Former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post depicting President Joe Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck may violate his bail conditions, according to former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. “A standard condition of being out on bail applies in New York and in the D.C. federal case and in the Georgia state … Read more
BEIRUT — Lebanese authorities Friday detained a suspected French drug dealer a few days after releasing him on bail, judicial officials said. The officials said members of Lebanon’s General Security Directorate detained Abdel Karim Touil at the request of the country’s prosecutor general and he was being held at the Justice Palace in Beirut. Officials … Read more
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A court in Bangladesh on Sunday granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million embezzlement case. Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering the use of microcredit to help impoverished people, was sentenced to six months in prison in January on a separate charge … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may decide against renewing their deal with Netflix in favor of other plans Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may decide against renewing their deal with Netflix in favor of other plans Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could decide to discontinue their deal with Netflix, per one royal expert. The Sussexes … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two Iranian journalists who were serving long prison sentences over their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini have been released on bail pending their appeal, Iranian media reported Sunday. Niloufar Hamedia, who broke the news of Amini’s death while in police custody for wearing her headscarf too loose, and … Read more
The state of Nevada is pushing back on Duane “Keefe D” Davis’ request to be let out of jail ahead of the trial … because they insist Tupac Shakur’s alleged killer is just too dangerous. For those unaware, Keefe D’s lawyers asked a judge last week to release him from custody on his own recognizance … Read more
HONG KONG (AP) — One of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists, who moved to Canada to pursue further studies, said she would not return to the city to meet her bail conditions, becoming the latest politician to flee Hong Kong under Beijing’s crackdown on dissidents. Agnes Chow, a famous young face in the city’s once-vibrant … Read more
Warren Buffett.REUTERS/Rick Wilking Warren Buffett once joked he would have faced a fast-food Thanksgiving without the 2008 bailouts. “If the government hadn’t acted, I would be eating Thanksgiving dinner at McDonald’s,” he quipped. Buffett often eats McDonald’s for breakfast, and owns one of the restaurant chain’s gold cards. Warren Buffett would have celebrated Thanksgiving with … Read more
Apple. Disney. IBM. NBCUniversal. Sony. These are just some of the big companies that have suspended their advertising campaigns on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, over the past few days. Since then, numerous right-wing media companies and influencers have come together and pledged support for Elon Musk, promising to advertise on X in … Read more
Former Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, who was jailed in 2017 after her vocal campaign against then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs,” has been released on bail after more than six years in detention. The 64-year-old De Lima, who was granted bail by a local court on Monday, was tearful upon hearing the court ruling. … Read more