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WASHINGTON — Former President Trump adviser Steve Bannon He has until Monday to report to prison after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute motion to stay a four-month sentence for failing to comply with a subpoena from the House of Representatives Jan. 6 committee.Bannon was convicted of two contempt of Congress in Washington in July 2022, almost two years ago, and sentenced to four months in prison in October 2022. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols had reserved his sentence while he pursued an appeal against the conviction, which was dismissed in May. Judge Nichols then ordered Bannon to report to…
President Emmanuel Macron once emerged as a bold young leader offering to revive France through radical pro-business, pro-European policies, leading voters to say there was no longer any reason to vote for extreme policies. Seven years after he was first elected, Call for early elections Macron is weakened at home and abroad, while the far-right appears to be creeping closer to power. Macron, who is in office until 2027, has said he will not step down before his term is up. But the prospect of defeat in the parliamentary elections means he may have to share power with a prime…
A victory march began before the debate ended.Donald Trump’s aides had braced himself for a showdown with President Biden, who appeared fiery at the State of the Union earlier this year, but the former president found himself facing an unsteady opponent whose stumbles caused panic among Democrats, and Trump, as urged by allies and advisers, refrained from intervening to wait for things to unfold.Trump then gave a thumbs up as he walked off the stage into a waiting room full of advisers who believed they had a new and devastating ammunition for Biden.”A lot of material came out of the…
STORY: Francis Ochieng is struggling to come to terms with the damage done to his Nairobi business.Days of anti-government protests in Kenya have been marked by vandalism and looting.Ochieng said he lost nearly $10,000 when his shop was set on fire.”It’s hard. I don’t know where to start. I have a family. I have a wife and a small child and children who go to school. So I haven’t eaten anything since that day. You know what I’m in now, I don’t know where to start.”:: June 26, 2024Another man who appears to be calculating the cost of the unrest…
Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray will travel to Las Vegas as a member of the 2024 U.S. Men’s National Team. Orlando Magic coach Jamal Mosley will coach the team and train with the U.S. Men’s National Team in preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Murray, a 2023 All-Rookie First Team member and the all-time leading rookie in three-point shooting percentage, will be part of a group of 15 players who will train with the U.S. Men’s National Team from July 6-8. Keegan Murray will be competing against NBA superstars LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard and Jayson Tatum as they…
The startup, which is affiliated with the University of Maryland, received a $20 million grant this week from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a program to boost research and development in the U.S. energy sector. Ion Storage Systems, a Beltsville, Maryland-based company that makes solid-state batteries based on technology developed at the UMD lab, received funding as part of the Creating Significant Advances in Key Energy Technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program, which is managed by the department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The company was co-founded by Professor Emeritus Eric Waxman, director of the Maryland Energy…
As the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement and home to the Gay Games, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ sporting event, New York City has deep-rooted pride and a gay sports tradition that spans decades. The Gay Games is a 10-day LGBTQ+ sports and cultural competition event held every four years in a unique host city, similar to the Olympics. The three pillars of the event’s mission are participation, inclusion, and individual best. No formal athletic qualification is required and anyone can register for the various events regardless of self-identification, but athletes can compete for medals in each category. Sporting…
TikTok users have been recreating popular videos of “cool girl” creators showing off their rooms, with viewers obsessed with the creators’ room surfing. In February, TikTok user Ellen Harrold made 18 million viewers laugh with a “hilarious” video in which she gave a friend a tour of her bedroom. “Show him my room like a cool girl,” she wrote in the caption, which eventually led to a TikTok trend called “Show him my room like a cool girl.” In the video, Ellen points to a framed photo hanging on the wall, then when she gets to a surfboard leaning against…
Shares in a Chinese company whose name in the local language sounds like “Trump Victory” soared to their daily limit during the first debate between the two candidates in this year’s US presidential election. WiseSoft’s Chinese name, “Chuan Da Zhi Sheng,” sounds like “Trump’s Big Victory” to Mandarin speakers, sent its shares soaring 10% in Shenzhen on Friday after President Joe Biden appeared to falter during a meeting with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in Atlanta. Chinese investors are known for speculative trading based on such homonyms, and their interest in the U.S. vote has been heightened by geopolitical tensions…
Mongolia held parliamentary elections on Friday, with both old and new parties seeking to win the support of disillusioned young voters desperate for change. Voting closed at 10pm in the vast but sparsely populated country, sandwiched between much larger autocracies China and Russia, with preliminary results expected by the early hours of Saturday. At stake were 126 seats in the expanded parliament, 50 more than in the last elections in 2020, in which the Mongolian People’s Party won a landslide victory. The ruling party still appears to have the upper hand, but other parties could take advantage of voter discontent…