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Washington (AFP) - A leading American university was sued Wednesday over a disinformation campaign allegedly financed by the United Arab Emirates, accused of seeding false narratives that linked academics to a radical group in the Middle East. Farid Hafez, an Austrian political scientist, filed the $10 million lawsuit against George Washington University and Lorenzo Vidino, the director of its program on extremism. It's the second such case in US courts this year that sheds light on what researchers call a lucrative "disinformation for hire" industry that peddles false information and influenc...
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Washington (AFP) - A widely used pill is at the center of the latest legal battle in America's ongoing debate over abortion. The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday about restrictions placed by a lower court on mifepristone, which is used for medication abortions. Here is background on the drug and its use: How widespread is abortion pill use?According to the Guttmacher Institute, the pill accounted for 63 percent of the abortions in the United States last year, up from 53 percent in 2020. While the number of medication abortions has gone up dramatically in the United States in recent ...
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London (AFP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a weeks-long wait to learn if he can make a last-ditch appeal against extradition to the United States, after a UK court on Tuesday delayed a decision. The High Court in London gave the US government three weeks to provide further "assurances" on his treatment if he is sent there to face charges over Wikileaks' 2010 release of secret military and diplomatic files. Washington has spent several years trying to extradite the 52-year-old Australian citizen to stand trial for the publication, which related to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanis...
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London (AFP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Tuesday whether he can mount a final UK legal bid to challenge his extradition from Britain to the United States, court listings showed. Assange, 52, is facing trial on espionage charges, and a potentially lengthy jail term, after Wikileaks published classified US documents relating to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Two senior High Court judges in London last month heard two days of evidence from his lawyers and those for the US government over whether to grant him a fresh appeal against extradition. Assange was absent from court...
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A Dutch court has ordered the government to do more to cut noise pollution at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. It said the government has systematically put the interests of the aviation sector above those of people who live near Schiphol Airport one of Europe's busiest aviation hubs. The court added that the treatment of local residents amounts to a breach of Europe's human rights convention. "The state has always prioritized the 'hub function' and the growth of Schiphol," The Hague District Court said, as it ordered authorities to do more to rein in noise pollution. The fight to curb noise poll...
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New York (AFP) - Donald Trump is up against a fast-approaching deadline to secure a half-billion dollar bond as he appeals his financial fraud case, facing possible bankruptcy or the seizure of his assets if he fails. The former president, who has clinched the Republican nomination for this year's presidential election, is appealing his $355 million penalty, plus interest, after a New York court ruled that he, his sons and his Trump Organization company lied for years about the value of his assets, deceiving banks and insurers. But he must put up a guarantee he'll pay the fine if his legal fi...
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By Nicolas REVISE New York (AFP) - Donald Trump doit fournir d'ici lundi à la justice de New York la garantie qu'il paiera près d'un demi-milliard de dollars d'amendes pour fraudes financières au sein de son empire immobilier, après sa condamnation au civil en février. Au risque d'une "humiliante" saisie de son patrimoine ou d'une déclaration de faillite. L'ex-président et ses deux fils adultes, Donald Jr. et Eric, ont fait appel d'un jugement retentissant du juge new-yorkais Arthur Engoron les condamnant le 16 février à environ 464 millions de dollars de réparations financières: quelque 355 m...
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An $11 billion (€10 billion) acquisition that backfired on Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard (HP) more than a decade ago will be resurrected Monday during a trial that will explore whether the deal was an illegal rip-off or a case of botched management. The criminal trial in San Francisco federal court revolves around HP's acquisition of UK software maker Autonomy, a deal that was celebrated as a coup when it was announced in 2011, only to blow up into a costly debacle. Before HP wrapped up the deal, Meg Whitman was hired to be CEO of the company started 85 years ago by Bill Hewlett and D...
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tonnes of cocaine to make it unhindered into the US. The jury returned its verdict at a federal court after a two-week trial, which has been closely followed in his home country. Hernández was convicted of conspiring to import cocaine into the US and two weapons counts. The charges carry a mandatory minimum of 40 years in prison and a potential maximum of life. Sentencing was set for 26 June. Hernández, 55...
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New York (AFP) - Donald Trump has obtained a bond sufficient to cover an $83.3 million penalty as the former president appeals a jury's verdict in a sexual assault defamation case, court documents showed Friday. On January 26 Trump was ordered by a jury in New York to compensate the writer E. Jean Carroll, whom he was found to have sexually assaulted and defamed, a decision he is now challenging in a higher court. Trump's lawyer Alina Habba said that he had obtained a bond of $91.6 million, according to a document filed with a Manhattan court. He was ordered to pay $65 million in punitive dama...
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