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Washington (AFP) - It ought to have been appointment TV as Stormy Daniels served up salacious details of her alleged tryst with Donald Trump in the sensational first-ever prosecution of a former president. Yet with New York state rules walling off the Republican billionaire's hush money trial from the world's television cameras, what should have been the trial of the century has turned into something of a ratings flop. "The trial is not receiving the attention it should -- given its historic nature and importance -- because there are no cameras in the courtroom, plain and simple," said Karen C...
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Greensboro (United States) (AFP) - Growing up, Devante Cuthbertson assumed he might have to leave his North Carolina hometown to pursue a career, but a new multi-billion-dollar Toyota battery plant is offering him a reason to stay put. The 28-year-old from Greensboro is among students of an apprenticeship program at Guilford Technical Community College, working three days weekly with the automaker with an eye on future employment. "At one point, I felt maybe I'd go to a different state or a different country and try different job avenues," Cuthbertson told AFP. But when the Toyota tie-in "cam...
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Washington (AFP) - Democrats voted to rescue the Republican leader of the US House of Representatives on Wednesday after a right-wing lawmaker moved to topple him, plunging the already-divided party into fresh conflict ahead of November's elections. Under House rules, any single lawmaker can force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, and Marjorie Taylor Greene finally pulled the trigger more than six weeks after filing a "motion to vacate" his position atop the Republican majority. The Georgia conservative was booed by colleagues as she formally announced the effort on the House floor, reeling...
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Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump will refuse to accept the results if he loses the US election this year, Joe Biden said Wednesday. The two men, who fought for the White House in 2020, are set for a rematch in November that polls show the American public is unenthusiastic about. In an interview with CNN, Biden raised the prospect of Trump not accepting the outcome of the ballot. "I promise you he won't, which is dangerous." Trump still insists -- without foundation -- that he won the 2020 election, despite losing repeated legal challenges. "How many court cases did they have? Supreme Court cas...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to date over the prosecution of the war against Hamas. In an interview with CNN Biden also deplored the fact that civilians had been killed by the dropping of US bombs on the Palestinian territory. His fresh warning came after the US last week halted a shipment of huge American bombs to Israel as it appeared ready to proceed with a major attack on Rafah -- a city packed with Palestinian civilians sheltering near the Egyptian border. "If...
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Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - A Mexican court on Wednesday ordered the alleged murderer of two Australians and an American killed during a surfing trip to be prosecuted, as grieving relatives awaited the repatriation of their bodies. It followed a hearing held for Jesus Gerardo "N" -- alias "El Kekas" -- in Ensenada, Baja California, where the bodies of brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, and their friend Jack Carter Rhoad, were found last Friday. The suspect will be prosecuted for the crime of "disappearance committed by private individuals," and homicide charges are expected to be filed later, the...
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Germany has ordered €23 billion ($24.7 billion) worth of weapons and equipment for its armed forces, or Bundeswehr, during a visit by Defence Minister Boris Pistorius to the United States. A total of around 380 contracts are in place with US defence companies, Pistorius said on Wednesday in the US city of Philadelphia during a tour of a helicopter factory belonging to the US company Boeing. The CH47-F Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopter, 60 of which Germany has ordered in the state-of-the-art Block II variant, is produced there. After the visit, Pistorius said that the company had confirme...
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Washington (AFP) - Police forcibly cleared an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University in the US capital on Wednesday, arresting dozens in the latest clash with students demonstrating over the Israeli offensive in Gaza. Republicans in Congress had pressured local authorities to act on the encampment, summoning Washington's mayor and police chief to testify in the House of Representatives later Wednesday. But just after 4:00 am (0800 GMT), hundreds of officers moved in on a university quad, making arrests and using pepper spray. Police said 33 people were arreste...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States has revoked some export licenses that allowed companies such as US chip firm Qualcomm to supply Chinese tech giant Huawei, the Commerce Department confirmed on Wednesday. The move adds pressure on Huawei, which has long been caught in an intense technological rivalry between Beijing and Washington over US fears it could be used for Chinese espionage operations. It came after Republican lawmakers urged President Joe Biden's administration to block all export licenses to the company following the release of a new computer powered by a chipset by US chip giant...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States said Wednesday it was considering potential further holds on weapons to Israel after it halted shipments of powerful bombs out of concern about plans for a Rafah invasion. Speaking to a congressional committee, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed the freeze last week on 1,800 2,000-lb (907 kg) bombs and 1,700 500-lb (226 kg) bombs. "We paused one shipment of high-payload munitions" for Israel but have not "made a final determination on how to proceed with that shipment," Austin said. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the United States had ...
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