Month: June 2023

CNN — The children were among eight people injured in a knife attack in Annecy, southeastern France, on Thursday, local authorities said. A male suspect was arrested in connection with the attack. The French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, will travel to Annecy on Thursday with the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior. Health Minister Francois Braun tweeted that his thoughts were with the victims of the knife attack. “All my thoughts go out immediately to the people injured by a knife-wielding individual in Annecy and their loved ones,” Braun tweeted. “I welcome…

AnitaB.organ organization of female and non-binary tech workers, is moving its annual convention out of Orlando and taking its business elsewhere, citing Florida’s political climate and actions taken by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature. And another nurses group is canceling a 2027 event because of similar concerns, according to the Orange County Convention Center. The cancellations are the latest economic blow to the region, following Walt Disney Co.’s decision. of abandoning plans for a nearly $1 billion corporate campus in Orlando with 2,000 high-paying jobs. AnitaB.org told members it will no longer hold conferences in Florida after this year’s…

AUSTIN, Texas – Attorney Tony Buzbee, the lead attorney representing Attorney General Ken Paxton in his upcoming impeachment trial in the Texas Senate, said the charges against Paxton are false. “Let me be clear because there have been some tweets and so forth,” said Buzbee, a personal injury attorney who lost a race for mayor of Houston in 2019. “The articles of impeachment that the Chamber are nonsense. The accusations are false. They are false.” What you need to know The Texas House flatly charged Attorney General Ken Paxton with 21 articles of impeachment Paxton has been removed from office,…

Senegal’s foreign ministry announced on Tuesday the temporary closure of its consulates abroad, including those in Paris and New York, as unprecedented political violence wreaked havoc in the West African nation and their diplomatic missions abroad. The ministry described the measure as a “precautionary measure”. a statementnoting a “recent series of attacks” on its “diplomatic and consular missions.” “These acts have caused significant damage, especially to the consulate general of Senegal in Milan, where the machines for producing passports and national identity cards have been destroyed,” continued the ministry, which indicated that operations will resume a once “the necessary material…

CNN — Right-wing podcast host and former White House adviser to Donald Trump Steve Bannon was subpoenaed to present documents and testimony to an investigating federal grand jury on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bannon was subpoenaed about a month ago. Neither Bannon nor his attorney responded to a request for comment. The subpoena was first reported by NBC news. Bannon was one of Trump’s allies who spread falsehoods about stealing the 2020 presidential election and fattened the GOP base. “All hell will break loose tomorrow,” Bannon predicted to his podcast listeners on January…

ORLANDO, Fla. – AnitaB.org, an organization of women and non-binary tech workers, is moving its annual convention out of Orlando and taking its business elsewhere, citing Florida’s political climate and actions taken by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature. And another nurses group is canceling a 2027 event because of similar concerns, according to the Orange County Convention Center. The cancellations are the latest economic blow to the region, following Walt Disney Co.’s decision. of abandoning plans for a nearly $1 billion corporate campus in Orlando with 2,000 high-paying jobs. AnitaB.org told members it will no longer hold conferences in…

Investor support for environmental and social activism plunged at the annual meetings of US companies this year, reflecting hesitancy in the face of increasingly prescriptive proposals and mounting political pressures. The waning enthusiasm was evident at a wide variety of companies, including Amazon, ExxonMobil and United Parcel Service. Petitions calling on US companies to do more on climate change averaged 23 percent support from shareholders this year through the end of May, down from 36.6 percent last year. according to the Sustainable Investments Institute, a nonprofit data provider. Shareholder proposals on human rights got 21.6% of the votes cast, compared…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email to receive exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email The Justice Department is preparing to ask a grand jury in Washington DC to indict former President Donald Trump for violating the Espionage Act and for obstruction of justice as soon as Thursday, adding more weight to his legal case Trump as he campaigns for his party’s nomination in next year’s presidential election. The Independent has learned that prosecutors are prepared to ask grand juries to approve an indictment against Trump for violating a part…