Woman who highlighted French domestic violence dies at 72
A Frenchwoman who became a symbol of the struggle against domestic violence after being jailed for killing her abusive husband, then pardoned, has died aged 72, her family and lawyer said Wednesday. According to the local daily La Republique du Centre, which first broke the news, she died on July 23 at her home in La Selle-sur-le-Bied in the Loiret department south of Paris, the same village where she killed her husband.
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Iran says it fired missiles from underground in war games
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they launched ballistic missiles from "the depths of the Earth" on Wednesday during the last day of military exercises near sensitive Gulf waters. The launches came a day after the Guards struck a mock-up of a US aircraft carrier with volleys of missiles near the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane for a fifth of world oil output. State television broadcast aerial footage of the latest daylight exercises in...
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Warren calls for pledge of no deployment of federal agents on protesters if Trump refuses to leave office
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has asked President Trump's top cabinet officials to pledge that they will not deploy federal agents to U.S. cities to quell protests, specifically in the event that Trump loses reelection and refuses to leave the office."I therefore write to seek your assurances that you will not allow the military or civilian forces under your control to be used by the President to suppress dissent and democracy," Warren wrote...
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Virus-hit Singapore Airlines suffers $800 mln Q1 loss
Singapore Airlines (SIA) reported a first-quarter net loss of more than US$800 million Wednesday, the latest carrier to take a massive hit as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Passenger traffic was reduced to almost zero in the three months to June, SIA said, leading to the Asian carrier's biggest-ever quarterly net loss of Sg$1.12 billion ($816.58 million).
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Brett Kavanaugh tried to sidestep abortion and Trump financial docs cases
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh urged his colleagues in a series of private memos this spring to consider avoiding decisions in major disputes over abortion and Democratic subpoenas for President Donald Trump's financial records, according to multiple sources familiar with the inner workings of the court.
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Ex-Indiana Gov. Kernan, who was a Vietnam POW, dies at 74
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan, a Vietnam prisoner of war who entered politics and was thrust into the state’s top office when his predecessor suffered a deadly stroke, died Wednesday at age 74. Kernan died at a South Bend health care facility, said Mary Downes, who was his governor's office chief of staff. Kernan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease several years ago, but his family kept his condition private until...
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Is Britney Spears allowed to vote?
Britney Spears is trapped in a controlling and abusive legal arrangement, argue members of the #FreeBritney movement – one that might be impacting her civil rights. Reporters and fans such as Diet Prada, a pop culture critic on Instagram, say that despite the fact Spears is capable of maintaining a singing career that earns millions of dollars a year, she still needs permission to drive a car, leave her home, hire her own lawyer, and possibly...
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FBI memo: Administration officials saw immediate threat from George Floyd protests
A memo from the deputy director of the FBI reportedly declared anti-racism protests following George Floyd's death a "national crisis" and suggested protesters be arrested under a law from the 1940s, a signal that Trump administration officials were alarmed and uncertain about the demonstrations.The New York Times on Tuesday obtained the memo from David Bowdich, the No. 2 leader at the bureau, which called for officials to investigate "violent...
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