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☆ Justice Department rebuffs Republican requests for audio of Biden interview with special counsel
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Annie Grayer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The Department of Justice doubled down on its decision to not release the audio files of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur to House Republicans, stating that Republicans have not established a legitimate legislative purpose for demanding these recordings, in a new letter obtained by CNN. The DOJ’s refusal to turn over the audio comes as Republicans find their impeachment inquiry into the president stalled now that the prospects of the investigation ending in impeachment are increasingly unlikely. Without the votes in their narrow majority or evidence of an impeachable offense, Republicans are now struggling with how to end their probe. Uriarte pointed to the possibility that audio files can be manipulated through “cutting, erasing, and splicing” in a way that increases the privacy concerns of the witness. Uriarte therefore accused Republicans of going after these audio files for the wrong reasons.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Robert Hur, Carlos Uriarte, James Comer, Jim Jordan, General Merrick Garland, Hur, Mark Zwonitzer, Uriarte, Biden, ” Uriarte, spokespeople, Comer, Jordan, “, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Zwonitzer, ” Organizations: CNN, Department, Justice, House Republicans, Republicans, DOJ, Ukrainian, Fox News, “

☆ US Marines don skis in joint NATO exercises in the critical Arctic battleground
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Last month, II MEF attended a 10-day training course in the hills near the Norwegian town of Setermoen. "I think that's one of the things that we see with our marines and sailors in this training," said II MEF commander, Lt. AdvertisementThe II MEF, the US military's rapid response group, was ordered to delay the hypothetical enemy so that "reinforcements" had time to arrive. The Arctic is a key locationThe Arctic itself is already a critical region for Russia and NATO. AdvertisementPutin has snapped back at the West following French President Emmanuel Macron's suggestions that NATO could send troops to Ukraine.

Persons: —, Ted Driscoll, David A, JONATHAN NACKSTRAND, Grant Schapps, Pål Jonson, Mark Stephens, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Emmanuel Macron's, Sergei Naryshkin, General Carl, Johan Edstrom, it's Organizations: Service, US Marines, Marine Expeditionary Force, NATO, Marines, Business, NBC News, Nato Nordic, Getty, Reuters, NBC, Norwegian Communication Authority, Brookings Institution, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, BBC Locations: Alaska, Norway, Norwegian, Setermoen, Iraq, Afghanistan, AFP, Russia, Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, North America, Europe, Russian

☆ Costa Rica arrests 8 bank employees in probe of $6 million heist
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Alvaro Murillo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The National Bank of Costa Rica's headquarters are pictured in San Jose, Costa Rica February 12, 2020. The 3.3 billion colones ($6.2 million) in question were first detected missing at the National Bank of Costa Rica in August through internal audits, and last month the attorney general's office announced an investigation. The principal suspect is a low-level bank employee accused of robbing cash and stashing it away in paper bags out of sight from security cameras, investigators said. This seems like something out of a movie (…) This is not a robbery from the National Bank, it is a robbery from Costa Ricans." ($1 = 528.8750 colones)Reporting by Alvaro Murillo; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Juan Carlos Ulate, saddens, Bernardo Alfaro, Alfaro, General Carlo Diaz, Rodrigo Chaves, Alvaro Murillo, Brendan O'Boyle, David Gregorio Our Organizations: National Bank of Costa, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, National Bank of, Authorities, bank's, Central American Bank for Economic Integration, National Bank, Thomson Locations: National Bank of Costa Rica's, San Jose, Costa Rica, MEXICO, Costa Rican, National Bank of Costa Rica, Costa Ricans

☆ DOJ says Hunter Biden prosecutor David Weiss can testify to House Judiciary Committee in 'near term'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. Attorney David Weiss speaks during a press conference on May 3, 2018, at his district office in Wilmington, Del. The Department of Justice said that David Weiss — the special counsel prosecuting Hunter Biden — in the "near term" will be able to testify to the House Judiciary Committee as part of its own probe of the son of President Joe Biden. But the DOJ in a letter Friday to the House panel did not commit to making Weiss available by mid-October, as committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has asked. And it is not clear when Weiss will be allowed to appear by the DOJ. "However, any additional testimony and documents shared at this early juncture must continue to be appropriately limited to protect the ongoing matter and important confidentiality interests."

Persons: David Weiss, David Weiss —, Hunter Biden —, Joe Biden, Weiss, Jim Jordan, Biden, Carlos Uriarte, Uriarte Organizations: The, Justice, DOJ, Department Locations: Wilmington, Del, Ohio

☆ Child plane crash survivors in "acceptable" state of health
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BOGOTA, June 10 (Reuters) - Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia's southern jungle, after surviving a plane crash which killed their mother, are in an "acceptable" state of health, the government said on Saturday. "In general the boy and the girls are in an acceptable state. The youngest of the children turned one while in the jungle, while her brother had his fifth birthday, he said. Clues as to the siblings' whereabouts have been reported for weeks as the search, dubbed Operation Hope, continued. Three adults, including the pilot and the children's mother, died in the crash and their bodies were found inside the plane.

Persons: Gustavo Petro, Petro, Ivan Velasquez, Fidencio Valencia, Velasquez, General Carlos Rincon, Hope, Wilson, gaunt, Manuel Ranoque, San Jose del Guaviare, Carolina Pulice, Luis Jaime Acosta, Nelson Bocanegra, Oliver Griffin, Jamie Freed, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Twitter, Cessna, Thomson Locations: BOGOTA, Caqueta province, Bogota, Araracuara, Caqueta, San Jose, Guaviare

☆ Colombia and Venezuela sign deal to revive trade
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro react during a meeting for signing the Partial Scope Agreement Number 28 that will resume bilateral trade between Colombia and Venezuela at the Atanasio Girardot International Bridge on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, February 16, 2023. Colombian Presidency/Handout via REUTERSBOGOTA/CARACAS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Colombia and Venezuela on Thursday signed an agreement to revive trade between the two countries during a ceremony on a border bridge at which Colombia's President Gustavo Petro and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro both signed. The deal "updates everything having to do with tariffs, with goods traded, (and) lays the foundations for a new dynamic, for the expansion of trade between Colombia and Venezuela," Maduro said at the event broadcast on Venezuelan state television. "We have to fill these bridges with trade," Petro said, warning that "there is lots still to do because it is not a question of whether these bridges are filled with trade but rather than they are filled with people." Caracas broke off relations with Bogota in 2019 after Venezuelan opposition activists tried to send aid trucks from Colombia.

☆ DOJ 'actively working' to brief senators on Biden and Trump classified documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Julie-Tsirkin-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Julie Tsirkin | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Senators of both parties voiced frustration after they left a closed-door briefing last week with National Intelligence Director Avril Haines, who declined to show them copies of the classified documents discovered at Trump’s Florida resort and Biden’s office and Delaware home. Haines also declined to discuss the sensitive material, citing ongoing special counsel investigations, according to members of the Senate Intelligence Committee who attended the classified briefing. In a joint appearance Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” Warner and Rubio called for immediate document oversight. That means we need these documents,” Warner said. Jordan this month announced the committee had opened an investigation into the Obama-era classified documents found in Biden's possession.

☆ Navy bribery case fugitive 'Fat Leonard' tried to get to Russia, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In a photo released Sept. 21, 2022, Interpol Venezuela said it captured Malaysian fugitive Francis Leonard Glenn, known as Fat Leonard. Interpol Venezuela | AFP | Getty ImagesSince escaping two weeks ago, officials say the fugitive Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" — who orchestrated one of the U.S. Navy's largest bribery scandals — zipped between countries to find a place where he could become virtually untouchable for American authorities. Francis was planning to travel to Russia, according to Interpol Venezuela Director General Carlos Garate Rondon, who disclosed the arrest in a statement posted Wednesday on Instagram. Among those he befriended was a Russian diplomat, Francis told podcaster Tom Wright, who created a nine-part series on the case. The official said Francis later told authorities his final destination was Russia.

☆ Nissan se aşteaptă la pierderi anuale de 3,23 miliarde de dolari
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( ) emedicina.md time to read: +3 min

Nissan Motor Co Ltd a revizuit prognoza privind pierderile operaţionale din actualul an financiar la 340 miliarde de yeni (3,23 miliarde de dolari), faţă de estimarea anterioară de 470 miliarde de yeni. Analiştii se aşteaptă pierderi de 335 miliarde de yeni, pe fondul restructurării drastice a afacerilor, transmit Kyodo şi Reuters, transmite emedicina.md cu referire la economica.net. Al treilea producător auto nipon a înregistrat în trimestrul trei din 2020 pierderi operaţionale de 4,83 miliarde de yeni, mult sub estimările analiştilor, de 80,6 miliarde de yeni, în urma declinului vânzărilor, cauzat de impactul pandemiei de coronavirus (COVID-19). În perioada similară din 2019, Nissan a raportat un profit de 30 miliarde de yeni. Renault şi Nissan au un parteneriat din 1999, în care Renault deţine 44,3% din acţiunile Nissan, în timp ce Nissan controlează un pachet de 15% din acţiunile Renault, dar nu are drepturi de vot la grupul francez.

Persons: Carlos Ghosn, Alianţa Organizations: Nissan Motor Co Ltd, Nissan, Renault, Mitsubishi Motors, Alianţa Renault, Mitsubishi, Samsung Motors, Alpine Locations: nipon, Sunderland, Barcelona, Spania, Dacia, Infiniti

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