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Georgia prosecutors on Thursday said they would appeal a judge’s ruling dismissing some criminal counts in the 2020 election subversion case against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and several of his allies. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the prosecutor overseeing the case, said a state appeals court's decision to take up Trump’s bid to disqualify her office from the case also allows the court to review other rulings. The case is one of four criminal prosecutions Trump faces as he seeks to unseat Democratic President Joe Biden in a Nov. 5 election rematch.
The US Senate on Thursday rejected sweeping immigration reforms for the second time this year as Republicans again blocked what would have been the toughest border security package in decades, dismissing it as a Democratic "gimmick."Democrats brought it back to the floor Thursday, where it fell at the first hurdle -- a procedural vote to get debate started -- as Republicans again rejected the package.
Africa's vast potential in the global fight against climate change is at risk due to the heavy burden of debt and lack of international investment, Kenyan President William Ruto said Thursday."Africa's role in addressing climate change is not guaranteed and nobody should take it for granted," Ruto said at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
US President Joe Biden said he would make Kenya a major non-NATO ally Thursday as he hosted Kenyan counterpart William Ruto for a lavish state visit aimed at competing with Russia and China for influence in Africa.Announcing his plan to make Kenya the first major non-NATO ally in sub-Saharan Africa, Biden said the move was the "fulfillment of years of collaboration" against the Islamic State group and Al-Shabaab jihadists in Somalia.
Claudia Sheinbaum, front-runner in Mexico's presidential race, aims to overhaul water governance in the agriculture sector, the top user of the country's scarce supply, with a potential investment of 20 billion pesos ($1.2 billion) per year. Julio Berdegue, a member of Sheinbaum's campaign team focused on water and the agricultural sector, told Reuters the candidate's six-year plan will review existing water concessions, crack down on illegal use, update irrigation technology and revamp national water entity CONAGUA. Sheinbaum has said she plans to reform the National Water Law and develop a strategy to confront pervasive issues in Mexico, which is suffering from crippling drought, widespread water shortages, and heat waves in recent days so severe that howler monkeys are dropping dead from trees.
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt offers extensively-researched answers on teens, smartphones and screen time in his new book, "The Anxious Generation."
Georgia's prime minister on Thursday said an EU commissioner had hinted he could face an assassination bid over a controversial law but the official said the conversation had been distorted.Georgian premier Irakli Kobakhidze said the unnamed commissioner told him to be "very careful", citing this month's assassination attempt on Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, while discussing the legislation likened by critics to Russian-style laws.
Saint names for baby boys are as varied as the saints themselves.
The settlement also mandates rail safety upgrades.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and far-right party leader Jordan Bardella locked horns Thursday in a TV debate ahead of European elections, as the ruling party of President Emmanuel Macron seeks to narrow a yawning gap in polls.On Russia, he accused President Emmanuel Macron of "pouring fuel into the fire" by refusing to rule out sending troops to Ukraine, while Attal alleged that at one time the RN had an "alliance of mutual interest with Moscow".
The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to a congressional map in the southern state of South Carolina that civil rights groups said was improperly drawn along racial lines.The South Carolina legislature challenged the district court's ruling and the case ended up before the Supreme Court in October.
The UNC Board of Governors adopted a policy May 23 to require institutional neutrality and eliminate funding for DEI efforts.
Former President Donald Trump claimed he could get Russian President Vladimir Putin to free imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich if elected, drawing a rebuke from President Joe Biden's campaign.
A federal judge did not issue an immediate ruling on Thursday after hearing legal arguments over whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who has alleged racial and gender discrimination over his monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle. Darryl George, 18, has not been in his regular Houston-area high school classes since Aug. 31 because the district, Barbers Hill, says the length of his hair violates its dress code.
Nvidia's blockbuster earnings have fired up optimism for AI's ability to fuel growth, eclipsing rate-hike worries for now.
Nvidia reported its fiscal first quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines while raising its dividend and announcing a 10-for-1 stock split.
A former babysitter has dropped her lawsuit against a New York woman she accused of causing her emotional distress by telling others that she had sexually abused the woman’s son.
A large portion of Americans think the US government needs major, systemic reform – at least according to some polling – so it’s worth looking at how other countries are doing things.
"Seinfeld" star Michael Richards says he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018 and had to act "quickly" to treat it.
The Board of Governors for the University of North Carolina System voted Thursday to repeal and replace its existing diversity and inclusion policy that applies to the 17 schools the board oversees.