Former South African President Jacob Zuma is not eligible to run in upcoming elections, the Independent Electoral Commission has ruled. The commission said at a media briefing that it had upheld an objection against Mr Zuma’s candidacy in the May 29 elections. In July 2021, Mr Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison for […]
By Karen Freifeld and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is drawing up a list of advanced Chinese chipmaking factories barred from receiving key tools, three people familiar with matter said, to make it easier for companies to stem technology flows into China. The list could be released in the next few months, […]
Former President Jacob Zuma has been barred from running in South Africa’s general election in May. The country’s electoral commission has not given a reason. However, his 2021 conviction, and jailing, for contempt of court would appear to disqualify him. His backing of the new uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has been seen as a possible […]
Actor Laurence Fox will not be a candidate at the London mayoral elections after failing to fill in the nomination forms properly. London Elects, which administers the mayoral and London Assembly elections, said the Reclaim Party leader had submitted his nomination papers shortly before the deadline on Wednesday, but they were subsequently found to contain […]
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two Republican state senators in Oregon are seeking statewide office after being barred from reelection for staging a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun control. Sen. Brian Boquist, who also made headlines for his threatening comments toward state police during GOP-led walkouts in […]
A court in Rwanda has blocked efforts by prominent opposition figure Victoire Ingabire to lift a ban on her running in July’s presidential election. She was freed in 2018 after spending eight years in prison for threatening state security and “belittling” the 1994 genocide. In Rwanda, people who have been jailed for more than six […]
The school district in Spokane, Washington voted unanimously to ban U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering schools, saying that it could be traumatizing for immigrant students. The movement to bar U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) personnel from the classrooms came after members of Latinos En Spokane, an advocacy group that supports the Latino community, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump could learn Monday whether the Supreme Court will let him appear on this year’s ballot as the leading Republican presidential candidate tries to close in on his party’s nomination. The justices are expected to decide at least one case Monday, with signs strongly pointing to resolution of the […]
Visitors from China at an airshow in Singapore claim they were banned from an Airbus military plane, prompting an apology from the aviation giant. The claims have gone viral on Chinese social media, attracting criticism of Airbus and Germany’s military which owns the plane. Airbus said it was sorry for “any inconvenience caused”. The Singapore […]
The guns used last week to end four lives in Burnsville and rip a community’s fabric should have never been in the hands of the man who unleashed more than 100 rifle rounds during an hourslong standoff that took place while children were inside the home. It is still not publicly known what specific types […]
A New York judge orders former President Donald Trump to pay $355 million dollars and cease running any businesses in the state for three years as punishment for fraudulently inflating his net worth to obtain favorable treatment from banks and other lenders. In Georgia, a divorce lawyer for lead prosecutor Nathan Wade is among several […]
(Adds cancellation of dissolution order, paragraph 3) By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Donald Trump must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, a New York judge ruled on Friday, handing the former U.S. president another legal setback in a civil case […]