Donald Trump has lashed out at reports that he is now the subject of a US Department of Justice investigation into his attempts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Attorney General Merrick Garland said yesterday that the department has no qualms about any political blowback as a result of criminally indicting Mr Trump. The department is reportedly reaching out to January 6 committee hearing witnesses including former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson....

Hundreds of people are expected to have died during the hot weather, although no official figures have yet been released, according to a rapid analysis by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. There were estimates of more than 840 additional deaths in England and Wales on 18 and 19 July. The extreme weather caused widespread disruption to transport networks and hundreds of fires, including devastating fires that destroyed homes. During the heatwave, a new national record temperature of 40....

CNN obtained a decision from a court in Kyiv on July 20 that gave authorities permission to detain the ship. The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine had asked the court to “prohibit the representatives of the registered owner, beneficial owner, operator, charterer and any other person from taking measures for the disposal, use, alienation of the specified property, including the prohibition them to leave the port of Chornomorsk”....

Robb Elementary School Principal Mandy Gutierrez, who was fired Monday after a Texas commission released a report into the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers in May, will return to work after defending herself in a letter to the commission . “Thank you for responding to our request for information by submitting your response to the Corps’ Investigative Report. As a result of our review, you will be allowed to return to work on this date (July 28, 2022),” CISD Superintendent Uvalde Hal Harrell wrote in a letter to Gutierrez obtained by Fox News Digital....

Stand: 28.07.2022 16:05 Uhr Bei der Aufarbeitung des Cum-Ex-Skandals um die Hamburger Privatbank MM Warburg sind Ermittler nach einer WDR-Recherche auf brisante Gespräche eines Finanzbeamten gestoßen. Diese werfen Fragen auf – auch für hochrangige SPD-Politiker. Von Massimo Bognani, WDR Es sind wenige Worte, kurze Chatnachrichten, die einem Hamburger Politthriller eine Wendung geben könnten. Es geht um die Hamburger Privatbank MM Warburg, ihre illegalen Cum-Ex-Geschäfte und die Frage, ob Hamburger Beamte und Politiker der Bank zu ihrem Schutz die Stirn geboten haben, als die Traditionsbank 2016 ihre Beute zurückzahlen sollte Die Verantwortlichen haben behauptet, dass es zu keinem Zeitpunkt Einfluss auf den Steuerprozess von MM Warburg gegeben habe....

Titled “Portrait of Bravery,” the article is a collaboration between Condé Nast Vogues (almost all of them) and Ukrainian Vogue (a licensed magazine owned by Media Group Ukraine). There are moody, cute portraits of Ms. Zelenska by Annie Leibovitz: she sits on the marble steps of the presidential palace, staring glumly ahead. holding hands with her husband, President Volodymyr Zelensky; and standing next to female soldiers at Antonov Airport, holding the lapels of a long navy coat....

Record heat was also set elsewhere this year, including the UK, which smashed its previous record by 1.6 degrees Celsius, reaching over 40 degrees Celsius. Portugal reached 47C on the 21st of this month, the hottest July day on record, while many parts of France recorded new highs. These heatwaves have reignited the debate about how we can protect people from rising temperatures – and how high we can bear them....

The 68-year-old has lived in Moncton for 50 years, in the same house for 48 years. He has five children and six grandchildren, all boys. She spent her life working with children through various roles, including as a social worker and resource teacher. The retiree was hoping to do some volunteer work at her grandchildren’s school this year. As she has done many times in her life working in this field, she headed to the police station for a background check....

ARIES (March 21 – April 20): You’ll appreciate a good word from a friend this weekend, but just because they’re sympathetic to your situation doesn’t mean they’ll be able to help you in any practical way. This is your show and you have to find a solution. TAURUS (April 21 – May 21): You might think you have all the facts and figures at your fingertips, but can you be sure you’re not missing something?...

« Une décision gouvernementale a été prise sur l’évacuation obligatoire de la région de Donetsk, a déclaré M. Zelensky dans une adresse vidéo en soirée. S’il vous plaît, évacuez. (…) Plus les habitants quittent la région de Donetsk maintenant, moins l’armée russe tuera de personnes. » « A ce stade de la guerre, la terreur est la principale arme de la Russie », a-t-il martelé. La vice-première ministre ukrainienne, Iryna Verechtchouk, avait précédemment annoncé l’évacuation obligatoire pour toute la population de l’oblast de Donetsk, l’une des deux régions administratives du bassin industriel du Donbass, où la Russie gagne du terrain....

China had other priorities. President Jiang Zemin’s government was preparing to celebrate the return of Hong Kong and wanted to lock in Beijing’s exit from diplomatic isolation following the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. Gingrich, a booster of closer US-China ties, had just helped that campaign by meeting Jiang in Beijing. China has avoided a disruptive conflict with Washington. A quarter of a century later, conditions have changed dramatically....

That is the key message that infrastructure advisers have given the government as the nation braces itself for a drought that is threatening major disruption to the nation. Failure to act now would leave Britain facing a future of queueing for emergency bottled water “from the back of lorries”. The government was warned four years ago by the National Infrastructure Committee (NIC) that considerable new investment would have to be made in the nation’s water supply equipment by the 2030s....

The tragic deaths occurred on Tuesday afternoon. Local authorities received a report at 4:17 p.m. that shots were fired at a residence in Fairbanks, Alaska’s largest interior city with a population of just over 30,000. When troopers entered the home in the Skyridge Drive subdivision, they found four young men inside, dead from gunshot wounds. Read more: Feds propose $1,337 for AR-15 rifles under gun buyback program The children’s parents were not home at the time of the shooting, police said, but there were three other children at the residence who were not injured....

D’une position de prestige à une autre. Depuis sa sortie précipitée du gouvernement en février 2020 pour briguer la mairie de Paris malgré l’apparition du Covid-19, Agnès Buzyn brigue les suffrages. Promu directeur académique de l’OMS début 2021, l’ancien ministre de la Santé devrait revêtir de nouveaux vêtements dès la rentrée prochaine. “Sur proposition du Premier ministre Elizabeth Bourne, approuvée en conseil des ministres ce vendredi, l’ancien professeur d’hématologie deviendra, à partir du 1er septembre, ‘conseiller principal des services d’urgence à la Cour des comptes’....

“This was not an official meeting, nor was it something that was pre-arranged. The employees knew in advance that I was attending the social event,” he wrote to the liaison committee. “Contrary to some reports, my visit was in line with established security protocols under successive foreign ministers. “It would not be normal practice for public servants or security personnel to accompany me to such a private, social occasion.” Mr Johnson acknowledged that “any substantial content will have to be returned” by ministers who “find themselves discussing official business without an official presence”....

Comment Former president Donald Trump returned to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office to deliver a dystopian speech that encouraged “tough,” “nasty” and “mean” new responses to violent crime and the forcible relocation of homeless people to quickly-built tent cities in the suburbs. The address — dripping with violent imagery of “streets riddled with needles and soaked with the blood of innocent victims,” death penalty sentences for drug dealers and detailed tales of rape and murder — marked a return to the shocking rhetoric that Trump deployed in his 2016 campaign, as he considers launching another presidential bid as early as this fall....

The company that developed PUBG is Krafton, a South Korean company backed by Chinese game developer Tencent. Due to political tension between the Indian and Chinese governments, India removed the apps due to alleged concerns that the data collected by the app could be used against the country. The Reuters report includes comments from an Indian government official, who said the government has removed a variety of Chinese apps since 2020 due to “national security concerns....

The death of a pet can now be one of the most expensive times for needy owners, particularly if they live in an apartment without a garden or in a rental property. When my beloved hamster Maisie died, I faced the trauma of figuring out what to do with her body. The experience was a painful gamble. However, it’s definitely not something I deal with alone. Online fundraising sites are filled with grieving pet owners relying on the kindness of strangers....

Philip Jansen, chief executive of the telco, said the forecast price rise of 13% – adding £53 to the average bill – would “absolutely” go ahead in April because the difficult economic environment and rising costs had not left the company without option. The business is also facing a workers’ revolt over wages, with union members on strike on Friday and Monday. It puts BT at risk of a clash with industry watchdog Ofcom, which is preparing to crack down on misleading small edition charges....

The family of one of the two women killed in Chilliwack, BC, last week says they will never allow a killer to dim her bright light or destroy the lives of her young boys. Police say 43-year-old Amber Culley and 49-year-old Mimi Cates were shot last Thursday and a man was treated for non-life threatening injuries. A manhunt was launched for the suspect, 50-year-old Eric Shestalo, and police say his body was found in nearby Bridal Falls on Monday....