Day: August 24, 2023

Xi Jinping triggers health speculation after mysteriously skipping key speech

3:14 pm August 24, 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping triggered speculation about a potential health scare after he mysteriously skipped a major speech in South Africa with no explanation this week. Xi was scheduled to address the BRICS business forum in Johannesburg on Monday night, but instead his speech was read out by his commerce minister, Wang Wentao. No explanation […]

Zelenskyy says Ukraine not involved in crash of Wagner Group owner Prigozhin’s plane

3:14 pm August 24, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied any involvement in the alleged death of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. Prigozhin was allegedly killed alongside nine others Wednesday in a plane crash in Russian airspace. “We are not involved in this situation, that’s for sure,” the president told the public Thursday. RUSSIAN WAGNER GROUP WARLORD PRIGOZHIN AMONG DEAD […]

House Judiciary Committee probing DA Fani Willis regarding motivations for Trump prosecution

3:10 pm August 24, 2023

The House Committee on the Judiciary is probing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis regarding her motivations for prosecuting former President Donald Trump. The investigation was announced Thursday via a publicly released letter from Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, who wrote to Willis claiming her “indictment and prosecution implicate substantial federal interests, and the circumstances surrounding […]

Philadelphia’s police commissioner says officer who shot driver last week will be fired

3:10 pm August 24, 2023

Philadelphia’s police commissioner says a police officer who shot and killed a driver who was sitting in his car last week in north Philadelphia is being suspended and will be fired. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Wednesday that Officer Mark Dial will be suspended with intent to dismiss him in 30 days for refusing to […]

3 men accused of plotting to kidnap MI Gov. Whitmer were prepared to start civil war, according to prosecutors

3:09 pm August 24, 2023

Three men accused of aiding a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were anarchists who considered themselves “the new founding fathers” and were preparing for bloodshed, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday. “They didn’t like the U.S. government. They didn’t like the state government. They all desired to start a civil war, if you can […]