US-Streitkräfte haben nach Angaben von US-Präsident Donald Trump auf ein aus Venezuela kommendes Boot mit Drogen geschossen. Sie “haben ein Boot abgeschossen…, ein Boot mit Drogen, viele Drogen in diesem Boot”, sagte Trump, der kürzlich Kriegsschiffe in die Region entsandt hatte, am Dienstag im Weißen Haus. “Also haben wir es zerstört.” Nähere Angaben machte er […]
Read MoreBrazil’s Supreme Court vowed Tuesday not to bend to pressure from Washington in deciding the fate of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, a Donald Trump ally on trial for allegedly plotting a coup. Kicking off a five-day process of passing judgment in the final stage of the trial, presiding judge Alexandre Moraes said Bolsonaro had […]
Read MoreA French investigating judge has ordered cinema icon Gerard Depardieu to stand trial on charges of raping and sexually assaulting actor Charlotte Arnould in 2018, legal sources said Tuesday, the latest chapter in the star’s downfall over his treatment of women. Depardieu’s lawyer said the actor would appeal the trial order. The judge’s decision, dated […]
Read MorePresident Donald Trump said Tuesday that US forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs from Venezuela and “took it out,” in a potentially significant escalation in the standoff between Caracas and Washington. The United States accuses President Nicolas Maduro of heading a drug cartel and has deployed warships to the southern Caribbean in what it […]
Read MoreAt least 25 people were killed in three attacks in Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, including 14 who died after a suicide bomber targeted a political rally in the southwestern province of Balochistan. Dozens of people were wounded in that explosion, which took place in the parking lot of a stadium in the provincial capital, […]
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed social media rumors that have swirled about his health — including that he had died — as “fake news” during a press conference at the White House. Trump did not schedule any public appearances or hold any press conferences for several days last week, a noticeable absence from […]
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed social media rumors that have swirled about his health as “fake news” during press conference at the White House. Trump did not schedule any public appearances or hold any press conferences for several days last week, a noticeable absence from the cameras for the publicity-loving 79-year-old. Combined with […]
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Nach dem Attentat auf den ehemaligen ukrainischen Parlamentspräsidenten Andrij Parubij hat der von der Polizei gefasste Verdächtige die Tat gestanden – und dabei jedwede Zusammenarbeit mit russischen Geheimdiensten bestritten. Wie auf einem von ukrainischen Medien veröffentlichten Video zu sehen war, gab der Verdächtige am Dienstag zu, Parubij getötet zu haben. Als Motiv nannte er “persönliche Rache” an […]
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