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Montreal, Canada | AFP | Friday 4/8/2023 by Anne-Sophie THILL Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power Friday, two days after an ice storm killed three people and caused widespread property damage, particularly in Montreal. About 400,000 homes in Quebec were in the dark, down from 1.1 million at the height of the outages. “We have restored power to over 50 percent of the customers affected by the outages,” said […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — An ice storm that battered eastern Canada left two dead and some million people without electricity on Thursday, as fallen trees blocked roads and downed power lines. The storm pummeled Quebec and Ontario, Canada’s two most populous provinces. “Montreal is devastated,” but the situation is “under control,” Quebec Minister of Economy and Energy Pierre Fitzgibbon said at a media briefing after weather warnings were lifted. Even so, authorities called for caution, […]
by Romain FONSEGRIVES Agence France-Presse SIMI VALLEY, United States (AFP) — US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan’s president in California on Wednesday, in a meeting she said reassured the island’s people they were “not isolated” in the face of rising Chinese anger. Speaking to reporters after talks with the top Republican, Tsai Ing-wen said the welcome from a large delegation of politicians from both sides of the aisle was proof Taipei had friends in […]
by Gerard Martinez with Frankie Taggart in Washington Agence France-Presse PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump offered a full-throated defense of his conduct Tuesday in his first public remarks since being charged over hush money payments to a porn star, blasting the criminal prosecution as “an insult to our country.” Hours earlier the 76-year-old former US president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts in a dramatic hearing in New York that transfixed […]
Canada announced Tuesday it has opened an investigation into the US-based software firm behind ChatGPT, the buzzy artificial intelligence chatbot. The investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner into OpenAI was opened in response to a “complaint alleging the collection, use and disclosure of personal information without consent,” the agency said. Launched in November, OpenAI’s chatbot uses information available online to provide detailed answers to users’ queries. ChatGPT caused a global sensation when it […]
New York, United States | AFP | Tuesday 4/5/2023 Prosecutors laid out a case of lies and cover-ups against Donald Trump on Tuesday over hush-money payments made to a porn star, a Playboy model and a doorman to hide potentially damaging information ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Here’s an explanation of the felony counts against Trump, the first former US president ever to face criminal charges, and what will happen next: – The charges […]
Donald Trump on Tuesday became the first US president to be arrested on criminal charges — but the 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records are far from the only legal peril threatening the ex-leader as he seeks a return to the White House. The rebellious Republican billionaire has described the charges as being the work of “radical left Democrats” who have “criminalized the justice system” and are seeking to derail his presidential candidacy. […]
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts inside a packed New York courtroom Tuesday, in a dramatic hearing that transfixed the nation and began the countdown to the first ever criminal trial of an American president. After a stern glare to waiting press, Trump spent about an hour inside a Manhattan courtroom where he voluntarily surrendered to face charges over hush money payments that have already upended the 2024 White House race in […]
New York, United States | AFP | Tuesday 4/4/2023 – 19:11 UTC+2 | 58 words Donald Trump left his New York skyscraper amid tight security Tuesday to turn himself in for a historic court appearance on criminal charges that threaten to upend the 2024 White House race. His motorcade departed Trump Tower to drive the six-mile (10-kilometer) journey to the courthouse in Manhattan with police lining the streets and helicopters buzzing overhead. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) — Police blocked off streets around the Trump Tower in New York City as news reporters and onlookers wait for former U.S. President Donald Trump to make his way to the Manhattan Courthouse. Trump is scheduled to surrender to authorities on Tuesday afternoon, April 4, 2023, and be arraigned on criminal charges in connection to hush money payments made to an adult film start in 2016. The 76-year-old Republican has the dubious distinction […]
Donald Trump was set Tuesday to plead not guilty to criminal charges in a New York courtroom in an unprecedented case that threatens to upend the 2024 White House race. Trump is the first sitting or former American president to be criminally indicted — a historic development that has propelled the United States into uncharted political waters. Amid tight security in Manhattan, and a global media frenzy, the 76-year-old will learn at his arraignment precisely what […]
by Maggy DONALDSON and Andrea BAMBINO Dozens of Donald Trump supporters demonstrated outside the courthouse where the former president is due to be arraigned on criminal charges Tuesday, as a handful of vocal counterprotestors shouted an anti-fascist message. Members of the New York Police Department community affairs division stepped in to the fray as the pro-Trump side — many sporting familiar “MAGA” hats and attire emblazoned with the American flag — yelled slurs at their […]
