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Le Pen admits "negligence" in EU fund embezzlement appeal trial

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was questioned for the second day as part of her appeal trial regarding accusations of embezzlement of EU funds by her party for several years. The morning starte...

19hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

South Korea: Yoon jailed for 5 years for obstructing justice

The former president has been found guilty of obstructing his arrest amid other charges. He faces further trials, including on charges of masterminding insurrection....

6dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Hearing in Marine Le Pen appeal trial expected summer 2026

Marine Le Pen's presidential ambitions hang in the balance as the French far-right leader goes to court to appeal against an embezzlement conviction, which barred her from running for office for five ...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

WATCH: Clintons' contempt of Congress resolutions advance out of House committee

The House Oversight Committee voted to advance resolutions to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with their subpoenas relating to Jeffrey Epstein....

9hABC NewsPolitics

South Korea jails ex-PM Han Duck-soo over martial law crisis

A South Korean court has delivered a lengthy prison sentence to a former prime minister over his role in the political turmoil triggered by ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol declaring martial law over a year...

1dDeutsche WellePolitics

Majority of Americans say ICE agent’s shooting of Good was unjustified, inappropriate

A Quinnipiac poll found 53% of voters said Good's shooting was not justified....

6dABC NewsPoliticsImpact

Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk's xAI over alleged explicit Grok deepfake images

Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over Grok chatbot allegedly generating explicit deepfake images of her, using images from when she was 14 years old. Maja Smiejkowska/REUTERS Ashley St. Clair sued xAI, alleg...

6dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

xAI sued by mother of one of Elon Musk’s children over sexual images

Influencer Ashley St Clair claims Grok chatbot created ‘countless’ sexual images of her without her consent...

6dFinancial TimesTechnologyImpact

Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musk’s kids — and now she’s suing

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of X owner Elon Musk's children, is suing his company for enabling its AI to virtually strip her down into a bikini without her consent. St. Clair is one of the man...

6dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

US visa freeze begins for 26 African countries

In tonight's edition, the US puts a pause on the processing of permanent residency visas for applicants from 75 countries, including 26 African ones. Also, Nigerian police walk back on earlier denials...

14hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake

The chief constable of one of Britain's largest police forces has admitted that Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant made a mistake in a football (soccer) intelligence report. The report, which led to Isr...

Jan 14The VergeTechnologyImpact

A complete timeline of Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's feud and lawsuits

Blake Lively; Justin Baldoni Lia Toby/Getty Images, James Devaney/Getty Images Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against her "It Ends With Us" costar Baldoni and accused him of a smea...

16hBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74v0pxg2nvo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46671086 Points: 12 # Comments: 4...

3dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Manhattan DA Pushes Criminal Penalties for Unlicensed Crypto Operators

The CRYPTO Act would criminalize unlicensed crypto businesses, with penalties escalating to felony charges and up to 15 years in prison....

5dDecryptcryptocurrencyImpact

Judge sets trial date for Musk vs Altman showdown

Elon Musk (L) and Sam Altman Getty/BI composite A trial date has been set in Elon Musk's fraud case against Sam Altman. The case is set to go before an Oakland federal jury in April and is expected to...

Jan 13Business InsiderTechnology

Guatemala declares state of siege after gang violence

Guatemala is in a state of emergency following a weekend of gang-related violence. Gang-affiliated inmates rioted in three prisons. Seven police officers were killed as authorities took action....

3dDeutsche Wellecrime

Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition

As masked and armed men in combat armor swarmed throughout the Twin Cities, Gov. Tim Walz took to primetime television to ask Minnesotans to film ICE. The videos, he said , would "create a database of...

4dThe VergePoliticsImpact

Iran updates: Tehran warns of fast trials, executions

The leader of Iran's judiciary has said there will be rapid trials and executions for those arrested in nationwide protests. Washington has threatened military action over the crackdown. DW has the la...

Jan 14Deutsche WellePolitics

Why is Slovakia the EU's 'central hub' for VAT fraud?

The EU's most senior prosecutor told Slovak MPs that one in three VAT fraud cases — involving the bloc's sales-tax system — has links to Slovakia. Why is the criminality concentrated there and is it a...

1dDeutsche Wellecrime

Hong Kong: Life sentence looms for media tycoon Jimmy Lai

With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison?...

6dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact
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