By Agency Reporter The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday brought a formal end to former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of White House records. The records were sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel investigating last year’s deadly attack […]
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By Guardian Nigeria Thousands of Tunisians protested on Sunday after President Kais Saied gave himself sweeping powers over the judiciary, his latest step in what opponents say is a slide towards autocracy. A decree published in the early hours officially replaced […]
By AFP Kenya’s highest court began Tuesday weighing a legal bid to revive government plans to shake up the country’s political system, just months ahead of crucial elections. The Supreme Court ruling on the proposed constitutional changes, expected after three days […]
By Guardian Nigeria French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah was jailed anew for breaking house arrest restrictions, an official from the Islamic republic’s judiciary authority said on Sunday. Her Paris-based support group had on Wednesday announced “with great shock and indignation” her reincarceration, […]
By AFP South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday reprimanded a senior minister after she attacked the constitution and said judges were “mentally colonised” in a scathing attack that has fuelled speculation about new rivalries within the ruling party. Tourism Minister […]
By AFP A federal judge on Wednesday set a September date for the sentencing of fallen biotech star Elizabeth Holmes, who was found guilty of defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos. Holmes is a rare example of a tech exec […]
By AFP US securities regulators on Wednesday charged the chief executive of the blood-testing company Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, and a former president at the onetime soaring Silicon Valley startup with an “elaborate, years-long fraud.” U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday charged the […]
By AFP The father of teenager accidentally shot dead by US police in a department store, demanded jail time Tuesday for the officers involved in her killing. The death of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta is the latest at the hands of law […]
By Guardian Nigeria Rohingya refugees sued Facebook on Monday for $150 billion over claims the social network is failing to stem hate speech on its platform, exacerbating violence against the vulnerable minority. The complaint, lodged in a California court, says the […]
By AFP A court in southern Libya on Thursday reinstated Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, as a candidate in next month’s presidential election, Libyan media reported. He had lodged an appeal earlier in the day at the […]