Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community. But he’s receiving fresh attention, from the public and from Congress, now that Trump has picked him to lead the FBI.As he braces for a bruising and likely protracted Senate...
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ITALIAN PROSECUTORS DEMAND LIFE IMPRISONMENT OVER MAN WHO STABS HIS EX-GIRL FRIEND TO DEATH
Filippo Turetta, a student who admitted murdering his ex-girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin in a brutal case that sparked outrage and soul searching in Italy will be sentenced on Tuesday. Prosecutors have asked for life in prison for Turetta, for killing Cecchettin in November last year, just days before she was due to graduate from the University...
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ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES DEC. 3rd AND 4th AS PUBLIC HOLIDAY OVER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ONLY VISIT.
US President Joe Biden is in Angola on Tuesday for his only visit to sub-Saharan Africa of his presidency, which is focused on a major infrastructure project that is a counterpoint to China’s investments. Biden arrived in the oil-rich Portuguese-speaking country late Monday for a two-day visit centered on a multinational project to rehabilitate a...
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VIETNAM COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TYCOON IN $12 BILLION FRAUD CASE
According to state media report, a court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan after rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery.Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, was sentenced to death in April for her role in a...
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P.M. SHARIF VOWS TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST RIOTERS INVOLVED IN PRO-IMRAN KHAN PROTESTS
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday vowed legal action against “rioters” involved in anti-government protests led by ex-premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) last month, as the party decried a state-backed crackdown against its supporters. Thousands of supporters of the PTI stormed Islamabad last month, demanding Khan’s release from prison. The government said protesters killed...
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SEXUALIZED DEEPFAKE VIDEO HIT PUNJAB PROVISIONAL MINISTER FOR INFORMATION
The Information Minister of Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab, Azma Bukhari is disturbed by a counterfeit image of herself: a sexualized deepfake video published to discredit her role as one of the nation’s few female leaders. Bukhari in a comment said: “I was shattered when it came into my knowledge.” Deepfakes — which manipulate...
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RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW! Trump Demands
President-elect of the United State, Donald Trump on Monday demanded that the hostages taken in the Hamas-led attack on Israel be released from Gaza before his inauguration in January, or there will be “hell to pay” in the Middle East for those responsible.Without pointing finger at any militant group, Mr. Trump said in his post on Social...
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FG IMPLEMENTS N50 ELECTRONIC LEVY ON FINTECH TRANSACTIONS OVER N10,000
The federal government has officially commenced the deduction of a N50 levy on electronic transfers of N10,000 and above, effective 1 December 2024. The levy, known as the Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), applies to transfers received through financial technology platforms, including Opay, Moniepoint, and Kuda, among others.This follows an earlier announcement by the Federal Inland...
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NEW BELGIUM’S LAW OFFERS SEX WORKERS MATERNITY LEAVE AND PENSIONS.
Under a new law in Belgium (the first of its kind in the world) sex workers will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance, pensions, maternity leave and sick days. Essentially, it will be treated like any other job.Sex work was decriminalised in Belgium in 2022 and is legal in several countries including Germany,...
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DEMOCRATIC SENATORS URGE BIDEN TO TRY TO LIMIT TRUMP’S ABILITY TO USE THE U.S. MILITARY DOMESTICALLY.
Two Democratic senators are urging the Biden administration to issue a policy directive that could temporarily limit President-elect Donald Trump’s ability to deploy U.S. military troops domestically after he takes office.Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., both members of the Armed Services Committee, sent a letter dated Nov. 26 to President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary...