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Jeffrey Epstein case: Ghislaine Maxwell faces 35 years in prison
A woman says that Ghislaine Maxwell , Jeffrey Epstein's confidante, raped her between 20 to 30 times when she was a teenager. The former partner of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is facing up to 35 years in prison, for her alleged part in abusing young girls. [Full Article...]
New US note highlights gap in roller coaster intelligence reports
Officials told the Times that the timing and timeliness of the memo, which is said to contain no new details, implies it was meant to strengthen the administration's effort to prevent it from remaining silent on the information. Trump and the White House have repeatedly insisted that the President wasn't originally briefed because the information was unverified, even though it's rare for intelli... [Full Article...]
Vehicle slams into two protesters on closed Seattle highway
Footage posted on Twitter showed a white auto speeding along the highway, before swerving to avoid two stationary vehicles positioned as a roadblock, then hitting the two people. The state patrol says it was a hit-and-run collision. The white auto, seen here with the headlights on, drove around vehicles parked on the highway during the protest. [Full Article...]
China never reported the existence of coronavirus outbreak, admits WHO
The U.S. Representative Michael McCaul said, "I'm glad to see the WHO and the Chinese Communist Party have both read my interim report on the origins of the pandemic and are finally admitting to the world the truth-the CCP never reported the virus outbreak to the WHO in violation of WHO regulation". [Full Article...]
New Administration Memo Seeks to Foster Doubts About Suspected Russian Bounties
President Donald Trump has played down the reports and called the allegations a hoax. "I'm not going to say anything about the briefing, but I believe that the president is not close to tough enough on [Russian President] Vladimir Putin", Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told reporters as he left the briefing. [Full Article...]
Tokyo reports 124 new coronavirus cases, hitting new 2-month high
Japan has not seen the explosive outbreak of the virus suffered elsewhere but Tokyo, with a population of some 14 million, accounts for almost 6,400 of its approximately 19,000 cases. The number of tests conducted in the capital on Thursday increased to 2,506 from 1,388 on April 17, when Tokyo recorded the highest daily number of cases, according to the metropolitan government data. [Full Article...]
See How Hushpuppi Conspired To Defraud Premier League Club Of $124 Million
Hushpuppi, who has over two million followers on Instagram, is known for his display of luxury on social media. In particular, Mr Abbas - along with his co-conspirators who were also arrested - is known to specialise in business email compromise schemes (BEC), that hack corporate email addresses or aim to dupe members of staff into sending a wire transfer of company money. [Full Article...]
Visitors to England from 59 countries will not have to quarantine
France has been classed as "amber", meaning it is considered safe to visit. But countries on the list with low infection rates, such as Greece, Australia and New Zealand, have banned British travellers over the UK's high coronavirus rate. [Full Article...]