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Prosecutors rest case in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

Prosecutors rest case in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial rested their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony punctuated by harrowing accounts from six women who say he ignored pleas of “no, no, no” and excused his behaviour as a Hollywood norm. “The people rest, judge,” Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said, moving the closely watched […]

Saudi ship on suspected weapons voyage arrives in France

Saudi ship on suspected weapons voyage arrives in France

A Saudi cargo ship on a suspected mission to collect weapons for use in the war in Yemen arrived in the French port of Cherbourg on Thursday. The Bahri Yanbu arrived at around 5 pm (1600 GMT) in Cherbourg, where dozens of activists held a protest over the sale of arms to Riyadh given its […]

Trump unleashes fury at impeachment enemies during prayer event

Trump unleashes fury at impeachment enemies during prayer event

President Donald Trump unleashed his fury against those who tried to remove him from office at a prayer breakfast Thursday, a day after his acquittal by the Senate in his impeachment trial. Speaking from a stage where he was joined by congressional leaders, including Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who led the impeachment charge against […]

Overpopulation: Botswana to start auctions of elephant hunting licences

Overpopulation: Botswana to start auctions of elephant hunting licences

Botswana on Friday will hold its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since controversially scrapping a hunting ban last year, a wildlife official said. President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s government in May revoked a moratorium, just a year after he succeeded Ian Khama, an avid environmentalist, who introduced a blanket ban in 2014 to reverse […]

US should buy control of Nokia, Ericsson to fight Huawei ―Attorney General

US should buy control of Nokia, Ericsson to fight Huawei ―Attorney General

The United States and its allies should take controlling stakes in Nokia, Ericsson or both to battle Chinese telecoms giant Huawei’s dominance of the 5G market, US Attorney general Bill Barr said Thursday. “There are only two companies that can compete with Huawei right now: Nokia and Ericsson,” Barr said in a speech on the […]