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Two conservative challengers were practically tied for the lead in Honduras’s presidential contest, with votes from about 55 per cent of polling places counted early Monday, according to preliminary and partial results. The vote came just days after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened in a close race by endorsing one …
Read More »Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that …
Read More »Egyptian British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah released after presidential pardon
High-profile Egyptian British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was released on Tuesday, his family said, a day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned him and five other prisoners. Abd el-Fattah, 43, has become Egypt’s most prominent political prisoner after spending much of his adult life in and out of detention due to his …
Read More »Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden criticizes presidential pardon
The prosecutor who led lengthy investigations into U.S. President Joe Biden’s son defended his efforts in a report on Monday, saying the criminal charges against Hunter Biden were the culmination of “thorough, impartial” work and “not partisan politics.” The report from special counsel David Weiss also criticized the senior Biden for having maligned …
Read More »Betting on Trump pardon, convicted Jan. 6 rioter hits the slopes in Canada
9 hours ago News Duration 1:48 A man convicted and sentenced to nine months in jail for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is snowboarding in Whistler, B.C. Though Antony Vo says he expects a full pardon from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump once he takes …
Read More »A parent’s pardon: Joe Biden’s precedent-setting move magnifies power of the presidency
Joe Biden is drawing condemnation from political allies for establishing a new precedent in American history with the first-ever pardon for presidential offspring. And all they can do, really, is complain. Because the president’s blanket pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, last weekend highlights the expansive power of the U.S. …
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