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Month: August 2023

Pope Francis can expect to find heat and hope in Portugal, along with fallout from sex abuse scandal

By NICOLE WINFIELD, HELENA ALVES and BARRY HATTON Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis plans to head to Portugal on Wednesday to open the first post-pandemic edition of World Youth Day, hoping to inspire the next generation of Catholics while coping with the church’s ongoing clergy sexual abuse scandal. More than 1 million

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

¿Quiénes son los supuestos cómplices de Trump que aparecen la acusación sobre las elecciones de 2020?

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La acusación histórica contra Donald Trump en la investigación federal sobre la interferencia en las elecciones de 2020 dice que el entonces presidente “reclutó a cómplices para ayudarle en sus esfuerzos criminales para anular los resultados legítimos” de las votaciones y para “retener el poder”. Acusan a Trump en la investigación

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Media owner files complaint alleging interference by Costa Rica’s president in custody dispute

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Prosecutors say a banker and media owner has filed a legal complaint against Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves, alleging that his administration interfered in his child custody dispute. The animosity between Chaves and the complainant Leonel Baruch, who owns online news site CR Hoy, is well known. Baruch’s complaint

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers say attempt to jail him before trial is wrong

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said Tuesday that prosecutors are wrong to seek his detention prior to trial because their arguments are built on “innuendo, speculation, and scant facts.” The written submission in Manhattan federal court was a response to the prosecution’s claim last week

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers say attempt to jail him before trial is wrong

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said Tuesday that prosecutors are wrong to seek his detention prior to trial because their arguments are built on “innuendo, speculation, and scant facts.” The written submission in Manhattan federal court was a response to the prosecution’s claim last week

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Myanmar junta pardons some Suu Kyi offences, but former leader still faces decades in detention

By Alex Stambaugh and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Myanmar’s ruling military junta has pardoned Aung San Suu Kyi on five charges for which she was previously convicted, reducing the lengthy sentences handed down to the deposed, democratically elected leader after generals seized control of the Southeast Asian nation. The pardon was announced by Aung

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