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Gates testifies he committed crimes while working with Manafort
When a banker asked about $1.5 million debt that Manafort's company owed to a Cyrus entity called Peranova Holdings Limited, Gates produced a backdated document showing it was forgiven. Gates took the stand for the first time on Monday afternoon. Under rules, reporters covering the trial can not use phones or laptops in the courtroom and must go outside to transmit news from inside. [Full Article...]
Boy dies after mistaking father’s crystal meth for cereal
It's unclear how the boy ingested the drugs. He also had other charges outstanding relating to his alleged failure to register as a sex offender. An attorney assigned to Collman's case could not immediately be reached for comment Monday by The Washington Post. [Full Article...]
Boris Johnson Compares Burqa To 'Bank Robbers' And 'Letter Boxes'
He said: "The way he goes on for sentence after sentence, nearly half his article, slagging off women who wear a niqab and a burka in very derogatory language was deplorable". He said: 'If you go for a total ban, you play into the hands of those who want to politicise and dramatise the so-called clash of civilisations; and you fan the flames of grievance . [Full Article...]
Ethiopian army clashes with local government paramilitaries
Peacekeeper troops from Ethiopia deployed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan patrol outside the premises of the UN Protection of Civilians site in Juba, South Sudan, on 4 October 2016. "The violence has not been halted despite attempts by defence forces and other security forces to restore calm", the ministry said in a statement. Ethiopia's Somali region has witnesses series of violent... [Full Article...]
Trump just made two problematic admissions about the Trump Tower meeting
With President Donald Trump apparently admitting on Twitter that his son, Donald Trump, Jr ., met with Russian officials at Trump Tower in 2016 to get "information" on then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton , conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin said in a recent interview that the president could be prosecuted for collusion once he leaves office. [Full Article...]
Trump campaign associate invited alleged Russian spy Maria Butina to Styx concert
The indictment filed against Butina alleges she established the relationship with Erickson "to advance the interests of the Russian Federation" so that he would "arrange introductions to USA persons having influence in American politics". He believes that Butina's case aims to smear the Republican Party and the National Rifle Association , with the members of which she maintained contacts as a gu... [Full Article...]
9-year-old boy robbed at gunpoint while selling lemonade, police say
The Union County Sheriff's Office told WSOC Sunday that the stickup happened near a traffic roundabout on Johns Forest Lane in Monroe. Authorities found a trail in the woods nearby where they found a camouflage hat, a black BB handgun and a stolen metal tin. [Full Article...]
China threatens to slap import tax on $60 billion of U.S. imports
China on Friday said it will slap additional tariffs on about Dollars 60 billion worth of American products in retaliation to President Donald Trump's plan to raise duty on USD 200 billion Chinese imports, escalating the trade war between the top two economies of the world. [Full Article...]