Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists, but acquits 2 in subversion trial

A Correctional Services Department bus arrives outside a Hong Kong court on Thursday. The court on Thursday convicted 14 pro-democracy activists in the city’s biggest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public dissent.

Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were found guilty and two were acquitted on Thursday in a landmark subversion trial that critics say could deal another blow to the city's rule of law and its reputation as a global financial hub.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-activists-convicted-1.7219014?cmp=rss

'Finish them': Nikki Haley's message on Israeli artillery shell condemned amid Rafah assault

A woman wearing a flak jacket squats in front of rows of artillery and writes a message on one of the weapons.

Amnesty International is among those criticizing former Republican former presidential contender Nikki Haley, the former. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, after she wrote "Finish Them!" on an Israeli artillery shell during a recent visit to Israel.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-nikki-haley-finish-them-1.7218504?cmp=rss

Charges against top golfer Scheffler will be dropped after arrest during PGA Championship

Handout image of an American men's professional golfer seen in a police booking photo after being arrested for refusing to stop at a traffic barricade trying to get into Valhalla Golf Course on May 17, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler will be dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world's top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/scottie-scheffler-charges-dropped-arrest-pga-golf-championship-1.7218278?cmp=rss

South Africa: corruption, crime and jobs top issues as voters go to polls

An older, cleanshaven and dark complected man smiles as he drops a paper ballot into a cardboard box.

South Africans began voting on Wednesday in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid, with opinion polls suggesting the African National Congress (ANC) will lose its parliamentary majority after 30 years in government.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-africa-election-1.7217866?cmp=rss

Trump prosecutors, defence make final pitches to jurors in historic case

Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court.

Tuesday, May 28 - A New York prosecutor told jurors that the hush-money payment at the heart of former U.S. president Donald Trump's criminal trial was an attempt to "hoodwink the American voter" during the 2016 election, as lawyers made their closing arguments.



source https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4237892?cmp=rss