trump Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Fani T. Willis asked the Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday to put her back on the Trump election interference case. Ms. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., petitioned the state’s high court to review a recent decision disqualifying her from prosecuting…