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While on the campaign trail, Trump threatened retribution against some tech companies, including jailing Meta's chief, Mark Zuckerberg. "That is likely to have devastating consequences for US tech companies that sell in foreign markets as well as crippling domestic consumption." Hay said that while most presidents wouldn't have any say on existing cases, "Trump is a bit more of a wild card." AdvertisementBut still, he said, new guidelines wouldn't have much impact on the biggest tech companies. There are fears that if H1-Bs are restricted under the second Trump administration, the US could lose its competitive edge on the world stage.

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AI regulation is likely to change under Trump, but major antitrust cases are unlikely to be impacted. While on the campaign trail, Trump threatened retribution against some tech companies, including jailing Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg. "That is likely to have devastating consequences for US tech companies that sell in foreign markets as well as crippling domestic consumption." AdvertisementBut still, new guidelines won't have much impact on the biggest tech companies, Hay said. Experts fear that, if H1-Bs are restricted under the second Trump administration, the US could lose its competitive edge on the world stage.

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☆ Robert Telles: Former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician gets minimum 28 years for killing reporter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Standing in shackles before the judge on Wednesday, Telles offered “deepest condolences” to German’s family but again denied responsibility for the reporter’s death. “But I did not kill Mr. German.”Prosecutor Pamela Weckerly told the judge that evidence showed Telles killed German because “he didn’t like what Mr. German had written about him. Prosecutor Christopher Hamner told the jury that Telles blamed German for destroying his career, ruining his reputation and threatening his marriage. Telles told the jury he took a walk and went to a gym at the time German was killed. “Although the jailing of Telles cannot undo Jeff German’s murder, it can act as an important deterrent to would-be assailants of journalists.”

Persons: Robert Telles, “, ”, Steve Wolfson, Telles, Jeff German, Pamela Weckerly, Robert Draskovich, Draskovich, ” Draskovich, Wolfson, ” Weckerly, Christopher Hamner, Telles ’, German’s, Michelle Leavitt, ” Katherine Jacobsen, Jeff German’s Organizations: Las Vegas AP, Democratic, Las Vegas, Public, Police, Authorities, ” Prosecutors, Protect Journalists, Associated Press Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, ” Clark County, Clark, Telles, Clark County, U.S, New York, Canada, Caribbean

☆ Russia jails French researcher Vinatier for three years in ‘foreign agent’ case
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Moscow Reuters —French researcher Laurent Vinatier was found guilty by a Moscow court on Monday of breaking Russia’s “foreign agent” laws and sentenced to three years in prison. President Emmanuel Macron has denied that Vinatier worked for the French state and has described his arrest as part of a misinformation campaign by Moscow. “The legislation on ‘foreign agents’ contributes to a systematic violation of fundamental freedoms in Russia, such as freedom of association, freedom of opinion and freedom of expression,” France’s foreign ministry said. “French authorities remain fully mobilized to provide assistance (to Vinatier),” the ministry added. I lived a Russian life and still, even the last four months, I have been living in a Russian atmosphere,” he said, referring to the period since his arrest.

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☆ Trump seeds disinformation as he sets course for a possible Oval Office return
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In a fact-bending blast of disinformation, the former president is charging Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden’s White House of the very transgressions of which he stands accused. This is false, but Trump, while president, did repurpose FEMA funds to help finance his hardline immigration policies. But in retrospect, the charade featuring his first White House press secretary Sean Spicer was a harbinger of an administration that bucked fact as an instrument of political power. Trump voters respond to his populism and his evisceration of elites and many sincerely believe he’s a response to a march to the left by the Democratic Party. Both Trump and Harris, who are deadlocked in the polls, are chasing voters who may not habitually follow politics.

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☆ Former Singapore minister is jailed for a year for receiving gifts in landmark case
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

SINGAPORE — A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison for obstructing justice and receiving more than $300,000 worth of gifts, in the first jailing of a former cabinet member in a city-state famous for its clean governance. In a statement posted on the prime minister’s office website, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said he was disappointed and saddened by the case. The case has shocked Singapore, which prides itself on its well-paid and efficient bureaucracy as well as strong and squeaky-clean governance. According to the prosecution, the value of the gifts Iswaran received totaled more than 400,000 Singapore dollars ($308,500). The former minister faced a total of 35 charges, two of which were corruption-related but were later amended to charges of receiving gifts while a public servant.

Persons: Iswaran, Lawrence Wong, ”, Wong, Ong Beng Seng, Ong, Vincent Hoong Organizations: English Premier League soccer, Singapore Locations: SINGAPORE, Singapore

☆ Singapore's disgraced former transport minister jailed for 12 months in landmark case
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former transport minister S. Iswaran walks as he appears at the Supreme Court in Singapore October 3, 2024. The court said Iswaran, 62, would be allowed to remain on bail for the next few days and begin his jail term on Monday. The case has shocked Singapore, which prides itself on having a well-paid and efficient bureaucracy as well as strong and squeaky clean governance. It was among the world's top five least corrupt countries last year, according to Transparency International's corruption perception index. The last corruption case involving a Singaporean minister was in 1986, when its national development minister was investigated for alleged bribery but died before any charges were filed in court.

Persons: Iswaran Locations: Singapore

☆ Singapore’s ex-minister S. Iswaran sentenced to jail in rare corruption case for squeaky clean country
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

S. Iswaran, who was a cabinet member for 13 years and has held the trade, communications and transport portfolios, had pleaded guilty to four counts of improperly receiving gifts and one of obstructing justice. The court said Iswaran, 62, would be allowed to remain on bail for the next few days and begin his jail term on Monday. The case has shocked Singapore, which prides itself on having a well-paid and efficient bureaucracy as well as strong and squeaky clean governance. Iswaran resigned as transport minister after less than three years in the job when he was first charged in January. The prosecution had initially charged him with 35 offenses but proceeded with only five.

Persons: Iswaran Organizations: Singapore Reuters —, English Premier League soccer Locations: Singapore

Trump has frequently gone after Harris in personal terms, often based on her race and gender. On Sunday, Trump doubled down, saying: "Crooked Joe Biden became mentally impaired — sad. The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump's remarks on Sunday. In a statement about Trump's rally Saturday, Harris campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said Trump has "nothing ‘inspiring’ to offer the American people, just darkness." Some Republicans also pushed back against Trump's comments on Saturday.

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☆ ‘We’re all shook’: A close-knit Kentucky community is grappling with the jailing of their sheriff in the killing of a district judge
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“This community is small in nature, and we’re all shook,” Kentucky State Police Trooper Matt Gayheart said at a Thursday evening news conference. “The Letcher County Courthouse is one of the last that you can walk into without a metal detector or security at the front door,” said Matt Butler, commonwealth’s attorney for Letcher County, in a video statement Friday. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines has been arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a district judge inside a courthouse, Kentucky State Police (KSP) said. “I know Kentucky State Police are investigating it, and I feel confident that they will hopefully provide some answers on why. In remembrance of Mullins, flags at all Kentucky Court of Justice facilities will be lowered to half-staff through Monday.

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Dili, East Timor CNN —Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome from the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, one of the world’s most Catholic countries, where more than half the population is expected to turn out for an open-air mass on Tuesday. People wait for Pope Francis to arrive at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Dili, East Timor, on September 10, 2024. Pope Francis greets Catholic worshipers in Dili, East Timor, on September 10, 2024. Four hundred years of ensuing Portuguese colonial rule led to the widespread spread of Catholicism in East Timor and other cultural differences from Muslim-majority Indonesia. East Timor is also on track to become the 11th member of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN, which could happen next year.

Persons: East Timor CNN — Pope Francis, Francis, Pope Francis, Firdia, ”, Willy Kurniawan, Francis ’, Carlos Ximenes Belo, Pope Francis ’, Pope John Paul II, Christina Kheng, ” Pope Francis, Guglielmo Mangiapane, Bishop Belo, Jose Ramos, Belo, Groene Amsterdammer, defrocked, Richard Daschbach, Xanana Gusmao, Mary, Bishop, Suharto’s Organizations: East Timor CNN, Timor Leste, Catholic Church, Timor, CNN, Asian Pastoral Institute, Reuters, US, Australia, Southeast, ASEAN, Vatican, Belo, East Timor, Jakarta, UN Locations: Dili, East Timor, Asia, strollers, Dili , East Timor, Timor, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Australia, Portuguese, East, United States, Horta, Portugal, Santa Cruz, East Timor’s, Bishop Belo, Indonesian, Jakarta, Australian

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International Criminal Court prosecutors said Monday that they are “actively monitoring” events in Venezuela, where security forces have launched a crackdown on the opposition in the aftermath of the nation’s disputed presidential election. Maduro has called on Venezuelans to denounce election doubters via a government-run app originally created to report power outages. He also said the government was refurbishing two gang-dominated prisons to accommodate an expected surge in jailing of opponents. The ICC has an ongoing investigation into violence that followed Venezuela’s 2017 election but has so far not sought any arrest warrants. His office said Monday that “those investigations are continuing with focus.” It highlighted an online portal where potential evidence can be filed.

Persons: Nicolás Maduro, Karim Khan, ”, Maduro, ” Maduro, Venezuela’s, Khan, “ Organizations: Criminal, Forces, ICC, Government Locations: HAGUE, Netherlands, Venezuela, Rome, Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru

☆ Just Stop Oil: UK court sentences climate activists to prison for 4-5 years over highway protest
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Sharon Braithwaite | Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Five activists of the Just Stop Oil environmental campaign have been handed prison sentences for their involvement in organizing protests that blocked a major London highway in 2022, PA media reported, sparking a wave of criticism from climate advocates. Hallam was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment while the remaining four defendants were each handed four years in prison each. ‘Obscene perversion of justice’The sentences have drawn criticism from environmental agencies and scientists. The judge’s characterisation of climate breakdown as a matter of opinion and belief is completely nonsensical and demonstrates extraordinary ignorance. The judge’s characterisation of climate breakdown as a matter of opinion and belief is completely nonsensical and demonstrates extraordinary ignorance.

Persons: Roger Hallam, Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, Cressida Gethin, Christopher Hehir, Hallam, “, ”, Jocelyn Ledward KC, Bill McGuire, Amy Cameron, Sir David King Organizations: CNN —, Prosecutors, Metropolitan Police, University College London, Greenpeace UK’s, Geophysical Locations: London

☆ Trump Amplifies Calls to Jail Top Elected Officials, Invokes Military Tribunals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump over the weekend escalated his vows to prosecute his political opponents, circulating posts on his social media website invoking “televised military tribunals” and calling for the jailing of President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senators Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer and former Vice President Mike Pence, among other high-profile politicians. Mr. Trump, using his account on Truth Social on Sunday, promoted two posts from other users of the site that called for the jailing of his perceived political enemies. One post that he circulated on Sunday singled out Liz Cheney, the former Wyoming congresswoman who is a Republican critic of Mr. Trump’s, and called for her to be prosecuted by a type of military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals. “Elizabeth Lynne Cheney is guilty of treason,” the post said. “Retruth if you want televised military tribunals.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden, Kamala Harris, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Mike Pence, Liz Cheney, Mr, Trump’s, “ Elizabeth Lynne Cheney, “, ” Locations: Wyoming

☆ Denied the 'right to hug': In many U.S. jails, video calls are the only way detainees can see loved ones
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dan_Headshot.Jpg | Dan Slepian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

Reekila Harris-Dudley during a video call with her family at Genesee County Jail in Flint, Mich., on June 10. In recent years, hundreds of jurisdictions around the United States have eliminated in-person visits, making a video screen the only way detainees can see their loved ones. The financial allure of video visitation was clear to local officials when the technology was first introduced in Genesee County a decade ago. In Genesee County, video calls are free — if the “visitor” travels to the jail and uses a screen there. The video visitation scheduling kiosk at Genesee County Jail in Flint, Mich., on June 10.

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☆ Chinese officials’ attempt to ‘block’ formerly detained journalist mars Australia goodwill tour
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | Angus Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s four-day visit to Australia this week was set to be focused on repairing long-strained relations between the two countries. But apparent efforts by Chinese officials to stand in front of an Australian reporter during a press briefing have shone a spotlight back on frictions between the countries. Beijing has also long been condemned by Western nations and rights groups for wrongful and arbitrary detentions. 2 official, to Australia is the highest-level trip to a US-allied country of any Chinese official in seven years. Speaking alongside Li following the signing ceremony, Albanese called the visit “another important step in stabilizing” the relationship.

Persons: Li Qiang’s, Cheng Lei, Li, Anthony Albanese, Cheng, I’m, ” Cheng, Albanese, ”, Yang Hengjun, Yang, Li Qiang, Lukas Coch, ” Li, Scott Morrison Organizations: CNN, Sky News Australia, Australian, Sky News, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, CGTN, Australia's, AP Pandas, Sunday, Adelaide Zoo, New Zealand Locations: Australia, China, Canberra, Beijing, Australian, US, “, New, Chinese

☆ Rachel Maddow Q&A: MSNBC star dishes on the rise of authoritarianism and her worries about becoming a Trump target
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

What important lesson can we learn from history to help us in this moment? Seeing that in our past should help us expect that and hopefully brace ourselves against it in our own time. You take things case by case, situation by situation, lie by lie. Do you think the news media — as a whole — is adequately covering Trump? I think Americans broadly know that’s happening, but also that they may not necessarily know what to do about it.

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☆ Trump asks hush-money judge to lift his gag order, which would leave him free to seek vengeance against trial witnesses
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewDonald Trump's legal team has asked for the judge who presided over his criminal hush-money trial to lift his gag order, which would give him a free hand to criticize witnesses and jurors in the trial. Related storiesIn near-daily comments to journalists outside the Manhattan courtroom during the trial, Trump criticized the gag order. At a press conference in Trump Tower on Friday, Trump continued to complain about the "nasty gag order" he was under. During the trial, Trump violated the gag order on 10 different occasions, Merchan found. The public comments — and previously determined gag order violations — could lead Merchan to issue a harsher punishment.

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☆ Trump has been convicted. Here's what happens next
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The judge before adjourning Thursday afternoon set Trump's sentencing date for July 11 at 10 a.m. Trump's sentence could include fines and restitution, probation or other conditions — but a sentence of imprisonment is not off the table. Merchan has broad discretion to determine Trump's sentence, and he can factor all sorts of things into his final decision. The judge also previously accused Trump of trying to "intimidate" the court, prompting an expansion of the gag order that Trump would later violate 10 times. Gershman told CNBC that a jail sentence is "certainly plausible," and that it "would not be out of bounds" for Merchan to sentence Trump to some time behind bars.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Joe Biden, Trump's, Justin Lane, Judge Juan Merchan, Trump, Merchan, Michael Bachner, Bennett Gershman, I'd, Bachner, Gershman, incarcerating Organizations: Republican, Reuters, Trump, New, Pace Law, CNBC Locations: York, U.S, New York, New York , New York, USA, New York City, United States

☆ Hong Kong arrests six for social media posts in first use of new local national security law
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Hong Kong police have made their first arrests under a newly passed local national security law over social media posts deemed “seditious” by authorities. “Those who intend to endanger national security should not have the delusion that they can avoid police investigation by going anonymous online,” the statement added. The arrests marked the first time Hong Kong’s own national security law had been invoked since it was unanimously passed by the city’s opposition-free legislature in March. The legislation introduces 39 new national security crimes, adding to an already powerful national security law that was directly imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong in 2020 after huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests the year before. The local national security legislation covers a raft of new crimes including treason, espionage, external interference and unlawful handling of state secrets, with the most serious offenses punishable by up to life imprisonment.

Persons: netizens, “, Hong, John Lee, Lee Organizations: CNN, Hong, police Locations: Hong Kong, Beijing, China

☆ Young Thai activist’s death in detention after 65-day hunger strike sparks calls for justice reform
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Helen Regan | Kocha Olarn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

She had been in jail since January 26 and was awaiting trial, according to legal advocacy group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights. While in detention, Netiporn went on a 65-day hunger strike until April to protest the jailing of political dissidents without bail, the group said. Panu Wongcha-Um/Reuters/FileThe activist faced seven criminal cases, including two lese majeste charges. Those attending included Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, a fellow activist who also faces lese majeste charges for her involvement in the 2020 protests. At least 270 people have been charged with lese majeste during that time, the group added.

Persons: Thailand’s, ”, “, Netiporn, Thalu Wang, Thais, Panu, Panusaya, lese, Srettha Thavisin, Srettha, Strettha, Mongkol Thirakhot, majeste, Akarachai Chaimaneekarakate, Akarachai Organizations: CNN, ” Thailand’s Corrections Department, Thammasat University Hospital, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, Thai Corrections Department, Bangkok Criminal Court, Thailand’s Ministry, Justice, Rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, European Union Locations: Bangkok, Thailand, Thai, lèse

☆ Anti-Monarchy Activist in Thailand Dies After Hunger Strike
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Sui-Lee Wee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To Netiporn Sanesangkhom, the right to dissent and to question Thailand’s powerful monarchy belonged to all Thais. On Tuesday, her crusade to highlight this cause in the face of the country’s strict ban on royal criticism ended in her death. Ms. Netiporn, also known as Bung, 28, was one of Thailand’s most prominent activists calling for changes to the monarchy. She died after a hunger strike that she began in prison on Jan. 27 to pressure the Thai authorities to put an end to jailing political activists. For more than two months, Ms. Netiporn refused food, water and all forms of medication.

Persons: Netiporn Sanesangkhom, Netiporn, Netiporn’s Organizations: Thais, Department of Corrections, Thai Party Locations: Thai

☆ Jailing Trump on contempt would likely mean locking him up for an hour or two behind the courtroom, experts predict
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Could Trump's next courtroom outburst or gag-violating Truth Social post really be the final straw that gets him locked up on contempt of court? "You get more due process" when you commit an act of contempt outside the courtroom, Levine said. "It's when the judge calls the court officers and tells them to surround the defendant so that he doesn't try to walk out of the courtroom." AdvertisementBut Trump already has at least two court officers standing behind him at all times in Merchan's courtroom, for his own protection. Reality will instead set in when the judge gives what's usually the final instruction to the court officers, "Take charge," Galluzzo said.

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The judge overseeing Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan rebuked the former president on Monday for mounting “a direct attack on the rule of law,” holding him in contempt of court for a second time and threatening to jail him if he continued to break a gag order that bars him from attacking jurors. In a moment of remarkable courtroom drama, the judge, Juan M. Merchan, addressed Mr. Trump personally from the bench, saying that if there were further violations, he might bypass financial penalties and place the former president behind bars. Justice Merchan acknowledged that jailing Mr. Trump was “the last thing” he wanted to do, but explained that it was his responsibility to “protect the dignity of the justice system.”The judge said that he understood “the magnitude of such a decision” and that jailing Mr. Trump would be a last resort. He noted: “You are the former president of the United States, and possibly the next president as well.”

Persons: Donald J, ”, Juan M, Merchan, Trump, Justice Merchan Locations: Manhattan, United States

☆ Opinion | Jail for the Chief? There’s a Better Punishment.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Jonathan Alter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Before summoning the jury on Monday, Justice Juan Merchan directly addressed the defendant, whom he called “Mr.” and not President Trump. In a measured and by-the-book tone that showed no hint of his exasperation, Merchan told Donald Trump that he had now found him in contempt of court on a 10th charge. Each carries a $1,000 fine, the most allowed by New York State law. “The magnitude of that decision is not lost on me,” Merchan said. “But at the end of the day, I have a job to do.” Trump’s offenses, he noted calmly, represented “a direct attack on the rule of law, and I cannot allow that to continue.”

Persons: Juan Merchan, ”, Trump, Merchan, Donald Trump, ” Merchan, jailing Trump Organizations: New York, Secret Locations: New York State, United States

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