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Jose Garcia's JournalArgentina's President Milei denies crypto fraud allegations
Source: BBC
Argentine President Javier Milei has denied promoting a newly launched cryptocurrency which collapsed shortly after he mentioned it in a social media post on Friday.
The cryptocoin $Libra quickly rose in value before nosediving, causing severe losses for the majority of people who had invested in it.
A judge will now determine if the president should face fraud charges over the incident.
On Monday, Milei said he had acted "in good faith" and dismissed investors' complaints, comparing their actions to people who gamble: "If you go to a casino and lose money, what's there to complain about when you knew the risks?"
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Four top deputies for Eric Adams have resigned, New York mayor says
Source: CNN
Four top deputies for Eric Adams have resigned, the New York City mayor said in a statement Monday.
The four officials are Maria Torres-Springer, who served as first deputy mayor; Anne Williams-Isom, deputy mayor for health and human services; Meera Joshi, deputy mayor for operations; and Chauncey Parker, deputy mayor for public safety.
“I am disappointed to see them go, but given the current challenges, I understand their decision and wish them nothing but success in the future,” the mayor said in the statement.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/politics/eric-adams-deputies-resign?Date=20250217&Profile=CNNPolitics&utm_content=1739824783&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
US deports to Panama nearly 120 migrants of different nationalities
Source: Reuters
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The United States deported 119 people of different nationalities to Panama as part of an agreement between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and the Central American nation, Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday.
The first flight from the U.S., carrying people from Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Vietnam, arrived on Wednesday, and two more will land soon, Mulino said at a press conference. In total the U.S. will send Panama 360 people on the three flights.
Before being returned to their respective countries, the deportees will be transferred to a shelter near the Darien - the jungle separating Central America from South America which countless migrants traverse in a bid to reach the U.S.
"Through a cooperation program with the U.S. government ... yesterday (Wednesday) a U.S. Air Force flight arrived with 119 people of the most diverse nationalities in the world," Mulino said.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/us-deports-to-panama-nearly-120-migrants-of-different-nationalities/ar-AA1z2c87
Pro-Palestine Protestors Call For 'Captain America: Brave New World' Boycott at Los Angeles Premiere
Source: Variety
Several dozen pro-Palestine protestors gathered Tuesday outside the Hollywood premiere of "Captain America: Brave New World" and called for a boycott of the film over its inclusion of the Israeli superhero Ruth Bat-Seraph, aka Sabra, played by Shira Haas.
Protestors held signs that read "Sabra has got to go," "Disney supports genocide," "Boycott ‘Captain America'" and "Pray 4 Princess Jasmine." They chanted phrases such as "Free, free, free Palestine" and "Disney, Disney you can't hide."
The inclusion of Sabra, who was a Mossad agent in the comics, sparked controversy among Palestinian fans. Marvel soon released a statement assuring that it is taking a "new approach" to the character for "Brave New World."
"While our characters and stories are inspired by the comics," Marvel said in a statement to Variety, "they are always freshly imagined for the screen and today's audience, and the filmmakers are taking a new approach with the character Sabra who was first introduced in the comics over 40 years ago."
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-my/movies/news/pro-palestine-protestors-call-for-captain-america-brave-new-world-boycott-at-los-angeles-premiere/ar-AA1yRNCK
UN announces death in Yemeni prison of aid worker detained by Houthis
Source: Washington Post
CAIRO — The United Nations World Food Programme said Tuesday that an aid worker has died in a Yemeni prison three weeks after his detention by Houthi rebels.
The announcement came a day after the U.N. suspended its operations in the rebel’s stronghold in northern Yemen .
The World Food Program said in a statement that one of its staff members died while in detention in northern Yemen. He was one of seven WFP staffers detained by the Houthi rebels on Jan. 23. No cause of death was given.
“Heartbroken and outraged by the tragic loss of WFP team member, Ahmed, who lost his life while arbitrarily detained in Yemen,” WFP executive director Cindy McCain wrote on the X social media platform.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/11/yemen-houthis-un-wfp-aid-worker-death/53227576-e879-11ef-969b-cfbefacb1eb3_story.html
Middle East Palestinian Authority restructures 'pay-for-slay' policy for West Bank terrorists
Source: Jerusalem Post
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas issued an order to restructure laws and regulations related to paying financial allocations to the families of Palestinians linked with terrorist activity, known as "pay for slay," on Monday, according to Palestinian Authority state media WAFA.
According to the statement, the computerized cash assistance program, along with its database and financial allocations, will be transferred from Ramallah's Social Development Ministry to the Palestinian National Institution for Economic Empowerment, WAFA stated.
The amendments will allow all families previously benefiting from the former laws, regulations, and legislations to be subject to the same eligibility criteria as other families enrolled in social protection and welfare programs, according to WAFA.
The Palestinian Institution for Economic Empowerment will now assume full authority over all social protection and welfare programs in Palestine. It will be responsible for providing assistance to all Palestinian families in need, without discrimination, WAFA added.
Read more: https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-841475#google_vignette
Judge won't block DOGE from accessing Labor Department systems
Source: The Hill
A federal judge Friday evening refused to block the Labor Department from giving Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to confidential systems or firing employees for refusing to hand over the credentials.
U.S. District Judge John Bates found the plaintiffs hadn’t show enough injury to have legal standing to bring the lawsuit.
“This data includes the medical and financial records of millions of Americans,” wrote Bates. “But on the current record, plaintiffs have failed to establish standing. So although the Court harbors concerns about defendants’ alleged conduct, it must deny plaintiffs’ motion at this time.”
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday by the AFL-CIO and several of its affiliate government employee unions, claims that giving Musk’s team access to the Labor Department systems violates federal privacy law and is without any legal authority.
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5134001-judge-doge-labor-department-access/
Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez expected to be named interim FIU president
MIAMI - Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez is expected to resign as early as this week to become the interim president of Florida International University, five sources have told CBS News Miami.
A "special meeting," has been called for Friday morning by the chairman of the FIU Board of Trustees to discuss "Presidential Search and Selection," according to the agenda. The current FIU President, Kenneth Jessell, still has a contract through the end of the year, but sources tell CBS News the trustees will name Nunez the interim president effective immediately.
"It is imminent," one source said told CBS News.
"She is available now," another source added.
More: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/lt-governor-jeanette-nunez-expected-to-be-named-interim-fiu-president/
Mark Robinson drops CNN lawsuit, says he has no plans to run again
Source: Politico
Mark Robinson, the former North Carolina lieutenant governor whose scandal-plagued candidacy doomed his gubernatorial bid last year, is dropping his libel lawsuit against CNN.
Weeks before the election, CNN released an investigation that alleged Robinson had left messages on a pornography website calling himself a “black NAZI!”, expressing support for slavery and calling Martin Luther King Jr. “worse than a maggot” — among other racist and homophobic comments.
The CNN investigation linked Robinson to the comments through a username Robinson used elsewhere on the internet, along with other shared biographical details from the poster on the site. Robinson, a Republican who would have been North Carolina’s first Black governor if he won, publicly denied making any of the posts.
Robinson — who has expressed other controversial statements on abortion and gay rights — vowed to stay in the race, but the report tanked his campaign. His top staff resigned just days after the scandal, then-candidate Donald Trump no longer mentioned him, and top Republicans denounced him — with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) saying he was “unfit to serve.”
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/mark-robinson-cnn-lawsuit-010143
Colombia to send presidential plane to Honduras to pick up migrants from US flights
Source: The Hill
Colombia will send the presidential plane to Honduras to pick up Colombians after the country refused to accept migrant deportation flights from the United States, causing President Trump to place tariffs and other retaliatory measures on Sunday.
President Gustavo Petro has arranged for the presidential plane to facilitate the “dignified return of Colombian nationals who were to arrive in the country today in the morning hours, coming in from deportation flights,” read a statement released on Sunday.
“This measure is in response to the government’s commitment to guarantee dignified conditions. In no way have Colombians, as patriots and subjects of rights, been or will be banished from Colombian territory,” the statement continued.
Earlier Sunday, President Trump slapped Colombia with 25 percent tariffs on all goods coming into the U.S., and a travel ban and immediate visa revocations on “Government Officials, and all Allies and Supporters,” among other measures, after the South American country rejected two planes carrying migrants.
Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/policy/international/5107740-colombia-presidential-plane-honduras-us-deportation-flights/amp/
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