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Manafort hit with 3.5 more years in prison, new charges
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed with prosecutors that Paul Manafort, pictured, had ‘intentionally’ lied to investigators about his contacts with a suspected Russian operative. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to about 3.5 more years in prison and was hit with a...
Trump campaign ex-chief Manafort faces second sentencing
US President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at a hearing at US District Court in Washington, US, Jan 16, 2018. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will be sentenced by a second judge on Wednesday who will determine whether to add to a surprisingly lenient...
Ex-Trump campaign chief to be sentenced
Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort is to be sentenced for tax crimes and bank fraud (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort faces potentially spending the rest of his life behind bars when a judge sentences him on Thursday for tax crimes and bank fraud. Manafort, who turns...
UN warns of ‘complacency’ as measles cases soar worldwide
A child reacts during a Philippine Read Cross Measles Outbreak Vaccination Response in Manila. (AFP pic)PARIS: Just 10 countries were responsible for three-quarters of a global surge in measles cases last year, the UN children’s agency said Friday, including one of the world’s richest nations, France. Ninety-eight countries reported...
Google, Facebook, Twitter fail to live up to fake news pledge
The outside of the Google office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, US, Jan 18, 2019. (Reuters pic)BRUSSELS: Google, Facebook and Twitter have fallen short of their pledges to combat fake news, three months before key European elections, the European Commission said on Thursday. The tech companies and trade bodies representing the advertising...
What happens if Mueller finds Trump fingerprints in Russia conspiracy?
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted or secured guilty pleas from 34 people, including 6 associates of the president, as well as 3 Russian entities. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Special Counsel Robert Mueller is preparing to submit to US Attorney General William Barr a report detailing his findings in the investigation into Russia’s...
Rouhani says Iran-US tensions are at “a maximum”
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. (Reuters pic)LONDON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that tensions between Tehran and Washington were at “a maximum” rarely seen in the...
Pence chastises EU, rejects Merkel’s call to work with Russia
Vice President Mike Pence – who last week during a visit to Poland accused Britain, Germany and France of undermining US sanctions on Iran – repeated his demand for European powers to withdraw from the nuclear deal. (AFP pic)MUNICH: US Vice President Mike Pence rebuked European powers over Iran and Venezuela on Saturday in a renewed attack on...
After Auschwitz visit, Pence accuses Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism
US Vice President Mike Pence signs the visitors book at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Poland. (Reuters pic)MUNICH: US Vice President Mike Pence accused Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism on Friday, maintaining his harsh rhetoric against Tehran just a day he attacked European powers for trying to...
Mueller seeks tough sentence for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from US District Court in Washington, US. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller urged a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to impose a strict prison sentence for President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, after a jury last year...
