President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at...
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Israeli Prime Minister Arrives Court to Testify in His Corruption Case
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in court on Tuesday to testify in his corruption case. He faces charges of bribery, fraud and breach of public trust in three separate cases. Netanyahu, who has repeatedly sought to delay his appearance in court, is the first sitting prime minister of Israel to face a criminal...
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Brazilian President Undergo an Emergency Surgery to Drain A Bleed On His Brain.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has undergone emergency surgery to drain a bleed on his brain. He underwent the procedure after an MRI scan showed an “intracranial hemorrhage.”The surgery was successful and Lula is “well” and currently being monitored in the intensive care unit of Sirio Libanes hospital in Sao Paulo, in southeastern Brazil, a translation...
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Painful Measurements, a Stronger Peso: President Milei One Year in Office Improve Argentina’s Long Mismanaged Economy.
When President Javier Milei assumed office one year ago economists warned the country was teetering on the brink of hyperinflation. It was popular outrage over this upside-down economy that fueled the rise of Milei, a self-declared “anarcho-capitalist” and former TV pundit who rode to power on vows to “blow up” the central bank, take an axe to the bloated...
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Mahama Becomes Ghana President-Elect, Says Scar Left on the Country Will Take Time to Erase
Ghana’s former leader John Dramani Mahama has been declared the winner of the presidential election on Monday and pledged “a life of limitless opportunity” for citizens after voters vented their anger over the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.According to the Electoral Commission, Mahama received 56.5% of votes cast, or 6.3 million votes while his main...
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Tonga’s Prime Minister Quits Ahead of ‘No-Confidence Motion’ In Parliament
Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned in parliament on Monday ahead of a planned no-confidence vote in his leadership, capping a period of fraught relations between his government and Tonga’s king.Sovaleni, who took office in 2021, did not specify a reason for his departure but his resignation halted the no-confidence motion expected on Monday....
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Trumps Wife Reveals the Family Is Familiar with Presidency as Against the First Time at the White House.
United State president-elect’s wife, Melania in a television interview on Friday said that preparing to enter the White House for the second time looks a lot different from the first time, as she and her husband are now familiar with the terrain.“You know what you need to establish, you know what kind of people you...
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South Korea Strip President of Engagement, Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo “To Manage Public Welfare and State Affairs without Disruption.”
The South Korean government on Monday ordered an overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol as he faces investigation on possible rebellion charges over a short-lived martial law declaration that plunged the key U.S. ally into chaos last week.Opposition lawmakers are continuing to pursue impeachment for Yoon, 63, who stunned the East Asian democracy on Tuesday when he declared emergency martial law,...
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South Korean President Apologizes, Says Martial Law Was Declared Out Of Desperation
South Korea’s embattled president apologized Saturday for public anxiety caused by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law hours ahead of a parliamentary vote on impeaching him.President Yoon Suk Yeol said in a brief televised address Saturday morning he won’t shirk legal or political responsibility for the declaration and promised not to make another attempt to impose it. He said he...