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☆ Huawei’s offices in France raided by financial prosecutors
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Chris Liakos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris/Hong Kong CNN —The French offices of Chinese tech giant Huawei were searched this week, the company confirmed Friday, saying it was fully cooperating with the authorities. The Shenzhen-based firm told CNN that the search had taken place Tuesday. While Huawei France does not wish to comment on an ongoing investigation, the company remains confident about its conclusions,” a spokesperson said. Speaking to French public radio in December, Minggang Zhang, deputy general manager of Huawei France, said the factory would begin operations by the end of 2025 in the Alsace region. “Every year, we invest some €80 million or more in research in France,” Zhang told radio network France Inter.

Persons: “, ”, Minggang Zhang, ” Zhang Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Huawei, CNN, “ Huawei, Huawei France, France Inter, “ Locations: China, Paris, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, France, Huawei France, Alsace, “

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge who sent more than 500 texts to her bailiff during a murder trial will resign, according to a court filing. In a proposed settlement agreement filed Thursday with the Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary, District Judge Traci Soderstrom agreed to resign on Friday and never again seek a judicial office in Oklahoma. Soderstrom, who was elected in November 2022 and took office on Jan. 9, 2023, voluntarily suspended herself in October. However, being human, I have also faltered.”The judge’s texts during Martzall's trial on a charge of killing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son included saying the prosecutor was “sweating through his coat,” according to Kane’s petition. The texts described the defense attorney as “awesome” and asked “can I clap for her?” during the defense attorney’s opening arguments.

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☆ Lucas Ocampos: LaLiga to report fan who poked player in the backside to the juvenile prosecutor’s office
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —LaLiga, Spain’s top soccer league, says it is going to report a young Rayo Vallecano fan who poked Sevilla forward Lucas Ocampos in the backside to the juvenile prosecutor’s office. “LALIGA is going to report the facts to the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office as it involves a minor,” the league said in a statement to CNN. After the match, Ocampos said he hoped the league takes the incident as seriously as it takes incidents of racist abuse. Ocampos said he hopes the league takes the incident as seriously as racism. “Rayo Vallecano has always promoted the maximum respect towards referees, footballers and coaches.

Persons: CNN —, Rayo Vallecano, Lucas Ocampos, Ocampos, Valentín, “, ” Ocampos, DAZN España, Rayo, “ Rayo Vallecano, ” Sevilla, ” Rayo, Martin Presa Organizations: CNN, Sevilla, Rayo, Argentine, Isi, “, Police, Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, Sevilla FC, Spanish Locations: Europe

Washington CNN —Special counsel Jack Smith’s office is defending how the federal government during Joe Biden’s presidency sought to repossess White House records Donald Trump took, and how the case evolved into a federal investigation. The prosecutors say Trump’s legal team has attempted to distort the events in his favor – including by claiming he had a security clearance that extended past his presidency. But the prosecutors on Friday wrote Trump’s team “not only knew” of the Biden White House being part of the discussion, they also approved of it. On Friday, the special counsel’s office argued the case’s evolution followed Justice Department protocol, including in how White House employees spoke with DOJ officials. According to the filing, there has not been any communication between prosecutors and Biden or senior White House political officials either about the investigation or otherwise.

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☆ Embattled Georgia prosecutor Willis will not recuse from Trump election case amid affair allegations, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Zachary Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Despite calls by some legal experts to recuse herself from the case to protect its integrity, she is not expected to do so, the sources told CNN. Still, a source familiar with the thinking inside the DA’s office told CNN they would be “mystified” if it succeeds in removing her. “I think a lot of what I’ve read is more of a distraction and not legally substantive,” James told CNN in a sit-down interview. I think it’s very unlikely that we’ll see any criminal action come out of that,” Kreis told CNN. If Willis ultimately survives the current push to disqualify her, the case would effectively be back on track, sources told CNN.

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☆ Paris Police Investigating $1.6 Million Wine Theft From Famed Restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Jenny Gross | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than 80 bottles of rare wine disappeared from the cellar of La Tour d’Argent, a renowned restaurant in Paris, according to a complaint filed last week that left investigators scrambling to find who was responsible. The stolen wine was worth an estimated 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million), the Paris prosecutor’s spokeswoman said in a statement. The third division of the Paris Judicial Police is overseeing the investigation. In 2011, robbers disabled security alarms and security cameras as they stole 400 cases of wine worth 1 million British pounds (about $1.6 million at the time) from a London warehouse. A decade later, the owners of a hotel and restaurant in Cáceres, Spain, reported that 45 bottles of wine worth 1.6 million euros (about $1.9 million in 2021) went missing from their cellar, including a bottle worth 350,000 euros (about $414,000 at the time).

Persons: Paris prosecutor’s, Le Parisien Organizations: Paris Judicial Police Locations: Paris, London, Cáceres, Spain, Mexican, El

☆ Opinion: The real story behind Russia’s new ‘Stalin Centers’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Opinion Jade Mcglynn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Last month, a new ‘Stalin Center’ was opened in Barnaul, Siberia. According to the independent Levada Center, Stalin has taken first place in their ‘who is the greatest figure of all times and all people’ survey since 2012. Students of a military-sponsored school attend the opening of a series of busts of Russian leaders, including Josef Stalin (center), in Moscow, on September 22, 2017. What the West gets wrong about Stalin and PutinMoreover, these comparisons divert attention from important differences between the Stalin and Putin regimes. That is abundantly not the case in Putin’s Russia, where the government instead encourages a ritualistic patriotism and political apathy.

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A Kenyan judge on Wednesday said that a doomsday cult leader who the authorities say directed his followers to starve themselves must undergo a mental health evaluation before prosecutors formally charge him with the murders of 191 children. Mr. Mackenzie had marketed Shakahola to his followers as an evangelical Christian sanctuary from what he claimed was the fast-approaching apocalypse. Mr. Mackenzie — who has denied the allegations — appeared in court on Wednesday in the Kenyan coastal city of Malindi. The judge, Mugure Thande, gave prosecutors until Feb. 6 to make sure that he and his co-defendants are fit to stand trial. The prosecutor’s office shared with journalists a list of charges that it intends to bring against Mr. Mackenzie and 30 of his followers, including 191 counts of child murder.

Persons: Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, Mackenzie, Shakahola, Mackenzie —, —, Mugure Thande Organizations: Kenyan, Mr Locations: Shakahola, Kenya, Malindi

WHO IS GUATEMALA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL? She first became attorney general in 2018 with the support of then-President Jimmy Morales, replacing Thelma Aldana. With a doctorate in law, Porras' reputation was hit by a plagiarism scandal during her first term as attorney general. During Giammattei’s time as president, Porras left many accusations against him uninvestigated, including a corruption scandal involving COVID-19 vaccines. Now, the attorney general can be removed only for a conviction for a malicious offense.

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☆ Somali president’s son convicted for fatal collision in Turkey, but spared jail time
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Scott Mclean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The son of Somalia’s president was convicted in an Istanbul courtroom but spared jail time over a collision that killed a motorcycle courier in the city, in a case that has drawn anger and demands for justice across Turkey. Iyaz Cimen, the lawyer representing Gocer’s family, told CNN that his clients had agreed to drop their formal complaint against Mohamud. Cimen, the lawyer representing Gocer’s family, told CNN in December that Mohamud had left the country on December 2, before the warrant was issued. President Mohamud told the AP he was sorry for Gocer’s family for his loss, and said that he has advised his son to go back to Turkey for court proceedings. Last month, he told CNN Turk that his client was not speeding or under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the collision.

Persons: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, ”, Yunus Emre Gocer, Mohamud, Iyaz Cimen, Gocer, Cimen, Ekrem Imamoglu, Yilmaz Tunc, “, Musaeed Ahmed Musaeed Hussein, Yemen’s, Ahmed Musaeed Hussein, Hussein, Pakize Ozer, CNN Turk, Ozer, Kerim Bahadır Organizations: CNN, TRT Haber, TRT, Mohamud, BMW, Traffic, Department, Forensic Medicine Institute, ” CNN, Associated Press, AP, Anadolu Locations: Istanbul, Turkey, Turkish, Istanbul’s, Somali, Ankara, Anadolu, “

☆ Sagiv Jehezkel: Israeli soccer player detained in Turkey
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Isil Sariyuce | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Israeli soccer star Sagiv Jehezkel, who plays for Turkish team Antalyaspor, was detained on Monday for “instigating the public to hatred and hostility,” according to Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber. Jehezkel, who is being held by police in Antalya, was suspended by Antalyaspor over the weekend after showing his bandaged wrist which had a message supporting Israeli hostages on Sunday. The bandage said “100 days, 7/10” in reference to the Israeli hostages who had been held for 100 days in Gaza on Sunday following the deadly attack by Hamas in Israel on October 7. The Turkish justice minister announced on X, formerly Twitter, that the Antalya chief prosecutor’s office launched an investigation against the 28-year-old player Jehezkel. The prosecutor’s office will ultimately decide if he is formally arrested or if he will be released.

Persons: Sagiv Jehezkel, TRT Haber, Jehezkel, “, ” Jehezel Organizations: CNN, Turkish, “, TRT Locations: Israeli, Turkish, Antalya, Gaza, Israel

That’s what forensic experts in Peru said Friday about two doll-like figures and an alleged three-fingered hand that customs authorities in the South American country seized last year from a shipment heading to Mexico. The forensic experts with Peru’s prosecutor’s office said the objects were made with paper, glue, metal and human and animal bones. "They are not extraterrestrials; they are not aliens.”The prosecutor’s office has not yet determined who owns the objects. Officials on Friday would only say that a Mexican citizen was the intended recipient of the objects before they were seized by customs agents in October. Meanwhile, an alleged three-finger hand was subjected to X-ray examinations.

Persons: Peru’s, ”, Flavio Estrada, ” Estrada, José Jaime Maussan, Maussan, Estrada Organizations: American Locations: LIMA, Peru, Mexico, Mexican, Peruvian

☆ Paris attack: One dead, two injured, French interior minister says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Heather Chen | Chris Liakos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris, France CNN —French police have arrested a man suspected of killing one person and injuring two others in a knife and hammer attack in central Paris. The attack took place at Bir Hakeim, near the Eiffel Tower, France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told reporters at the scene on Saturday night. He said that the man arrested was a French citizen previously known to intelligence services. The minister said he had been told by police that the attacker had reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the assault. French President Emmanuel Macron called the incident a terror attack and said France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office would investigate.

Persons: Gérald Darmanin, Philippines –, Darmanin, “, ” Darmanin, “ Allahu Akbar ”, Emmanuel Macron, ” Macron Organizations: France CNN —, German, Paris Fire Brigade Locations: Paris, France, Bir Hakeim, French, Philippines, Afghanistan, Palestine

☆ French police arrest yoga guru in connection with alleged rape, human trafficking and kidnapping scheme
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Maya Szaniecki | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Paris CNN —French police this week arrested yoga guru Gregorian Bivolaru and 41 others on accusations of kidnap, rape and human trafficking. Alleged victims were drawn in with promises of a spiritual awakening, only to be indoctrinated and mentally manipulated into sexual relations with 71-year-old Bivolaru, a judicial source said. Then, the alleged victims said they would be mentally manipulated into accepting “sexual relations designed to suppress any notion of consent regarding sexual relations,” the judicial source said. The judicial source said the alleged victims were told that consent was a reflection of the ego preventing them from reaching a state of spiritual awakening. Twenty-six alleged victims were found living in cramped and unhygienic conditions, the judicial source said.

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☆ Deadly Paris Knife Attack Revives Terrorism Concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | More About Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A German tourist was killed and several other people injured in central Paris late Saturday after a man attacked them with a knife and a hammer, the French authorities said. The case stirred fears of renewed Islamist terror attacks in a nation already on edge. The other person, a woman, was not injured, Mr. Darmanin said. “This person was clearly ready to kill other people,” Mr. Darmanin told reporters in Paris. The country is still on its highest terrorism threat alert after the killing last month of a teacher in northern France.

Persons: Gérald, Grenelle, Darmanin, Mr Organizations: Eiffel Locations: Paris, Gaza, Filipino, France

☆ ‘Lost’ Botticelli masterpiece worth $109 million found in home in southern Italy
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Jack Guy | Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Rome CNN —A painting by the 15th-century master Sandro Botticelli, recorded as missing since the 1980s, has been found at a home in southern Italy. The depiction of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ was discovered in a home in the town of Gragnano, near Naples, according to the Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of Naples. The painting by the artist most famous for “The Birth of Venus” and “Primavera” is estimated by Italian authorities to be worth at least €100 million ($109 million). “The family continues to hold the title of the work, which, however, will be preserved in a museum,” Croce added. The Somma family declined to comment when contacted by CNN.

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CNN —A fire that ripped through a train as it travelled along a strategic rail tunnel in eastern Russia was the work of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), a Ukrainian defense source has claimed. “Four explosive devices were detonated while the freight train was in motion,” a source with knowledge of SBU operations told CNN. The explosion occurred on the Baikal-Amur railway, in the Bessolov Severomuyskiy tunnel in Buryatia, in the eastern Siberia region of Russia bordering Mongolia, according to the source. “The explosion is yet another successful special operation by the SBU,” the source said. Train traffic has been rerouted, according to the Russian Railway.

Persons: ”, “ Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian Security Service, Russian Railway, East Siberian Transport Prosecutor’s, East Siberian Railway Locations: Russia, Buryatia, Siberia, Mongolia, Ukraine, China

Díaz’s parents - Luis Manuel Díaz Jiménez and Cilenis Marulanda — were kidnapped by a unit of the ELN at a gas station by armed men on motorcycles. Marulanda was rescued by police a few hours later, but Díaz’s father was held captive for 12 days by the ELN. Prosecutors said in a statement that Alcires Bolivar was a merchant in La Guajira who had been contacted by a member of the ELN to help him kidnap Díaz’s parents. After the kidnapping, special forces were deployed to search for Díaz’s father in a mountain range that straddles Colombia and Venezuela. The ELN acknowledged the kidnapping, saying it was a mistake and that its top leadership had ordered the father’s release.

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☆ French senator under investigation in MP drugging case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Paris CNN —A French senator has been placed under formal investigation over suspicions that he drugged a member of parliament with the intention to sexually abuse her, the senator’s lawyer and the Paris prosecutor’s office said. In a separate statement, Guerriau denied the charges. It was not clear why Josso was in the senator’s flat at the time of the alleged incident. The Paris prosecutor confirmed late on Friday that an investigation has been opened, adding that Guerriau had been placed under judicial control and is not allowed to contact Josso or witnesses. A spokesman for the senator’s conservative Horizons party, which is also part of French President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling coalition, told Radio France Info on Saturday that Guerriau had been suspended with immediate effect.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Joel Guerriau, Sandrine Josso, ”, Remi, Pierre Drai, Guerriau, Josso’s, Julia Minkowski, Emmanuel Macron’s Organizations: Paris CNN, Paris, Conservative, Reuters, BFM, Horizons, Radio France Locations: French, Paris

☆ Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate and prominent LGBTQ activist found dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Belén Zapata | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Guadalajara, Mexico CNN —Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate and prominent LGBTQ activist Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo was found dead at home in the central state of Aguascalientes on Monday. “The investigation is going to be done,” Rodríguez said during President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s daily press conference, also on Monday. For a little over a year, Baena was a member of the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes’ Electoral Tribunal. Baena told CNN en Español in October last year that there was no record in Latin America of a non-binary magistrate. Baena said that being the first was an achievement and recognition for years of work in favor of LGBTQ rights.

Persons: Mexico CNN — Mexico’s, Jesús Ociel, Saucedo, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, General Jesús Figueroa, ” Rodríguez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s, ”, ” Figueroa, Baena, ” Baena Organizations: Mexico CNN, Mexico’s, Aguascalientes ’, CNN, Español, Gay Games Locations: Guadalajara, Mexico, Aguascalientes, Mexican, Aguascalientes ’, America, Tamaulipas, Mexico’s Guadalajara, Hong Kong

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Days after asking for the public’s help to determine what happened at a California protest that resulted in a Jewish demonstrator’s death, authorities said Thursday they still have no video of the incident and are urging patience as they investigate. Paul Kessler, 69, died early Monday at a hospital following a Sunday confrontation with a pro-Palestinian demonstrator over the Israel-Hamas war in Thousand Oaks, a suburb northwest of Los Angeles. Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said Tuesday that deputies determined Kessler had fallen backward and struck his head on the ground. The pro-Palestinian demonstrator stayed at the scene and told deputies he had called 911, Fryhoff said. Demonstrations have been widespread and tensions are escalating in the United States as the death toll rises in the Israel-Hamas war.

Persons: Paul Kessler, Sheriff Jim Fryhoff, Kessler, Fryhoff Organizations: Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, Israel Locations: Calif, California, Ventura County, Palestinian, Israel, Oaks, Los Angeles, United States

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Authorities in Croatia on Wednesday recommended people drink only tap water as they investigated reports of several cases of people falling ill and suffering injuries allegedly after consuming bottled beverages. Health Minister Vili Beros said several people have sought medical help for “injuries inflicted by suspected chemical elements." “There is no need for panic but there is for caution.”The Coca-Cola Co. in Croatia offered full cooperation in a statement. “Until then, it is our general recommendation to drink water from the water system, which should be safe,” Beros said. Reports of alleged poisoning emerged after a man was hospitalized over the weekend in the northern Adriatic port of Rijeka after drinking fizzy bottled water in a cafe.

Persons: Vili Beros, ” Beros, “, Krunoslav Capak Organizations: — Authorities, Health, Co, Police, Croatia's Public Health Institute Locations: ZAGREB, Croatia, Rijeka, Zagreb

“It would really shock me if someone that was hired by my campaign did something that’s inappropriate,” Adams said, flanked by eight of his top deputies in City Hall. Lisa Zornberg, chief counsel at City Hall, confirmed the Adams administration was also in touch with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the matter, though she declined to go into detail about their communications. A spokesperson for Adams’ campaign previously said they had not been contacted about the raid. Brendan McGuire, the attorney hired to represent Adams, also not respond to an inquiry. I just strongly believe you have to follow the law.”Nicholas Biase, a spokesperson for the federal prosecutor’s office in Manhattan, declined to comment.

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The lower chamber of Mexico’s congress once again turned to spectacle Tuesday, devoting hours of its time to a controversial character who pressed the case for “non-human beings” he said were found in Peru. Less than three weeks after Category 5 Hurricane Otis devastated Acapulco, a port of nearly 1 million people, the Chamber of Deputies spent more than three hours listening to journalist José Jaime Maussan and his group of Peruvian doctors. Maussan and some Mexican lawmakers became the subject of international ridicule in September when he presented two boxes with supposed mummies found in Peru. Political Cartoons View All 1237 ImagesOn Tuesday, Dr. Daniel Mendoza showed photographs and x-rays of what he said was a “non-human being.” Maussan said it was a “new species” as it did not have lungs or ribs. Lawmaker Sergio Gutiérrez Luna, from the governing party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said “all ideas and all proposals will always be welcome to debate them, hear them to agree with or not.”

Persons: ”, Hurricane Otis, José Jaime Maussan, Maussan, Daniel Mendoza, ” Maussan, Sergio Gutiérrez Luna, Andrés Manuel López Obrador Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Hurricane Locations: MEXICO, Peru, Acapulco

☆ Airbnb: Italy threatens to seize more than $800 million over unpaid taxes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Rome CNN —Italian tax authorities are poised to seize some €779 million ($836 million) from Airbnb as a result of its alleged failure to pay taxes owed by landlords using the platform. Prosecutor Marcello Viola told Italian reporters Monday that three people who were administrators for Airbnb in Italy also face unpaid tax charges. A spokesperson for Airbnb told CNN Tuesday: “Airbnb Ireland has been in active discussions with the Italian tax agency since June 2023 to resolve this matter. In 2017, Google, owned by Alphabet (GOOGL), agreed to pay Italy €306 million ($327 million) to cover taxes for the years 2009 to 2015. And in 2015, the country worked out a similar unpaid tax deal with Apple (AAPL) worth €318 million ($340 million).

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