Trump tells supporters his $355 million fraud fine is election interference Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the New York judge who ruled he must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, telling thousands of supporters at a campaign rally the decision was an “election interference ploy.” Addressing…
US signals it will block proposed Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN The United States has said it will block another resolution that will soon be presented at the United Nations urging a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. Algeria has proposed a new resolution be put to a vote on Tuesday at the UN Security Council…
Kwoyelo, the only LRA commander to be tried for his crimes in Uganda, has been in detention since 2009. Gulu, Uganda – At a market in Gulu, northern Uganda, women spread tropical fruit on plastic sheets, calling out to passing customers. The sun is blinding, and the air is thick with the chatter of bargaining shoppers….
Ireland is the latest to pledge funds for the stricken UN agency, the main source of humanitarian aid to Palestine. Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), visited Ireland this week following the country’s decision to pledge 20 million euros (just under $21.5m) in support for the crisis-hit agency. The…
Planned delivery of bombs and other munitions comes as President Biden pushes for truce in Israel’s war on Gaza. The United States is preparing to send more bombs and other weapons to Israel even as it pushes for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza and has said it opposes Tel Aviv’s plans for a…
Microsoft-backed startup stuns social media with hyper-realistic videos created using text prompts. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has unveiled a new form of artificial intelligence that creates realistic video based on text prompts, prompting stunned reactions online. The text-to-video model, named Sora, has “a deep understanding of language” and can generate “compelling characters that express…
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s warning comes days after 10 Lebanese civilians were killed in Israeli air raids. Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has said that Israel will pay a price “in blood” for killing Lebanese civilians, signalling the conflict across the Lebanon-Israel border could intensify. Israeli air raids on Wednesday killed at least 10 civilians, including five…
Main opposition party says bank accounts frozen just weeks before the expected announcement of the general election. The Indian National Congress party says its bank accounts with 2.1 billion rupees ($25.3m) in deposits have been frozen by the Income Tax Department months before the national election. The main opposition party on Friday called the action…
African countries that have long traded with others outside the continent are now shipping goods to each other. African leaders will this weekend gather in Addis Ababa for the annual summit of the African Union (AU) to discuss key business issues, including plans to make Africa a global economic powerhouse. In the spotlight during the two-day high-level…
