Netanyahu Enters Plea of Not Guilty in Corruption Trial
JERUSALEM — Few world leaders have ever stood trial while in office, let alone while running for re-election in the middle of a pandemic. Yet on Monday morning — with a general election just weeks away, and a fraught decision about reopening the education system due soon — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was […]
Israeli tribunal backs soldier’s plea deal in Palestinian killing
Plea agreement offered the soldier three months of military labour in the fatal shooting of Palestinian man. An Israeli military tribunal upheld a contentious plea bargain that avoids jail time for a soldier who killed a Palestinian man and seriously wounded another in the occupied West Bank. The plea deal offered the soldier – who […]
Lockdown in paradise: Antigua’s plea for visitors #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Dickenson Bay, Antigua – Osmilta Prince sits on a rock beneath a palm tree, her homemade mask covering her face. By her feet, is a basket of handmade shell bracelets and calabash bowls. Close by, a laminated sign reads: “Stay Apart 6 feet – or 9½ coconuts”. By this time of day, the 48-year-old single mother […]
Trump admin rejects California’s plea for disaster relief funds #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
US President Donald Trump’s administration rejected this week California’s request for disaster relief funds aimed at cleaning up the damage from six recent wildfires among the siege of deadly and destructive blazes that have scorched the state. The dispute surfaced as a representative of one fire-stricken area warned that time was running out to clean […]