Day: April 10, 2023
‘An attack on culture’: Athens film fans fight threat to historic cinemas
Directors such as Yorgos Lanthimos have joined campaign to save the Astor and Ideal from hotel and office developmentsThe spectre of two historic Athens cinemas being closed by commercial interests bent on turning them into a hotel and office block has…
Trump bets indictments could make him 2024 Republican nominee
Ex-president hopes his legal woes will harden support from his base, but general election voters might recoil at his felony chargesDonald Trump appeared angry and shaken during his arraignment in Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday, but he had brushed …
Trump ‘dug himself a hole’ on classified documents and role in January 6 – Barr
Ex-attorney general says former president has ‘penchant for engaging in reckless behavior’ and why he’s facing indictmentsDonald Trump “has a penchant for engaging in reckless and self-destructive behavior” and is facing a serious threat of a federal i…
Trump lawyer says he aims to get hush money case dismissed before trial
Jim Trusty, on ABC’s This Week, said the ex-president’s team will file ‘robust motions’ before the case even reaches its trial stageWhile Donald Trump launches verbal attacks against the prosecutor and judge overseeing his criminal charges in connectio…
An imploding health service underpins junior doctors’ radicalisation
With real pay down 26% since 2008 and demoralised workplaces, medics are striking not out of militancy but from deep-rooted frustrationA four-day strike this week by junior doctors in England will pit angry medics keen to secure a 35% pay rise against …
Baltimore mayor calls for ‘youth curfew’ after 2 teens shot
The mayor of Baltimore has called for a summer curfew after two teenagers were shot while police were attempting to break up a large crowd of minors Sunday night.
US launches multi-agency search to find source of huge Ukraine document leak
Officials suspect leak could be the work of someone from within the US
Chinese forces simulate ‘sealing off’ Taiwan on third day of military drills
China’s military carried out aerial and naval blockade drills around Taiwan on Monday, its last scheduled day of exercises, as the US Navy said it sailed a guided-missile destroyer through waters claimed by Beijing.