Polish president meets with Trump in New York City amid criminal trial
Former President Donald Trump continues to meet with foreign leaders, even as his criminal trial is underway in New York. Trump met with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday in New York City to discuss the Ukraine-Russia conflict and NATO defense spending. The pair were photographed entering Trump Tower, where Trump told reporters, “He’s done Read More
Meet man, Maoists’ nemesis, who led Kanker encounter in Chhattisgarh
Kewat guided the team through a fierce firefight with the Naxalites.T he 17-year veteran of the Chhattisgarh police force has won six gallantry medals.
‘Eating mangoes, sweets in jail to make grounds for…’: ED opposes CM Arvind Kejriwal’s request
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has moved the court seeking permission to consult his regular doctor via video conference because of fluctuating sugar levels.
Proposed changes to state Medicaid plans could shake up health coverage for 1.8 million low-income Texans
The move, which has not been finalized, would drop three large health plans run for two decades by nonprofit children’s hospitals.
Trump trial: Jury selection to resume in New York City for 3rd day in former president’s trial
Jury selection in former President Trump’s historic and unprecedented criminal trial stemming from charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is expected to resume Thursday morning. Bragg has charged Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee, with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges are related to alleged hush money Read More
Blue states band together to challenge GOP-led voting map they say harms ‘minority voting strength’
More than a dozen Democrat attorneys general are weighing in on a legal dispute in Georgia over its congressional map, alleging it discriminates against minority voters. A challenge brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), WilmerHale on behalf of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and Read More
NYPD sweeps vendors overrunning AOC’s district — but sellers swarm the streets again, selling goods
The NYPD raided an illegal open-air “flea market” operating in Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district earlier this week, confiscating counterfeit goods and other items. But some sellers have thumbed their noses at law enforcement and are back on the streets peddling their merchandise. The sellers, many of whom are reported to be migrants, have been Read More
India election 2024 phase 1: Who votes and what’s at stake?
EXPLAINER A total of 102 constituencies in 21 states will vote on April 19 for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections. The first of seven phases of the Indian national election is set to kick off on April 19. These elections are for the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha, India’s lower house Read More
Georgia advances ‘foreign agents’ bill as 20,000 rally against it
The ruling party suddenly reintroduced the bill earlier this month, after mass protests forced its withdrawal last year. The Georgian parliament has advanced a controversial “foreign influence” bill through its first reading, as thousands joined a third day of anti-government protests. The bill, first presented early in 2023 and withdrawn amid fierce public opposition, requires Read More
Tesla asks shareholders to restore Elon Musk’s $56bn pay deal
Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm says company believes in ‘big risks for the chance of big rewards’. Tesla has asked shareholders to reapprove a record-breaking $56bn pay package for CEO Elon Musk after a US judge rejected the deal. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm said the Read More