‘Emotionally traumatised’ Laura Anderson in tears discussing break up on ‘Celebs Go Dating’

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Exiled Chinese billionaire's alleged accomplice pleads guilty in massive fraud conspiracy
Yvette Wang, an accomplice of indicted Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, pleaded guilty in New York last week to defrauding investors out of over $1 billion dollars in "a complex scheme," prosecutors said.
AFP
Trump criminal trial braces for Michael Cohen testimony
Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York was expected to hear his former lawyer turned tormentor Michael Cohen testify Monday about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair.Daniels, who claims to have had sex with Trump in 2006, denied she threatened him if he did not buy her silence for $130,000, a payment that prosecutors say Trump then covered up.
AFP
Archegos founder to go on trial for fraud, market manipulation
Archegos founder Bill Hwang will go on trial Monday for alleged securities fraud and market manipulation, prosecutors said, following the fund's spectacular 2021 implosion that cost large banks billions of dollars.A searing 59-page indictment said Hwang and Halligan used the firm "as an instrument of market manipulation and fraud, with far-reaching consequences for other participants in the United States securities markets," according to the indictment.
AFP
Attacking birth control pills, US influencers push misinformation
US wellness influencers are increasingly targeting birth control pills, pushing their followers to abandon the contraceptives with false claims about infertility and low libido that researchers say leave them vulnerable to unintended pregnancies."People don't realize that many of these influencers have their own financial incentives for pushing false or misleading narratives that also don't prioritize the health of the people they're targeting," Sherman said.
AFP
At 101, a US WWII veteran - and pacifist - is honored by France
In his 101 years on Earth, Jack Hausman has seen a lot: eight decades ago he endured the battlefields of World War II before returning home and taking over the family business, all the while remaining a lifelong pacifist.Taking over the family business -- and helping build it into one of the largest makers of corrugated cardboard boxes on the East Coast -- Hausman finally retired in 2020 at the ripe old age of 98.
TODAY
Jenna Bush Hager shares family pics of Easter celebrations and 'church antics'
Jenna Bush Hager has three kids with her husband, Henry. Here's everything to know about their children, Mila, Poppy and Hal.
AFP
Mercedes workers in Alabama to vote whether to join US union
The US auto workers union's drive to organize auto plants in the southern United States faces a second test this week at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama following a triumph last month.Some 5,200 workers at the Mercedes auto manufacturing plant and battery complex near Tuscaloosa, Alabama will decide whether to join the United Auto Workers in a federally-administered election that runs from Monday through Friday.
AFP
Blinken: Israel offensive on Rafah would not eliminate Hamas
An all-out Israeli offensive on the Gaza city of Rafah would provoke "anarchy" without eliminating Hamas, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday, as Washington stepped up a pressure campaign against such an assault.- Death toll tops 35,000 - Blinken also spoke Sunday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, insisting again the United States opposed a major Israel ground operation in Rafah, the State Department said.
TODAY
Savannah Guthrie shares photos of her mom and daughter Vale for Mother’s Day: ‘God’s first, best and most important gift’
Savannah Guthrie is celebrating Mother's Day by honoring the generations of moms in her family.
Associated Press
Fires used as weapon in Sudan conflict destroyed more towns in west than ever in April, study says
Fires being used as a weapon in Sudan destroyed more villages and towns in the country's west in April than in any other month since the conflict began more than a year ago, an analysis by a U.K.-based rights group said Monday. Sudan Witness, an open-source project run by the nonprofit Center for Information Resilience, said 72 villages and settlements were either destroyed or damaged by fires last month, bringing the total number of settlements hit by fire in Sudan to 201 since the conflict began in mid-April of last year. “We’ve documented the patterns of numerous fires and the continuing devastation to settlements around western Sudan, large and small, since the conflict broke out last April," Anouk Theunissen, Sudan Witness project director, said in a news release Monday.
CNN
Former US Marine pilot arrested in Australia worked with Chinese hacker unknowingly, lawyer says
Daniel Duggan, a naturalized Australian citizen, feared requests by Western intelligence agencies for sensitive information were putting his family at risk, according to his lawyer.
Reuters
Chinese e-commerce giants face delicate balance between discounts, profit
Quarterly earnings reports from Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com this week will be closely watched as barometers for the mood of consumers in the world's second-largest economy. Both firms, which combined account for about 69% of China's e-commerce market revenue, according to DBS estimates, have faced increasing competition in recent years from low-cost platforms, such as PDD Holding's Pinduoduo and ByteDance-owned Douyin. Chinese consumers are seeking discounts and lower-cost shopping because of their cautious attitude toward spending after the COVID-19 pandemic amid lower economic growth and the slowdown in the property sector.
TODAY
Northern lights illuminate the US sky in rare geomagnetic storm — where to see them tonight
Due to a severe solar storm, the northern lights became visible across the United States. Here's everything to know about the solar storm and where the northern lights could be visible.
CNN
Here are all the bad things witnesses have said about Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer who is set to testify Monday
Nobody has anything nice to say about Michael Cohen.
CNN
Putin replaces Russia’s defense minister with a civilian, citing rising military spending and need for innovation
Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced his defense minister Sergei Shoigu with a civilian, Andrey Belousov, citing the country’s rising defense budget and the need for “innovation.”
AFP
Runner-up files bid to annul Chad presidential poll result
Succes Masra, who came second in Chad's presidential election, announced Sunday he had lodged a request with the Constitutional Council to have the vote annulled."Our request is for the annulment, pure and simple, of this electoral farce," Sitack Yombatina, vice president of Masra's Transformers Party, told AFP. "All the evidence is in the USB keys," attached to the request lodged with the Constitutional Council, he added.
AFP
Putin removes defence minister Shoigu
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday moved to replace defence minister Sergei Shoigu in a major shake-up to Russia's military leadership more than two years into its Ukraine offensive.The move comes at a key time in the conflict with Russian troops advancing in eastern Ukraine and having just launched a major new ground operation against the northeastern Kharkiv region.
AFP
Microsoft, Amazon to invest billions in French tech
Microsoft on Sunday announced four billion euros in investment for developing data centres in France, joining fellow US giant Amazon in committing to the country's tech infrastructure.As Choose France prepared to get under way, several pharmaceutical groups, including US group Pfizer and Britain's AstraZeneca, announced on Sunday commitments to invest more than a billion euros more in France's health sector.
CNN
Biden faces bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill over Israel ultimatum
Lawmakers in Washington, DC, on Sunday weighed in on President Joe Biden’s ultimatum last week on CNN that an Israeli invasion of Rafah would cause him to pause certain weapons transfers.
USA TODAY
See stunning northern lights photos: The celestial sight dazzled again on Saturday
The ongoing solar storm provided a celestial spectacle and enthusiastic viewers took to social media and elsewhere to share photos.

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