The U.S. and China have further confirmed the details of the trade agreement reached by both sides earlier this month in London, which will implement the Geneva consensus, according to a statement released by China’s Ministry of Commerce on Friday afternoon. China will review and approve the export applications of items under export control rules, while the U.S. will cancel …
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Death toll from Kenya’s anti-government protests rises to 16
NAIROBI, Kenya — The number of Kenyans who died during Wednesday’s nationwide protests over police brutality and bad governance has doubled to 16, according to the state-funded human rights commission. Property was also destroyed in the protests that attracted thousands of frustrated young Kenyans. At least two police stations were razed down by angry protesters. Kenyans demonstrated Wednesday in 23 …
Read More »Former Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro disbarred in New York over 2020 election interference case
Kenneth Chesebro, a former legal adviser for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign, is now barred from practicing law in New York over his role in a scheme to overturn Trump’s election loss five years ago. In an order Thursday, a state appeals court in New York said Chesebro’s criminal conduct, namely conspiring to commit filing false documents in connection with …
Read More »Man who was charged in connection with fertility clinic bombing died by suicide
A suspect in the bombing at a California fertility clinic who was found dead in a federal detention center this week died by suicide, Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office records show. Daniel Park, 32, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center on Tuesday and pronounced dead at a hospital, the U.S. Justice Department said. The …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2-year suspended sentence
Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop charged in a sexual abuse case, was found guilty on Thursday but received a two-year suspended sentence. Franco was arrested last year after being accused of having a four-month relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time, and of transferring thousands of dollars to her mother to consent to the …
Read More »Prosecutors make closing arguments in Diddy trial
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Read More »Super Bowl halftime performer charged for running on field with ‘Sudan and Free Gaza’ flag
A Super Bowl halftime show performer was charged Thursday with two misdemeanors, about 4 1/2 months after he ran across the field at the Superdome waving a flag that included the words “Sudan and Free Gaza,” Louisiana State Police said. Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, 41, turned himself in to authorities to face charges of resisting a police officer and disturbing the …
Read More »Gun control crusader and former US Rep. Carolyn McCarthy dead at 81
Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son severely wounded, has died. She was 81. News of her death was shared Thursday by several elected officials on her native Long Island and by …
Read More »How JB Pritzker’s decision to run for re-election could impact his 2028 aspirations: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, Lawrence Hurley previews a major Supreme Court decision day. Plus, Natasha Korecki explores the 2028 implications of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s decision …
Read More »Attorneys challenge immigration arrest, detention of child treated for cancer
Attorneys are pleading for the release from immigration detention of a 6-year-old boy treated for cancer of the blood and bone marrow, who is being held in Texas with his mother and sibling. The boy, his mother and his 9-year-old sibling, originally from Honduras, were seized after the three attended their May 29 immigration hearing in Los Angeles last month. …
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