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Month: August 2023

Spain’s Bonmatí wins UEFA best women’s player award and stands up for teammate amid Rubiales crisis

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer MONACO (AP) — Spanish soccer star Aitana Bonmatí has used her acceptance speech at a UEFA awards ceremony to voice support for her teammate who was forcibly kissed after the Women’s World Cup final by the country’s soccer federation president. Bonmatí was named women’s player of the year at

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Myanmar’s High Court declines to hear Suu Kyi’s appeals in 5 cases where sentences already commuted

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s Supreme Court has declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in five cases of which the head of the military-installed government already pardoned her earlier this month. Despite the amnesty, 78-year-old Suu Kyi’s legal team is

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Iceland says commercial whaling can resume after temporary ban

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Iceland’s government says commercial hunting of fin whales can resume in the country with stricter requirements on hunting methods and increased supervision. Animal rights groups responded to the decision with dismay and called it “shameful.” The temporary ban that Icelandic authorities imposed in June on animal welfare

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No charges will be filed in the shooting death of a South Carolina college student who tried to get into the wrong house, officials say

By Kelly McCleary, CNN (CNN) — The fatal shooting of a University of South Carolina student who was trying to enter the wrong home on his own street has been deemed a justifiable homicide and no charges will be filed, police said. “The determination is based on several factors to include evidence gathered at the

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Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election subversion case, seeks to sever case from co-defendants who want a speedy trial

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in the sprawling Fulton County election interference case, according to a new court filing. Trump had been scheduled to be arraigned in person next Wednesday. Georgia law allows criminal defendants to waive their in-person appearance and enter a formal plea through

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State election officials studying whether 14th Amendment disqualifies ‘insurrectionist’ Trump from ballot

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Election officials in key battleground states are studying the legal viability of efforts to disqualify Donald Trump from running for president, based on the 14th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists holding public office. A post-Civil War provision of the 14th Amendment says any American official who takes an oath

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