Author: News Desk

Probe into Trump Organization now a criminal inquiry  New York’s investigation into the Trump Organization has widened to include a look at potential criminal wrongdoing, according to the New York state attorney general’s office.  The office was already investigating the former president’s company in a civil matter with New York Attorney General Letitia James focusing on whether the company improperly valued its assets for loan and tax reasons.  But now the state’s investigation has entered “a criminal capacity,” a spokesman told NPR late on Tuesday.  KEY POINTS:  Trump Organization probe now a criminal inquiry Unclear if Donald Trump is part…

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Israel-Gaza reports – Palestinian journalist killed in overnight airstrikes in Gaza City  There have been reports that a Palestinian journalist was among those killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes.  Palestinian journalist Yusef Abu Hussein died when warplanes bombed a house near the Sheikh Radwan cemetery in northern Gaza City, Palestinian news agency Wafa says. Wafa adds three others were killed in a strike on a house.  The BBC was told by local sources that two militants were killed when warplanes targeted an apartment in Gaza City. Doctors also told the source a woman suffered a heart attack and died when a…

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Israel-Gaza: ‘Won’t rule anything out’ – Netanyahu  Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu briefed foreign journalists on the efforts to end the fighting. “We’re not standing with a stopwatch,” he said. “We are taking care of the operation’s objectives.” He said Israel was fighting to restore quiet and to maximise the amount of time that any truce with Hamas would last. “There are only two ways that you can deal with them. You can either conquer them – and that’s always an open possibility – or you can deter them,” Netanyahu said. “We are engaged right now in forceful deterrence, but I…

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