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ReutersThe row over the White House pool affected live TV coverage of Trump events last monthThe US justice department (DoJ) says it is investigating several television networks over whether they broke federal competition laws when they recently suspended pool coverage of President Donald Trump. The agency has asked ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News to hand over communications related to the White House TV pool, a system where networks switch off covering the president and providing the footage to other publications.The networks temporarily suspended this system last month for several days after the president blocked CNN, MS Now and…
Watch: ‘Time for Ukraine to get a new president’, says TrumpUS President Donald Trump has said he thinks “it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president” as he responded to Volodymyr Zelensky’s criticism of the US diesel deal with Russia.The Ukrainian president warned a new deal to release millions of tonnes of Russian diesel into the US would provide Moscow with money to continue its war against his nation, calling it a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin.Trump told reporters outside the White House on Saturday that Zelensky “wants to make problems for the world” by continuing to authorise…
Getty ImagesLisa, who was born Pranpriya Manobal in Thailand, became one of the world’s most-recognisable K-pop idols as a member of BlackpinkWhat’s it like to be the main character of an online scandal?That’s one of the questions raised in a new documentary about Lisa Manobal – one quarter of K-pop phenomenon Blackpink and a breakout star of TV show The White Lotus.The film captures an unfolding controversy, as leaked videos show Blackpink using racial slurs when they were teenage trainees in the K-pop system.The clips, which emerged last year, showed the band covering US rap songs during rehearsals. Explicit language,…
AFP via Getty ImagesThe South African former ICC judge was awarded the prize on FridayNavi Pillay, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, has called US sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) “unheard of” and “unacceptable”.The South African former ICC judge was awarded the prize on Friday “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”, which paved the way for a “more comprehensive global legal order”, the Nobel committee said.US President Donald Trump expressed his disatisfaction with the pick and hours later the US unveiled sweeping sanctions in a significant acceleration of its attempt to “dismantle” what…
Watch: Florida thrashed as Hurricane Isaias makes landfallFour people have died and hundreds of thousands are without power after Hurricane Isaias battered parts of the southern US with powerful winds and heavy rain. Officials reported two deaths each in the states of Alabama and Florida, which included people who were killed when trees fell on their houses. At least 600,000 people were without power in several states as of Saturday afternoon, according to tracker PowerOutage. Isaias made landfall in Florida late on Friday with maximum sustained winds of 105mph (168km/h) before being downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. Getty ImagesThe roof…
ReutersPolice were called to a street in the city of Erie on Friday after gunshots were reportedA man has shot and killed eight people, including two children, at a home in the US state of Pennsylvania before appearing to take his own life.Police were called to a street in the city of Erie on Friday afternoon after witnesses reported seeing a man firing a gun before he entered a home, Erie News Now reported. Two women were reportedly found dead in the street.The gunman then barricaded himself inside as police surrounded the building and ordered him to leave, but more…
Purdue UniversityThe research team departed Kiribati’s capital on Wednesday and hope to arrive at the suspected wreck site by MondayA team of researchers are on their way to a remote island to inspect what they think could be the wreckage of famed aviator Amelia Earhart’s plane.The group, from the US-based Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) and Purdue University, are expected to arrive at Nikumaroro Island in the Pacific Ocean by Monday in the hopes of solving the mystery of her disappearance.The American pioneer vanished while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in 1937, spawning decades of speculation on her fate.The team are…
How widely used is the death penalty in the US?US death row inmate Christa Pike has been discharged from hospital following her botched execution at the end of last month, her lawyers have said.Pike, 50, has been sent back to the prison where she has spent the last 30 years and is continuing to receive medical care, according to a statement from her lawyers on Saturday.She survived two lethal injections of the drug pentobarbital on 30 September, which left her in a critical condition.Pike regained consciousness earlier this week and began speaking – stunning experts, medical staff and her lawyers.Pike’s…
BBC IndonesiaEx-headmaster Ahmad Imanuddin Sumar, known to students as Abah, has been accused of sexual abuseA former headmaster of an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia has been named as a suspect in a sexual abuse investigation and detained by police, following a BBC Eye report.Ahmad Imanuddin Sumar, known to students as Abah, led the Abul Barokat boarding school on the island of Lombok.Police reopened the case after the BBC World Service revealed accusations of sexual abuse against him, and documented how former students had gathered evidence in an effort to bring the allegations to the authorities. The story sparked public…
AFP via Getty ImagesA blast was heard at King Khalid International Airport in RiyadhSeveral people have been injured in an attack on an international airport in the Saudi capital, reports say, just days after Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed two successful attacks on the hub.King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was evacuated after a loud blast was heard on Saturday, two international news agencies have reported.More than a dozen ambulances were seen rushing to the airport, according to Reuters, citing an eyewitness. Saudi authorities have not commented, while the airport told passengers to check with their airline before travelling there.The attack…