Senegal’s reputation as a bastion of democracy in an unstable region is on the line as protesters clash with police outside the National Assembly. Inside, lawmakers have passed a contentious bill to extend President Macky Sall‘s tenure and delay elections after he called off a planned election with just three weeks to go. Khalifa Sall, […]
Tyson Fury’s showdown against Oleksandr Usyk for all four major world heavyweight titles has been postponed because of a “freak cut” the Briton has sustained above his right eye. Fury was due to defend his WBC belt on February 17 in Saudi Arabia against his Ukrainian rival, the WBA, IBF and WBO champion, in the […]
A vote on a Chicago City Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza set for Wednesday will be postponed after a group of 28 aldermen petitioned for a delay, according to the measure’s sponsors. The aldermen calling for the delay, led by Ald. Debra Silverstein, 50th, pointed last week to a council vote […]
Donald Trump’s civil defamation trial has been postponed after a juror fell ill. The former US president was expected to tell a jury why he has for years spoken so disparagingly about E Jean Carroll, the writer who claims he sexually attacked her in the 1990s. As he did twice last week, Mr Trump on […]
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge overseeing writer E. Jean Carroll’s latest civil defamation case against Donald Trump postponed the trial until Tuesday, after one juror reported feeling ill and one or more parents of Trump’s lead lawyer tested positive for COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan on Monday sent one […]
Ukraine’s Defence Ministry has reported that Minister Rustem Umierov cancelled his visit to France, where the creation of an artillery coalition will be announced, because he had to participate in the meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. Source: Ukraine’s Defence Ministry Quote: “Regarding the participation of the defence minister in the opening of […]
Governor John Carney delivers the State of the State address in the House or Senate chamber of Legislative Hall in Dover, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Carney postponed his 2024 address Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, due to illness. Delaware Gov. John Carney’s State of the State address has been postponed. The Democrat was set to give […]
The sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to assaulting and torturing two Black men in January 2023 has been postponed again by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee ruled Friday that the ex-officers would not be sentenced this month as previously scheduled but in March. Lee delayed the […]
The man charged with stabbing Sir Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, is allowed to seek material related to Sir Salman’s forthcoming memoir about the attack before standing trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Jury selection in the trial of Hadi Matar for attempted murder and assault was originally scheduled to start on January […]