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Iranpress: World Newspapers: Prosecutor of Biden son is now special counsel, making a trial like

World Newspapers: Prosecutor of Biden son is now special counsel, making a trial like

Saturday, 12 August 2023 20:54

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on Friday elevated the federal prosecutor investigating President Biden’s son Hunter to the status of special counsel after negotiations to revive a plea agreement on tax and gun charges foundered. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: First amendment is likely linchpin of Trump defense

World Newspapers: First amendment is likely linchpin of Trump defense

Thursday, 03 August 2023 20:25

Running through the indictment charging former President Donald J. Trump with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election was a consistent theme: He is an inveterate and knowing liar. The indictment laid out how, in the two months after Election Day, Trump “spread lies” about widespread election fraud even though he “knew that they were false.” 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Trump far ahead in the G.O.P race despite charges

World Newspapers: Trump far ahead in the G.O.P race despite charges

Monday, 31 July 2023 21:18

Former US President Donald J. Trump is dominating his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, leading his nearest challenger, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, by a landslide 37 percentage points nationally among the likely Republican primary electorate, according to the first New York Times/Siena College poll of the 2024 campaign. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Old Trump habit is seen at heart of new charges

World Newspapers: Old Trump habit is seen at heart of new charges

Saturday, 29 July 2023 21:14

When Robert S. Mueller III, the first special counsel to investigate Donald J. Trump, concluded his investigation into the ties between Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia, his report raised questions about whether Mr. Trump had obstructed his inquiry. Four years after Mr. Mueller’s report was released, Jack Smith, the second special counsel to investigate Mr. Trump, added new charges on Thursday to an indictment over his handling of classified documents, setting out evidence of a particularly blatant act of obstruction. 214

Iranpress: World newspapers: Israeli government votes to limit court power

World newspapers: Israeli government votes to limit court power

Tuesday, 25 July 2023 20:34

Shortly before 4 p.m. local time, after opposition members had left the chamber in protest, government loyalists voted 64-0 in the 120-seat body to change Israel's Basic Law, stripping the Supreme Court of some of its powers of judicial review. 204

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Hotter Europe poses a threat to older adults

World Newspapers: Hotter Europe poses a threat to older adults

Friday, 21 July 2023 21:36

As a light, hot breeze blew through her living room and her gray hair, Donata Grillo, a 75year-old cancer survivor with a pacemaker and serious sight problems, sat next to her balcony, a damp sponge on her lap. It was all she had to keep cool this week as temperatures topped nearly 106 degrees Fahrenheit, or 41 Celsius, in her native Rome. She does not own any air conditioning or fans, or even a functioning refrigerator, in her two-bedroom apartment in a public housing complex on the city’s periphery, next to a hospital and highway. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Jan. 6 inquiry asks if Trump admitted loss

World Newspapers: Jan. 6 inquiry asks if Trump admitted loss

Friday, 14 July 2023 21:37

US Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election have questioned multiple witnesses in recent weeks — including Mr. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — about whether Mr. Trump had privately acknowledged in the days after the 2020 election that he had lost, according to four people briefed on the matter. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Disinformation VS. free speech: A new frontier

World Newspapers: Disinformation VS. free speech: A new frontier

Thursday, 06 July 2023 20:53

Two months after President Biden took office, his top digital adviser emailed officials at Facebook urging them to do more to limit the spread of “vaccine hesitancy” on the social media platform. There are dozens of interactions described in a 155-page ruling by a federal judge in Louisiana, who on Tuesday imposed temporary but far-reaching limits on how members of Mr. Biden’s administration can engage with social media companies. The government appealed the ruling on Wednesday. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: How Greece failed a migrant ship

World Newspapers: How Greece failed a migrant ship

Sunday, 02 July 2023 21:14

From air and by sea, using radar, telephone and radio, officials watched and listened for 13 hours as the migrant ship Adriana lost power, then drifted aimlessly off the coast of Greece in a slowly unfolding humanitarian disaster. As terrified passengers telephoned for help, humanitarian workers assured them that a rescue team was coming. European border officials, watching aerial footage, prepared to witness what was certain to be a heroic operation. Yet the Adriana capsized and sank in the presence of a single Greek Coast Guard ship last month, killing more than 600 migrants in a maritime tragedy that was shocking even for the world’s deadliest migrant route. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Inflation fight in US looking bright but isn’t over

World Newspapers: Inflation fight in US looking bright but isn’t over

Thursday, 22 June 2023 21:14

Inflation is beginning to abate meaningfully for American consumers. Gas is cheaper, eggs cost roughly half as much as they did in January and prices are no longer climbing as rapidly across a wide array of products. But at least one person has yet to express relief: Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve. 214

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