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Houston (AFP) - Texas's Republican governor pardoned a US Army sergeant on Thursday who was convicted of murder for shooting a protester during a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020. Daniel Perry, 37, was convicted in April 2023 of the July 25, 2020 murder of Garrett Foster and sentenced to 25 years in prison. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend a full pardon for Perry and Governor Greg Abbott issued one. During Perry's eight-day trial, the jury heard conflicting testimony about what occurred between Perry and Foster, a US Air Force veteran. Perry, a ...
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The German government must tighten up its climate protection programme because the measures agreed to so far are insufficient to achieve the country's climate goals, the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court ruled on Thursday. The decision upholds two lawsuits filed by Environmental Action Germany or Deutsche Umwelthilfe. The ruling said the federal government's measures in their current form do not meet the legal requirements. The federal government can appeal to the Federal Administrative Court, thereby postponing the judgement. The group had already taken legal action against the G...
DPA
The German government must tighten up its climate protection programme because the measures agreed to so far are insufficient to achieve the country's climate goals, the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court ruled on Thursday. The decision upholds two lawsuits filed by Environmental Action Germany or Deutsche Umwelthilfe. The ruling said the federal government's measures in their current form do not meet the legal requirements. The federal government can appeal to the Federal Administrative Court, thereby postponing the judgement. The group had already taken legal action against the G...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden refused Thursday to turn over audio of his questioning by investigators probing his handling of classified documents in an interview that led to bombshell accusations that the 81-year-old Democrat was mentally frail. Republicans in Congress have been demanding the tapes of the October deposition with Special Counsel Robert Hur, who interviewed the president extensively for his inquiry into Biden's retention of the records. Hur concluded in February that charges were not warranted but made the politically explosive claim that Biden had "limited precisio...
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The German government must tighten up its climate protection programme because the measures agreed to so far are insufficient to achieve the country's climate goals, the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court ruled on Thursday. The decision upholds two lawsuits filed by Environmental Action Germany or Deutsche Umwelthilfe. The ruling said the federal government's measures in their current form do not meet the legal requirements. The federal government can appeal to the Federal Administrative Court, thereby postponing the judgement. The group had already taken legal action against the G...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the funding mechanism for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is constitutional, fending off a conservative attack on the agency. The vote in the nation's high court was 7-2, with four conservative justices siding with the three liberals and two conservatives dissenting. The CFPB was created by Congress in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and serves as a watchdog over a variety of consumer issues ranging from mortgages to credit cards to student loans. The plaintiffs in the case -- payday lending groups -- h...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden a annoncé jeudi qu'il refusait de remettre l'enregistrement de sa déposition devant un procureur spécial, dont la description par ce dernier avait provoqué, notamment chez ses opposants, un déluge de commentaires sur la mémoire et l'agilité mentale du président américain de 81 ans. Robert Hur, le procureur en question, avait recommandé dans son rapport de 388 pages en février un non-lieu pour Joe Biden dans une affaire de rétention de documents confidentiels. Mais il avait évoqué un "homme âgé à la mauvaise mémoire", des commentaires "déplacés" selon la Maison Blan...
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South Africa has called for an immediate end to the Israeli military offensive in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip before the International Court of Justice. The justices must stop the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian population, said South Africa's legal representative, Professor Vaughan Lowe, at the highest court of the United Nations in The Hague on Thursday. "Israel's actions in Rafah are part of the endgame in which Gaza is utterly destroyed as an area capable of human habitation," he said. "This is the last step in the destruction of Gaza and its Palestinian people." The situ...
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Petr Bysrton is under investigation for money-laundering activities, according to the Munich public prosecutor's office. Bystron is facing allegations that he received up to €20,000 from individuals linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin to spread Kremlin propaganda. He is the second candidate on the AfD's election list for theEuropean elections. The prosecutor's office said searches are being carried out in Berlin, Bavaria and on the Spanish island of Mayorque in pursuit of evidence. The German parliament voted to lift Bystron's parliamentary immunity, enabling the police to conduct their...
Euronews (English)
Le parquet de Munich a déclaré enquêter sur les activités de blanchiment d’argent de Petr Bystron, législateur du parti Alternative pour l’Allemagne (AfD), selon les médias allemands. Le Bundestag, la chambre basse du parlement allemand, a levé l’immunité parlementaire de l’élu. Des fouilles sont notamment menées dans un bureau à Berlin, en Bavière et sur l’île espagnole de Mayorque à la recherche de preuves. 11 procureurs et près de 60 agents de la police bavaroise sont mobilisés, a annoncé le parquet de Munich. Petr Bystron, qui est une des têtes de liste de l’AfD aux élections européennes d...
Euronews (French)
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