Deobra Redden, who was captured on video attacking a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom after vaulting over her bench and desk has been sentenced to decades in prison.The local media reported that Redden was ordered on Tuesday to serve between 26 and 65 years in a Nevada prison for the attack on Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus.The 31-year-old pleaded guilty but mentally ill in September to attempted murder and other charges, ending his trial shortly after Holthus had testified that she feared for her life when Redden vaulted over her 4-foot-high (1.2-meter-high) bench and landed on her.The attack happened Jan....
China Arrests Former Agriculture Minister Over Alleged Bribery
China’s former agriculture minister and party secretary Tang Renjian has been arrested for suspected bribery, the nation’s top prosecutor disclosed on Tuesday.“Recently, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate made an arrest decision on Tang Renjian on suspicion of taking bribes in accordance with the law,” the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said in a statement.The case, which has been concluded by the National Supervisory Commission, is being further processed, it said.Tang’s downfall was unusually swift and comes amid Xi’s sweeping anti-graft campaign which has also targeted former defence minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe.The 61-year-old was removed from the leadership roster of the ministry’s website in...
China Pledges To Adopt an “Appropriately Loose” Monetary Policy Next Year, as Trump Trade Risks Loom
China’s top leaders and policymakers are considering allowing the yuan to weaken in 2025 as they brace for higher trade tariffs in a second Donald Trump presidency in the United States.The contemplated move reflects China’s recognition that it needs bigger economic stimulus to combat Trump’s threat of bigger tariffs, people with knowledge of the matter said.Trump has said he plans to impose a 10% universal import tariff, and a 60% tariff on Chinese imports into the United States.Letting the yuan , depreciate could make Chinese exports cheaper, thus blunting the impact of tariffs, and creating looser monetary settings in mainland...
Ex-Defence Minister Tries to commit Suicide in Custody, Apologizes to South Koreans, Says He’s “Merely Following Orders and Fulfilling Their Assigned Duties”.
Former South Korea defence minister Kim Yong-hyun tried to kill himself shortly before being formally arrested over his role in the martial law operation, Yonhap reported Wednesday.President Yoon Sook Yeol declared martial law on December 3 and sent soldiers and helicopters to parliament, but 190 lawmakers rushed to parliament and passed a motion to lift it, forcing him to rescind the decision, making Kim resigned on Thursday.Kim was detained on Sunday and formally arrested on Tuesday over charges of treason and is accused of being complicit in imposing martial law, including “engaging in critical duties during an insurrection” and “abuse of authority to obstruct the exercise of rights”.He...
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