UPDATE 4-Donald Trump must pay $354.9 million, barred from NY business for 3 years, judge rules

(Adds quotes from judge and Trump lawyer, details on ruling) By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Donald Trump must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, a New York judge ruled on Friday, handing the former U.S. president another legal setback in … Read more

Russian war critic Boris Nadezhdin barred from running in election

Boris Nadezhdin, a representative of Civil Initiative political party who plans to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, visits an office of the Central Election Commission in Moscow, Russia February 8, 2024.  Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Russia’s electoral authorities have barred war critic Boris Nadezhdin from running in the presidential election next … Read more

Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged plan to meet with Hungary’s Viktor Orban

KYIV, Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Former President Petro Poroshenko was denied permission to leave Ukraine for a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukraine’s security service said Saturday. Poroshenko announced Friday that he had been turned away at the border despite previously receiving permission from Parliament to leave the country. Under … Read more

David Beckham barred from watching his own documentary ‘Beckham’?

David Beckham, Victoria Beckham were held back from watching the documentary ‘Beckham’, which released in October Photo David Beckham barred from watching his own documentary ‘Beckham’ David Beckham and Victoria Beckham watched the documentary Beckham for the first time when it premiered on Netflix, as per the revelation of Netflix’s head of unscripted. The documentary in … Read more

Texas Sen. Angela Paxton barred from voting in husband’s impeachment trial

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, the spouse of Lawyer Common Ken Paxton, is barred from voting within the impeachment trial that would result in her husband’s everlasting removing from workplace, the Republican-controlled Senate determined Wednesday. The rule settles a query that has loomed over the Texas Capitol since Ken Paxton final … Read more

Cambodia’s High Opposition Occasion Barred From Elections

PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s prime opposition occasion was barred Thursday from collaborating in elections set for July after the Constitutional Council refused to overturn a choice to not register the occasion over a paperwork subject. The Candlelight Occasion, the only credible challenger to the governing Cambodian Folks’s Occasion within the upcoming polls, misplaced its enchantment … Read more