Federal prosecutors called Steve Bannon’s willingness to now testify before the House select committee a “last-minute” effort that doesn’t change the case against him and “irrelevant”, pointing out that he has not produced subpoenaed records. Bannon is currently set to go to trial on July 18. #CNN #News
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3:53 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Taiba is the slight 7-5 favorite over the undefeated Jack Christopher in the $1 million Haskell Stakes on Saturday, the first major race for 3-year-old horses following the Triple Crown. Taiba is trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who is seeking to extend his stakes record
Hollywood big hitter Brad Pitt has said in the darkest depths of the pandemic the script to his new film delivered on some much-needed humour – and was full of praise about the joy of wearing a skirt. The actor, 58, said: “I read this in the middle of lockdown, they hadn’t found a vaccine,
On the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, NASA announced on Wednesday that it’s shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon rocket. NASA will attempt the more than month-long lunar test flight with three mannequins, but no astronauts, as early as August 29. There are also two launch dates
The final two runners in the race to be the next prime minister will begin a summer of campaigning today in an effort to convince Conservative party members they are the right candidate for the job. Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss made it onto the ballot paper on Wednesday after their
Sri Lankans rose up in their hundreds of thousands and clamoured for change – instead they have been handed more of the same. President-elect Ranil Wickremesinghe has been prime minister six times, is a veteran of 50 years in the swamps of Sri Lankan politics, and is closely aligned with the elites that have brought
Donald Trump joined other family members as they paid their respects to his ex-wife Ivana Trump at her funeral in New York. Ms Trump, 73, who was the first wife of the former US president, died suddenly last Thursday at her home in Manhattan. Her death was ruled an accident by authorities, with the cause
Portugal, France, Spain and Greece are on fire – and, recently, so was the UK. Record 40C heat fuelled dozens of blazes around the country, and saw the busiest day for London’s firefighters since the Second World War. Meanwhile a staggering amount of Europe, almost half, is living with a drought warning. The climate crisis
The start of the big summer holiday getaway at Heathrow Airport is no longer facing the imminent threat of disruption from a strike by staff at a plane refuelling company. The Unite union had said its members at Aviation Fuel Services (AFS) would walk out from 5am on Thursday until the same time on Sunday
4:44 AM ET BALTIMORE, Md. (MD) — Granit Xhaka rarely holds anything back, and he isn’t about to start now. The 29-year-old is as robust in the tackle as he is in an interview chair, a no-nonsense character whose passion and drive have inadvertently taken him to some contentious places during his six years at
Hyundai has confirmed that it joined the race to build a new small electric car for less than $20,000. However, it sounds like only European markets might get access to it. One of the biggest complaints about electric vehicles remains their prices. They are unattainable for most consumers, even with subsidies. To be fair, most
Protestors here seen gathering outside the presidential secretariat in Colombo a week ago, have achieved their aim, with legislators soon to elect a new president to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned as president. Arun Sankar | Afp | Getty Images Business confidence in Sri Lanka is at its lowest in years, according
Where The Crawdads Sing became one of the biggest selling books of all time following its release in 2018, with 12 million copies sold and a record-breaking run on US best-seller lists. The story, which takes place over two timelines, is about Kya, a young girl who grows up isolated in a North Carolina marsh
Brad Pitt swapped his trousers for a skirt at the Berlin premiere of his new film, Bullet Train. The award-winning actor, 58, wore a brown linen jacket with a matching knee-length skirt. He finished off the look with sunglasses and dark boots. Pitt stars in the movie alongside Sandra Bullock, Joey King and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Asked
American space agency NASA on Tuesday announced that it will delay the launch of its water-hunting VIPER Moon rover by a year in a bid to allow more time to develop a landing vehicle for the mission. According to a statement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration
In this article ETH.CM= BTC.CM= The world’s largest cryptocurrency is down roughly 50% since the start of 2021. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Bitcoin broke the $23,000 threshold for the first time in more than a month, as hopes of a rate hike less aggressive than feared from the Federal Reserve triggered a
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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg tells CNN’s Chris Cuomo he does not respect President Donald Trump because he doesn’t respect the presidency or himself. #CNN #News
Sri Lanka’s acting president has become the country’s new permanent leader after being selected in a parliament vote. Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed as the prime minister in May 2022 but was temporarily placed in charge of the presidency on 13 July after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives. Sri Lanka is in the
Footage has emerged of destroyed homes and cars in east London after the capital experienced its worst day for fires since the Second World War. Video from Dagenham shows the charred remains of a large part of a street after a grassland fire sparked a series of blazes. Tuesday was the hottest day in UK