Thursday, February 1, 2024

Trump's legal bills appear to be piling up for donors, according to election expenses report

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's fundraising slowed in the last three months of 2023 and his legal fees appeared to drag on the finances behind his election effort, according to fresh disclosures submitted to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-biden-fec-election-expenses-1.7101507?cmp=rss

Reports of strife between Ukraine military leader, Zelenskyy come at critical time

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Rifts within Ukraine's top leadership have burst into the open following swirling rumours that the country's top military chief will be dismissed amid reported tensions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-zelenskyy-military-chief-1.7100138?cmp=rss

Zuckerberg apologizes to families at heated U.S. Senate hearing on social media child safety

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On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies went before the U.S. Senate judiciary committee to testify as lawmakers and parents grow increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on young people's lives.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/social-media-senate-hearing-child-safety-exploitation-1.7100952?cmp=rss

Hong Kong court convicts 4 people of rioting over storming of legislature in 2019 protests

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A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-protesters-1.7101361?cmp=rss

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Former Pakistan PM handed 2nd jail term in 2 days as election looms

A man in a blue dress shirt and blue vest sits at a desk. To his right, also seated at the desk, a woman in a black dress and hijab, signs a piece of paper.

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison for corruption, his lawyer and prison officials said, a day after another special court convicted Khan of leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pakistan-imran-khan-corruption-sentence-prison-1.7100092?cmp=rss