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Faced with an unforeseen surplus of medical supplies, Víctor de Aldama demanded that the advisor increase the amount of the order and the then minister endorsed the increase. Read "I’m left hanging with 4 million masks": the first explanation of how Ábalos doubled the order in 38 minutes

  Donald Trump no longer dares to go to his golf club. Like many other Americans, he fears that unidentified drones are spying on the country. The current US government wants to allay concerns. What’s behind the alleged drone sightings on the US West Coast? The US government is weighing it down. The data and tips from concerned citizens are being checked as thoroughly as possible, said John Kirby, the communications director of the National Security Council. But the analyzes so far have shown that there was a “combination of legal commercial drones, hobby drones and law enforcement drones as…

Authorities in Wisconsin have released new details about the gun attack at a Christian school: Three people died, including the suspected shooter. It is said to be a 15-year-old. Following the shooting attack at a school in the US state of Wisconsin that left three people dead, police have named a 15-year-old student as the suspected perpetrator. “The shooter has now been identified as a 15-year-old,” Police Chief Shon Barnes said on Monday. “She was a student at the school and there are indications that she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.” The other two fatalities are reportedly a teacher and a…

Syria’s rebel factions will be “disbanded,” the head of the group that led the ouster of Bashar al-Assad has pledged, as the former president denounced the country’s new rulers as “terrorists”. Syria’s Jolani says rebel factions will be ‘disbanded’ Syria’s rebel factions will be “disbanded,” the head of the group that led the ouster of Bashar al-Assad has pledged, as the former president denounced the country’s new rulers as “terrorists”. HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, has sought to reassure minorities at home and governments abroad that the country’s interim leaders will protect all…

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Monday that she was quitting her job and resigning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. She said she differed with Trudeau over charting the best path forward for the country on questions of addressing US President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats against Canadian goods. “Our country today faces a grave challenge,” Freeland said in her resignation letter to Trudeau, pointing to Trump’s planned 25% tariffs on imports from Canada. “For the past number of weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds about the best path forward for Canada,” she added. What caused Trudeau and Freeland to…

Tbilisi – During yesterday’s demonstrations at the parliament, some citizens have brought diplomas – to mark the fact that the “Georgian Dream” presidential candidate, ex-footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili, is just a puppet of the pro-Kremlin party and lacks the needed education to bear the title of “President of Georgia.” The protesters stated that the ongoing presidential elections in the Parliament of Georgia are an illegitimate process. Protesters marching to the Georgian Parliament from various locations in Tbilisi on Monday 16 December President Salome Zurabishvili has also arrived at Parliament, and police and special forces have been mobilized. Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel are…

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother will be sentenced later for killing the 10-year-old after years of horrific abuse. Last week, Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of her murder following a trial at the Old Bailey. Her uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, who lived with them, was convicted of causing or allowing her death after a jury deliberated for nine hours and 46 minutes. The three defendants will return to the Old Bailey on Tuesday when Mr Justice Cavanagh’s sentencing is expected to be broadcast from the court. Beinash Batool speaking alongside Sara Sharif’s father, Urfan…

A lawyer defending rapper Jay-Z in his fight against rape allegations has outlined a range of evidence to prove accusations levied against the hitmaker are “provably, demonstrably false”. The woman, identified as Jane Doe in the lawsuit, told NBC News last week that Jay-Z, also known as Shawn Corey Carter, and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs both sexually assaulted her when she was 13 at an after party for the 2000 MTV Music Awards. She has since acknowledged certain inconsistencies in her claims made against the two men. In a press conference at Jay-Z company Roc Nation’s New York headquarters, lawyer Alex…

Mass rape trial: 50 defendants make their final statements One last word each. After three and a half months, on the 64th day of the hearing, the defendants in the Pelicot rape trial had the floor one last time on Monday, December 16. These 50 men – a 51st defendant is currently on the run – answered a final question from the judge presiding the criminal court in Avignon, Roger Arata: “Do you have anything to add in your defense?” Usually, this exercise rarely lasts more than a minute. In this trial with its 51 defendants, it lasted an hour…

France’s central bank on Monday, December 16, downgraded its 2025 growth forecast to 0.9% from 1.2%, citing “increased uncertainty” for the economic outlook both at home and abroad. The bank also reduced its forecast for 2026 by 0.2 percentage points to 1.3% – a figure it also expects for 2027. The latest forecasts come two days after Moody’s downgraded France’s credit rating to Aa3 on the back of months of political crisis and a budget standoff that brought a change of prime minister. For 2024, the bank maintained its projection at 1.1%, as in 2023, based on a fourth quarter…