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*We Stand By Our Story On Behalf Of American People, Newspaper Fires Back In an example to some country's leaders, especially those of some African nations, Donald Trump has filed a $15bn defamation lawsuit against the New York Times(NYT) in his latest use of legal action targeting a major media outlet. In democratic countries, there exist constitutional freedom of expression and freedom of the press, but the world understands if any leader who feels defamed or injured, heads to the law courts to seek redress, rather than unleash the secret police or some such security agencies on media houses/journalists who…

Two Democratic senators claim they have reached the “inescapable conclusion” that Israel is acting on a systematic plan to destroy and ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza to force local people to leave, and they say the US is complicit. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released their findings in a report on Thursday, September 11, after returning from a congressional delegation to the Middle East where, they note, the destruction goes beyond bombs and bullets. They say they also found a systematic campaign to strangle humanitarian aid, which…

*'She Came To US Seeking Peace, Safety...' U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, September 10, demanded the death penalty for the man accused of murdering Irina Zarutska, a young Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, last August. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “The ANIMAL who so brutally killed the beautiful young woman from Ukraine, who came to the United States seeking peace and safety, must receive a ‘quick’ trial (no doubt!) and be sentenced ONLY to the DEATH PENALTY. There can be no other option.” The victim was identified as Irina Zarutska, who died after being stabbed…

*His Killing Shook World At The Time In a warning to serving public officers to steer clear of impunity, abuse of office and other illegalities, for nemesis may come calling under a different government in their old age, South Africa will tomorrow, Friday, September 12, reopen an inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist, Steve Biko, in police custody, 48 years after the incident. Biko, the founder of South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement, died in a prison cell in 1977 aged just 30, after being beaten into a coma by white police officers who had arrested him nearly a month…

*Describes His Move At Re-election ‘Reckless' All is not well between the two top leaders in the immediate past government of the United States (US) as Kamala Harris has opened up on her time under then President Joe Biden. She set the ball rolling by terming Biden’s decision to seek re-election in 2024 as “recklessness” in her new memoir. Harris questions the former president’s judgment while revealing her own frustrations about being marginalized within the administration. In passages published by The Atlantic today, September 10, from 107 Days, her memoir chronicling her presidential campaign, Harris breaks on certain points from…

The US Justice Department on Tuesday, September 9, charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty. The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr was on the street despite 14 prior criminal arrests before he was accused of pulling out a knife and killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in an apparently random attack captured on video. The case has become latest flashpoint in the debate over whether cities such as Charlotte are adequately addressing violent crime, mental…

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has shaken Afghanistan as the death toll from last Sunday's devastating quake rose to more than 2,200. It struck south-eastern regions on Thursday night, according to the Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Germany. It was not immediately clear how much damage there was. A 5.5 magnitude aftershock struck on Tuesday, causing panic and interrupting rescue efforts as more roads were cut off by rockfall. Hamdullah Fitrat, a Taliban spokesperson, confirmed on Thursday that the death toll from Sunday’s magnitude 6.0 earthquake had risen to 2,205 – up from previous estimates of 1,400 and making it one…

A Minnesota man wrongly convicted of murder who spent nearly three decades in prison after being falsely implicated by a woman who has since confessed to the crime, has been released. State District Court judge Marta Chou had vacated Bryan Hooper Sr’s first-degree murder conviction the day before. He was released yesterday morning from Stillwater Correctional Facility, a Great North Innocence Project spokesperson said. “Today, the courts have affirmed what Bryan Hooper, his family, his loved ones, and his advocates have always known: Mr Hooper is an innocent man,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a statement. “It is…

A US Appeals Court ruled on Friday, August 29, that most of Donald Trump’s new tariffs are illegal, upholding a ruling from the Federal Court of International Trade that the President’s declaration of an economic emergency to justify sweeping tariffs violates a 1977 law and the US Constitution, which reserves taxation for the Congress. The New York-based US Court of International Trade previously ruled against Trump’s tariff policies last May, saying the President had exceeded his authority when he imposed both sets of challenged tariffs. The three-judge panel included a judge who was appointed by Trump in his first term.…

*Gives Instances Of Pursuit *'He Doesn't Believe In Free, Fair Elections' *Non-performing African Leaders May Borrow A Leaf -Opinion Donald Trump is gravely serious about running for a third term in violation of the US Constitution, California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday, warning Americans to “wake up” to what he described as the president’s flagrant disregard for democratic norms. “I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election,” Newsom, a Democrat, said during a live interview at a summit hosted by Politico in Sacramento. “This guy doesn’t believe in free, fair elections.” Analysts who are keenly following the development believe…