US president-elect to be sentenced in hush money case, faces no penalties or jail term
President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on January 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, but is unlikely to face jail time or other penalties, a judge said on Friday. Justice Juan Merchan’s ruling means Trump will...
After Ghana told African diaspora ‘Come home’, 524 are now citizens, more Black Americans queuing up
Between 10 to 15 million people were forcibly taken from Africa to the Americas during the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the majority from West and Central Africa. Ghana, then a British colony known as the Gold Coast, was a main point of departure.
US surgeon general’s for cancer warnings on alcoholic drinks likely to shift towards more aggressive tobacco-style regulation
President-elect Donald Trump, whose brother died from alcoholism and who does not drink himself, has long warned about the risks of drinking. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, has been open about his past struggles with heroin and alcohol and says that he attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Drama at South Korean presidential palace as impeached Yoon’s security repulses investigators from crime office
Kim Seon-taek, a Korea University law professor, said targeting the PSS leadership may allow the investigators to sap the service’s ability to put up resistance so they can try again to execute the warrant, which is “a rough way” to proceed.
Against backdrop of volatile geopolitics US defence industrial base is on peacetime working mode, China’s on wartime conditions
The authors also underscore the Chinese shipbuilding capacity, which is “roughly 230 times larger than the United States”. More specifically, the Jiangnan Shipyard is estimated to have higher capacity compared to all of American shipyards combined.
Global Peace Index: Syria, Sudan and South Sudan top world’s list of less peaceful countries with horrific ‘forever wars’
South Sudan is the least peaceful country in the region, despite a small improvement in peacefulness over the past year. The number of deaths from internal conflict fell by 73 per cent, from 723 deaths in 2022 to 199 in 2023. Although the country recorded improvements on both the Militarisation and Ongoing Conflict domains, the security situation remains fraught. The ongoing crisis in Sudan has also significantly impacted South Sudan, complicating the return of refugees and potentially impacting South Sudan’s economy by disrupting oil exports.
Fracture within Ecowas and animosity with US provides ideal ground for terrorism in West Africa
Despite the military regimes of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger forming an alliance of Sahel states to fight terrorism and to promote economic development, recent attacks with mass fatalities indicate that terrorist groups might already be taking advantage of the lack of a coordinated counter-terrorism strategy in the region.
FBI confirm driver in New Orleans rampage was inspired by Islamic State ideology, acted alone
The attack plans also included the placement of crude bombs in the neighbourhood in an apparent attempt to cause more carnage, officials said. Two improvised explosive devices left in coolers several blocks apart were rendered safe at the scene. Other devices were determined to be nonfunctional.
Impeached South Korean President Yoon’s security fends off police arrest attempt
Protesters gathered in the pre-dawn hours near the residence, with the numbers swelling into the hundreds amid media reports that investigating authorities would soon try to execute the arrest warrant that was approved on Tuesday after Yoon refused summons to appear.
While Las Vegas police positively identified driver of exploded Tesla Cybertruck, they can’t link it to terrorism
A close relative of Livelsberger, who asked that his name not be used because he did not want to be publicly linked to the suspect, said that Livelsberger had always wanted to be an “Army soldier, in Special Forces, even as a little kid. And when he achieved that, he was a soldier’s soldier.”
