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US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, convicted of all three felonies in federal gun trial

12Jun

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US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, convicted of all three felonies in federal gun trial

Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, could be sentenced just days before the US presidential election after he was convicted of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, he lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Jurors on Tuesday (early Wednesday AEST) found Hunter Biden guilty of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user and illegally having the gun for 11 days. He stared straight ahead and showed little emotion as the verdict was read. After the verdict, he patted his defence attorney on the shoulder. He faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced by Judge Maryellen ...

Rupert Murdoch marries for fifth time in ceremony at his California vineyard

3Jun

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Rupert Murdoch marries for fifth time in ceremony at his California vineyard

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, 93, has married for the fifth time, his corporation, News Corp, confirmed. Murdoch and Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old Russian-born retired molecular biologist, wed on Saturday in a ceremony at his vineyard estate in Bel Air, California. Photographs of the newly married couple were released by News Corp. The couple announced their engagement in March. This image provided by News Corp shows Rupert Murdoch and Elena Zhukova posing for a photo, during their wedding in California. (AP) Murdoch was most recently married to model and actor Jerry Hall. They were wed in 2016 and divorced in 2022. Zhukova is the ex-wife of Alexander Zhukov, a billionaire energy investor and Russian politician. Their daughter, Dasha, was previously marrie...

Trump booed at Libertarian convention as he asks crowd to ‘nominate me or at least vote for me’

27May

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Trump booed at Libertarian convention as he asks crowd to ‘nominate me or at least vote for me’

Former President Donald Trump was loudly and consistently booed throughout a speech at the Libertarian Party's national convention, particularly when he asked attendees to "nominate me or at least vote for me." The heckling began the moment the former president took the stage on Saturday, and some of his supporters in the room tried to drown out the boos with chants of "We want Trump." "Now I think you should nominate me or at least vote for me, and we should win together," Trump said. "Because the Libertarians want to vote for me … and it's very important because we have to get rid of the worst president in history." Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Libertarian National Convention at the Washington Hilton in Washingto...

Judge considers dismissing indictment against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer

18May

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Judge considers dismissing indictment against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer

A New Mexico judge is considering Alec Baldwin's request to dismiss a grand jury indictment against him at a virtual court hearing on Friday. The indictment in January charged Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021, at a movie ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe. Baldwin, a lead actor and co-producer on the Western Rust, has pleaded not guilty to the charge and his attorneys have urged dismissal. They have argued that prosecutors flouted the rules of grand jury proceedings to divert attention away from exculpatory evidence and witnesses. The involuntary manslaughter charge carries a maximum sentence of one and a half years in prison. During rehearsal, Baldwin was pointing a gun a...

Power outages from Texas storms which have killed four could last weeks as temperatures soar

18May

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Power outages from Texas storms which have killed four could last weeks as temperatures soar

Power outages could last for weeks in the Houston, Texas area of the USA after a destructive complex of storms tore through the area, killing at least four people and crumpling critical power infrastructure. More than 900,000 homes and businesses lost power in Houston's Harris County during the peak of the storm's violent winds, and more than 650,000 remained in the dark Friday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us. "For some folks, the luckier ones, (power restoration) might be days, not hours. For many, many people, it's going to be weeks and not days," Harris County Judge Lina Hildago said in a Friday news briefing. Hidalgo said the weeks-long restoration timeframe was for homes and businesses tied into the 10 steel power transmission towers downed in the state, seven ...

US and Philippine forces sink a ship during largescale drills in the disputed South China Sea

9May

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US and Philippine forces sink a ship during largescale drills in the disputed South China Sea

US and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, have unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes and sank a mock enemy ship as part of largescale war drills in and near the disputed South China Sea that have antagonised Beijing. Military officials and diplomats from several countries watched the display of firepower from a hilltop along a sandy coast in Laoag City in Ilocos Norte, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's northern home province. More than 16,000 military personnel from the United States and the Philippines, along with a few hundred Australian troops and military observers from 14 countries, were participating in annual combat-readiness drills called Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder....