Spotlight turns on possible complicity of UN workers in Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7
Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy accused UNRWA of announcing the news while the world’s attention was focused on the World Court ordering Israel to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians and do more to help civilians in Gaza.
GOP primaries frontrunner Donald Trump still in a rut as Supreme Court is urged to rule him ineligible to run
Lawyers called for a decision that makes clear that what happened on January 6 was an insurrection, for which Trump bears responsibility. The president is covered by the constitutional provision at issue and Congress doesn’t need to take action before states can apply it, the lawyers wrote.
Donald Trump ordered to pay journalist Carroll $83.3 million for rape, reputational hurt
Carroll’s case has become an issue in Trump’s campaign to retake the White House in the November US election. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden, who beat him in 2020.
Trump walks out on opponent’s closing at defamation trial in a huff, returns to hear his lawyer
Early in her closing, Habba showed the jury a video in which Trump said a jury’s verdict last year finding that he had sexually abused Carroll was “a disgrace” and “a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time.”
Alabama murder convict becomes first prisoner in US to be executed with nitrogen gas after 30 years on deathrow
The execution took about 22 minutes, and Smith appeared to remain conscious for several minutes. For at least two minutes, he appeared to shake and writhe on the gurney, sometimes pulling against the restraints. That was followed by several minutes of heavy breathing, until breathing was no longer perceptible.
Trump vs Biden rematch: Incumbent trails predecessor in White House by four points in new opinion poll
Slightly more than half of respondents said they were dissatisfied with the US two-party system, with just one in four satisfied by it.
Daggers out as inevitability of Biden facing off with Trump in presidential poll becomes obvious
Exit polls show that most Republican voters don’t care about Trump’s string of criminal indictments and many believe untrue claims that Biden did not win the 2020 election fairly. That has persuaded many in Biden’s camp that there is little reason to try to reach Trump supporters in a bruising campaign.
Trump vs Biden rematch in the making as Americans brace to vote for oldest candidates ever to rival for While House
Nikki Haley’s path to becoming the GOP standard-bearer is narrowing quickly. She won’t compete in a contest that awards delegates until South Carolina’s February 24 primary, bypassing the February 8 Nevada caucuses that are widely seen as favouring Trump.
US aviation woes persist as Boeing 757 loses nose wheel while during take-off in Atlanta
The report said the aircraft was lining up and waiting for take-off when the “nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill.”
New member of Mormon Church leadership says it must do better to help sex abuse victims heal
The Utah-based faith has stuck by the system despite the criticism and increasing scrutiny from attorneys and prosecutors who argue it is inadequate to quickly stop abuse and protect victims.
