Exclusive: Proceedings lodged after Shane Drumgold alleged officers engaged in a ‘very clear campaign to pressure him’ in a letter to the ACT police chiefFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA group of Australian federal police officers have launched a defamation case against the ACT government in relation to Shane Drumgold’s complaint about their handling of the Bruce Lehrmann prosecution.In December 2022...
The witnesses include a porn actress, a former tabloid publisher and Trump’s former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing the importance of “responsibly managing” the differences between the United States and China as the two sides butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues. Talks between the two sides have increased in […]
Conventional political wisdom suggests the first criminal trial of Donald Trump, which got underway in Manhattan last week, will have a minimal effect on the 2024 election. Many political observers see the allegations — covering up hush money payments ahead of the 2016 election — as relatively trifling, and certainly not comparable to the other three indictments Trump faces in Florida, Georgia and Washington, D.C. Even a guilty verdict in the trial would “be unlikely to have a big influence come...
By KAREN MATTHEWS (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial on Thursday after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the former president for defamation for calling her claim that he had sexually assaulted her […]
A statement made by an US official seemingly snubs Huawei’s attempts at making their own chipsets, saying it’s “years behind”.
Conservative US Supreme Court justices have signalled sympathy to the argument that presidents have some immunity against criminal charges for certain actions taken in office as it heard arguments over
China’s Taijing-4 03 radar imaging satellite has recently captured detailed images of the US Navy's critical Naval Station Norfolk, underscoring its
China’s newest, largest and most-advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, took a big step to joining the world’s largest naval fleet on Wednesday as it set out from Shanghai for its first sea trials. The naval assessment is expected to take place in the East China Sea, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) from the Jiangnan Shipyard where the carrier has been under construction for more than six years, according to Shanghai’s Maritime Safety Administration. “The sea trials will primarily test the...
Donald Trump’s criminal trial is well underway in New York City, and inside the Manhattan courtroom, the former president’s lawyers are doing their best against overwhelming evidence. But just outside the courtroom, the defense attorneys are saying very little about the case, while their client seems eager to try parts of the case in public. The New York Times reported over the weekend: The Times highlighted several of the key claims the Republican has pushed over the last week or so, including:...
The justices must decide whether Idaho doctors can terminate a pregnancy to save a woman’s health or only if her life is at riskThe supreme court heard its second abortion rights case of the term on Wednesday, this one focused on how states can regulate emergency abortions – exceedingly rare procedures that often save a woman’s life or her future fertility.The case may seem technical because it focuses on a small subset of emergency abortions and federal law that governs emergency room care....
They include a judge and prosecutors who have previously tangled with Mr Trump, an all-in defence team and several curious witnesses.