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Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump said Friday that a personal aide, who is believed to be a key witness in the classified documents case facing the former US president, is being indicted by prosecutors. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, did not specify the alleged charges facing Walt Nauta, who was the president's military valet at the White House. "I have just learned that the 'Thugs' from the Department of Injustice will be Indicting a wonderful man, Walt Nauta," Trump wrote. "They are trying to destroy his life, like the lives of so many others, hoping that he will say bad things...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden on Friday named his former top Covid-19 aide Jeff Zients to White House chief of staff -- one of the most crucial positions in an administration gearing up for a likely re-election campaign. Zients replaces Ron Klain, who saw Biden through the first two years of his term in the post, arguably the most powerful behind-the-scenes job in any US administration. The departure of Klain, who has worked with Biden throughout his decades-long Washington career -- from senator to vice president, then victor over Donald Trump in 2020 -- will deprive the 80-year-old ...
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Washington (AFP) - A group of young Black Americans and their peers from African countries on Tuesday highlighted their common anxieties over climate change, shared as members of the global African diaspora. They were gathered at the African and Diaspora Young Leaders Forum in Washington, held on the sidelines of the Biden administration's US-Africa Leaders Summit, in which some 50 leaders from the continent are participating this week. Michael Regan, the first Black American head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, called on the people in attendance to throw themselves into humanity'...
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United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United Nations Security Council votes Thursday on extending its authorization of aid transfers across Syria's border without approval from Damascus, with Russia seeking a six-month prolongation while Western nations want a full year. The UN resolution permitting aid deliveries across the Syrian-Turkish border at Bab al-Hawa has been in effect since 2014, but is set to expire on Sunday. Norway and Ireland, two non-permanent members of the 15-country Security Council, have drafted a resolution that would extend the authorization until July 10, 2023. Nea...
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Washington (AFP) - Congress approved a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine Thursday, the latest tranche of US assistance under President Joe Biden's promise of unwavering support for Kyiv in its fight against Russia's invasion. The vote was an unusually bipartisan move for harshly divided Washington. "Aid for Ukraine goes far beyond charity," Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said. "The future of American security and core strategic interests will be shaped by the outcome of this fight," he said ahead of the vote. 'Continuity of government'The bundle includes $6 billion earma...
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Woodbridge (United States) (AFP) - In a large warehouse near New York, dozens of volunteers and workers open, sort and tape up boxes -- in a hurry. International delivery company Meest, which specializes in sending items to Eastern Europe, has transformed itself into a wartime transit depot that delivers tons of aid to Ukraine. "When the war started, we lost most of our business. A few days later, we organized our operations to move humanitarian aid," said Natalia Brandafi, chief operating officer at Meest-America. In front of her, along about 30 wooden shelves, sit packages, parcels and envel...
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Washington (AFP) - Hundreds of protesters demonstrated in Washington on Thursday to demand an end to what they called a "genocide" in Ethiopia's Tigray region, a year after the country's government launched an offensive there that sparked a devastating conflict. The protesters, drawn from the Ethiopian diaspora in the United States -- many with family members in Tigray -- marched behind a banner denouncing "365 days of genocide in Tigray." Placards carried by protesters were emblazoned with messages including, "Stop bombing Tigray," "Allow access to Tigray," "Using starvation as a weapon of w...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The Californian city of Oakland will launch one of the United States's largest "guaranteed income" pilot schemes, selecting 600 families of color to each receive $500 per month with no strings attached, officials said. Part of a nationwide network of trials championing direct cash payments as a simple and efficient way to tackle poverty, the scheme will randomly select participating families from eligible applicants. They must be low-income Oakland households who are members of a racial minority with at least one child. "We are focused on families of color, people of color,...
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New York (AFP) - America's billionaires have seen their wealth rise by more than $1 trillion since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study Wednesday, fueling a debate about higher taxes on the rich. The collective wealth of the 651 billionaires in the United States soared from $2.95 trillion on March 18 to $4.01 billion on Monday, said the Institute for Policy Studies and Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF). "Never before has America seen such an accumulation of wealth in so few hands," said Frank Clemente, ATF's executive director, noting that the gain exceeds a relief packag...
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