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Can Thailand's Pita succeed in a second PM vote?
Can Thailand's Pita succeed in a second PM vote?
By Martin Petty BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's parliament will hold a second vote on a new prime minister on Wednesday, more
2023-07-19 07:27
Typhoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already left damage and injuries
Typhoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already left damage and injuries
The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other Japanese islands this week is slowly moving west but is forecast to make a U-turn and dump even more rain on the archipelago
2023-08-03 12:25
China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact
China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact
Tens of thousands of people, many of them Chinese, have been caught up in cyber scams based in Southeast Asia
2023-10-23 11:25
Ukraine claims limited gains, weeks into counteroffensive
Ukraine claims limited gains, weeks into counteroffensive
Ukraine on Monday said its forces clawed back clutches of territory from Russia last week as part of its counteroffensive, as Russia's security service said it foiled an assassination attempt...
2023-07-03 18:17
The White House is selling 'Bidenomics.' Is anyone buying?
The White House is selling 'Bidenomics.' Is anyone buying?
President Joe Biden's top economic advisers believe the worst effects of inflation are in the rear-view mirror. They are increasingly confident the economy is heading for a soft-landing, averting a recession. And a growing number of economists are beginning to agree.
2023-06-28 17:20
Georgia official told by Trump to ‘find’ votes testifies phone call was ‘extraordinary’
Georgia official told by Trump to ‘find’ votes testifies phone call was ‘extraordinary’
Georgia’s top elections official received a phone call from Donald Trump on 2 January, 2021, with a warning that he would be taking a “big risk” declaring Joe Biden the victor weeks after then-President Trump lost the state in the 2020 presidential election. “I just want to find 11,780 votes,” then-President Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during the hour-long call, four days before a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral college results – a ceremony violently interrupted by a mob of Mr Trump’s supporters. Mr Raffensperger, a Republican, told a federal courtroom on 28 August that Mr Trump’s “outreach to that extent was extraordinary.” That call is central to a sweeping racketeering indictment from state prosecutors charging Mr Trump and 18 co-defendants for their alleged criminal enterprise to keep him in power at whatever cost. Mr Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who was on that call, is asking a judge to remove the case from the jurisdiction of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and into federal court. Mr Meadows also testified during the hearing on Monday. Mr Raffensperger, who was subpoenaed by Ms Willis to appear in US District Court in Atlanta, testified that he believed a call with White House would be inappropriate. “I told my deputy I don’t think this is in our best interest,” he said, according to CNN. He also said he did not initially return a call because Mr Meadows didn’t leave him a phone number. Mr Meadows sent a text message to Mr Raffensperger in December 2020 asking him to call the “White House switchboard” because his voice mailbox was full, according to messages he provided to the House select committee separately investigating the events surrounding the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January, 2021 Prosecutors played audio clips from the call during the hearing; Mr Raffensperger noted that there were no officials from the US Department of Justice or the White House counsel’s office on the call. “I thought that it was a campaign call,” Mr Raffensperger said. He also stressed that the White House nor presidential campaigns do not play any role in the state certification of election outcomes – an argument that undermines arguments from Mr Meadows and his attorneys that he was merely fulfilling his duties as part of his federal duties on behalf of the president. Asked by prosecutors whether he believed Mr Trump won the 2020 election, Mr Raffensperger said: “They lost the election.” Defending the integrity of the state’s election results and ongoing attempts to undermine them, he said: ”We spoke the truth.” Monday’s hearing comes two weeks after a Fulton County grand jury indictment presented the largest and most significant case yet facing Mr Trump and others connected to an alleged racketeering scheme in which they “knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election” to ensure he remained in power. Mr Meadows faces two counts in the sprawling 41-count indictment outlining dozens of acts that encompass the conspiracy: one count of violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO statute, and one count of solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer. The 19 defendants were booked in Fulton County jail and released on bond last week. They are scheduled to appear in court for their arraignment hearings on 5 September. Attorneys for Mr Meadows have asked for the “prompt removal” of the case from Fulton County, citing federal law that allows US officials to remove civil or criminal trials from state court over alleged actions performed “under color” of their offices, with Mr Meadows performing such acts during his “tenure” as White House chief of staff, they wrote in court filings. Prosecutors, however, have argued that Mr Meadows was acting on behalf of the Trump campaign, performing acts that were “all ‘unquestionably political’ in nature and therefore, by definition, outside the lawful scope of his authority” as chief of staff. “Even if the defendant somehow had been acting as authorized under federal law (rather than directly contrary to it), that authority would be negated by the evidence of his ‘personal interest, malice, actual criminal intent,’” they wrote. Read More Trump handed two key court dates as bid to delay trials until after election falls apart - latest Mark Meadows grilled on witness stand over Trump’s Georgia call to ‘find’ votes and false election claims Who is Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who could take down Trump Trump has raised more than $7m off of his Georgia mug shot Trump made life hell for two Black women election workers. He will have to answer for it in court
2023-08-29 05:49
Italian authorities investigate Venice bus crash that killed at least 21 people
Italian authorities investigate Venice bus crash that killed at least 21 people
Italian authorities were on Wednesday investigating the cause of a horrific bus crash near Venice that killed at least 21 people including two children.
2023-10-05 05:45
In Brazil town turning to desert, farmers fight to hang on
In Brazil town turning to desert, farmers fight to hang on
Standing amid a terrain of rugged red craters that looks like something from Mars, Brazilian farmer Ubiratan Lemos Abade extends his arms, pointing to two possible futures for...
2023-11-01 12:53
AI is getting better at reading our minds
AI is getting better at reading our minds
AI is getting way better at deciphering our thoughts, for better or worse. Scientists at
2023-05-18 20:29
Russian fighter jet damages US military drone over Syria
Russian fighter jet damages US military drone over Syria
A Russian fighter jet flew "dangerously close" to a US drone over Syria and damaged it with flares, according to the US Air Force, in the latest in a series of incidents between the two militaries in the Middle East.
2023-07-25 23:48
Suffocating heat wave in metro Phoenix starts easing after first major monsoon storm of the season
Suffocating heat wave in metro Phoenix starts easing after first major monsoon storm of the season
The persistent heat wave that suffocated Phoenix for most of July was slightly easing on Thursday after the first major monsoon storm of the season kicked up dust and high winds and brought the first measurable rainfall in months
2023-07-28 03:59
Did Kevin Costner's wife move out of his home? Christine Baumgartner was told to vacate $145M mansion by end of July
Did Kevin Costner's wife move out of his home? Christine Baumgartner was told to vacate $145M mansion by end of July
Christine Baumgartner relocated to a temporary home on July 28 and is 'still looking for another house'
2023-07-30 05:47