Former US President Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined USD 9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush-money case.
US State Department Assistant Secretary Donald Lu on Wednesday visited Jain Temple in California and stressed that the Indian Americans are the backbone of strong relationship between India-US.
The bipartisan effort marks a significant victory for President Joe Biden, congressional Democrats, and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, who has been a staunch advocate for supporting Ukraine despite increasing reluctance from some within his own party.
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Sunday that the privatization of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is expected by the end of June or early July, with Islamabad airport potentially following suit shortly after, Dawn reported.
A man set himself on fire outside the Manhattan courthouse on Friday, where former US President Donald Trump's first criminal trial was ongoing, The Hill reported, citing police.
Amidst discussions on jury selection, which had initially hinted at potential weeks-long deliberations, Tuesday saw significant progress, with over a third of the needed jurors already chosen.
The criminal trial of Donald J. Trump, the nation's 45th president and the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, started with potential jurors assembling in a drab courtroom in New York City while Trump looked on.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he would listen to former US President Donald Trump's ideas to end the war in Ukraine with "pleasure" but trod carefully around the issue, reported CNN.
The judge's decision comes after Trump requested the New York appeals court for emergency relief to stop the criminal trial scheduled to begin on Monday from going ahead so he could appeal a lower court's ruling on presidential immunity and have the judge recused from the case.
Days before the former President of the US, Donald Trump is set to face a criminal trial in Manhattan, an appeals court judge denied his request to put the case on hold and transfer it to a new place, the New York Times reported.