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Smollett’s attorney Nenye Uche rejected accusations that Smollett had masterminded a fake racist attack against himself in January 2019, claiming the actor was innocent and “a real victim” as the trial kicked off in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday. Uche argued that Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo – two Nigerian brothers who …

After the 18-member jury was seated on Monday, Assistant US attorney Lara Elizabeth Pomerantz laid out the government’s opening arguments with a story of Jane – a reference to three minor victims named in the complaint only as “Jane Doe” – who met “dangerous predators” Epstein and Maxwell at the …

An Australian court agreed to award $25,000 (AU$35,000) to Defense Minister Peter Dutton on Wednesday over the brief Twitter post, far below the maximum limit allowed under the law, as the judge determined the official had been libeled, but not in a way that impacted his day-to-day life. Though the …

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) vehicle was mounted on one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets and launched starting at 22:20 Pacific time on Tuesday (01:20 Eastern on Wednesday). This is NASA’s first ‘planetary defense’ mission in the $330 million program, and the first time SpaceX launched a spacecraft to …

The continued failure by the Europeans to allocate a bigger share of their GDP on defense means that the gap between their combined military capability and that of the US only grows, State Department Counselor Derek Chollet told Politico. The Europeans have been saying for many years that they want …

Speaking to the Washington Post on Friday, Ukraine’s new defense minister Oleksiy Reznikov sounded the alarm over the reported maneuvers of Russian forces on the nation’s borders, alleging that Moscow was trying to gauge the response of Ukraine and the West as a whole.  “He is testing the unity of …

Manila’s Department of Foreign Affairs detailed the encounter in a statement on Wednesday, alleging that a pair of supply boats en route to the Ayungin Shoal – also known as the Second Thomas Shoal – were stopped by three Chinese vessels and “water cannoned” before they could reach their destination. …

The defense and prosecution both made their final arguments before the jury on Monday, following eight days of testimony from dozens of witnesses and the screening of nearly 20 videos from the night of August 25, 2020 – when Rittenhouse, then 17, shot and killed two men and wounded a …

A message unveiling the move published on the bank’s website on Monday explained that its chairman Professor Adam Glapinski had “decided to issue a collectible coin and banknote dedicated to the protection of the Polish eastern border in an accelerated and emergency basis.”  According to the notice, Warsaw’s bank has …

The US military found itself at the center of controversy this week after the New York Times reported that it had covered up a 2019 strike on Syrian civilians which left at least 80 dead. After the report went viral, US officials finally acknowledged the casualties in a statement and …