Band name trouble
DALLAS — The manager of a Mexican cumbia band, Los Yaguaru de Angel Venegas, may proceed with certain unfair competition, cancelation of trademark and infringement claims against a newer group that is...
View ArticleManhattan prosecutors respond to Trump’s latest bid to move hush money case...
MANHATTAN (CN) — Manhattan prosecutors don’t believe that Donald Trump’s recent attempt to move his hush money proceedings from state to federal court should delay his upcoming sentencing, according...
View ArticleIsrael prime minister unbowed by pressure for truce in Gaza war
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Concern mounted on Tuesday over the chances of securing a Gaza truce, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed making any “concessions” in stalled talks towards a...
View ArticleEx-Volkswagen CEO denies charges in ‘dieselgate’ trial
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany (AFP) — Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn denied the charges against him as his “dieselgate” trial began, his lawyer said Tuesday, nine years after the scandal first...
View ArticleA decision on a major policy shift on marijuana won’t come until after the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won’t come until after the November presidential election, a timeline that raises the chances it...
View ArticleDutch fine facial recognition firm Clearview over rights breach
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch authorities fined U.S. facial recognition firm Clearview AI 30.5 million euros ($ 33.7 million) Tuesday for “illegally” creating a database with billions of photos...
View ArticleChina-linked ‘Spamouflage’ network mimics Americans online to sway US...
WASHINGTON (AP) — When he first emerged on social media, the user known as Harlan claimed to be a New Yorker and an Army veteran who supported Donald Trump for president. Harlan said he was 29, and...
View ArticleDozens killed in Russian strike on Ukrainian city of Poltava
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — At least 51 people were killed and hundreds injured in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava Tuesday, authorities said, in one of the single deadliest strikes...
View ArticleTurkey wants to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, official confirms
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior official on Tuesday confirmed a report that Turkey wants to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies but stopped short of declaring that the NATO country had formally...
View Article‘Queen of Trash’ in dock in Sweden’s biggest toxic waste scandal
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Eleven people went on trial in Sweden on Tuesday, accused of illegally dumping toxic waste in the country’s biggest-ever environmental crime case. A once-acclaimed waste...
View ArticleWhat to know about Israel’s major weeklong raid in the West Bank city of Jenin
(AP) — For more than a week, hundreds of Israeli forces have carried out the deadliest operation in the occupied West Bank since the war in Gaza began. Their focus has been the Jenin refugee camp — a...
View ArticleHouse Republicans subpoena Secretary Blinken for testimony on US withdrawal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have issued a subpoena demanding testimony from Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they wrap up a sprawling yearslong investigation into the chaotic U.S....
View ArticleHunter Biden’s tax trial carries less political weight but heavy emotional...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden’s continued legal problems may no longer be a political concern for the president, but they’re still very much a personal concern. President Joe Biden’s son is already...
View ArticleDeadly strike hits Ukraine’s Lviv as Zelenskyy confirms reshuffle
LVIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia struck the city of Lviv in western Ukraine on Wednesday, killing seven people, including children, and damaging historical buildings in a rare attack hundreds of miles...
View ArticleUK’s Starmer defends Israel arms suspension as ‘legal decision’
LONDON (AFP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended Wednesday his government’s partial suspension of arms exports to Israel over fears they could be used in a breach of humanitarian law as “a...
View ArticleTrump signals appeal of failed bid to move criminal case to federal court
MANHATTAN (CN) — Donald Trump isn’t giving up his fight to move his hush money case from state to federal court. The former president is appealing a Tuesday ruling by U.S. District Judge Alvin...
View ArticleXi hosts two dozen African leaders at China’s biggest summit in years
BEIJING (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted more than two dozen African leaders at a banquet in Beijing on Wednesday, kicking off the city’s biggest summit in years with promises of...
View ArticleTexas attorney general sues over Bexar County voter registration program
SAN ANTONIO (CN) — Making good on his threats to sue one of the state’s most populated — and Democratic-leaning counties — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Bexar...
View ArticleUS-sanctioned Serbia official meets Putin, says Belgrade is an ally and won’t...
(AP) — Serbia is a Russian ally and will never impose sanctions against Moscow or join NATO, the Balkan nation’s deputy prime minister said Wednesday as he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin....
View ArticleRepublicans, eyeing budget patch, look to tack on voter ID bill
WASHINGTON (CN) — With less than a month to go before the government’s latest fiscal deadline, debate over the federal budget is already spooling up in Congress as lawmakers prepare to return to...
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