US Fed Governor Cook offers detailed defence in mortgage fraud case
Cook’s lawyer says the criminal referrals against her ‘fail on even the most cursory look at the facts’.

Cook’s lawyer says the criminal referrals against her ‘fail on even the most cursory look at the facts’.








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In a letter, BBC Chair Samir Shah argued there remains ‘no basis for a defamation case’ against the British broadcaster.

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death, over a violent crackdown on protests.

There were cheers in court as Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death.
Mass protests demand transparency in probe of flood-related corruption scandal but cuts short rally by a day.
Former prime minister sentenced to death by special tribunal for her role in bloody 2024 crackdown on protesters.
US president backs bipartisan push to release documents amid tensions within his Republican base.
Leftist former Labour Minister Jeannette Jara and far-right leader Jose Antonio Kast set to face off in December run-off

Several ministers have resigned in the wake of a $100m corruption investigation.

Representatives from the gov’t of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebel group signed a peace agreement.
Protests come amid widespread anger over billions of pesos spent on substandard flood control projects.