Unbiased headline news – Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire CEO of Telegram, has been indicted in France for allegedly permitting criminal activity on the platform, according to prosecutors.
Durov has been placed under judicial supervision and is restricted from leaving France, as confirmed by the Paris Prosecutor’s Office. He managed to avoid incarceration by posting a 5 million euro bail, according to prosecutors. Additionally, he is required to check in at a police station twice weekly. The indictment was announced on the same day that Durov was released from police custody following his arrest, prosecutors revealed.
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The Supreme Court has declined to revive the Biden administration’s recent initiative to cancel student debt for millions of borrowers, leaving the issue unresolved as the appeals process continues.
The justices rejected the Justice Department’s request to lift a broad appeals court order that has blocked the SAVE plan, which has faced legal challenges from over a dozen GOP-led states in recent months. In an unsigned order, the court noted that it “expects that the Court of Appeals will render its decision with appropriate dispatch.”
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Following a recent visit by National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, the U.S. and China have agreed, among other things, for President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to have a phone conversation.
The White House characterized Sullivan’s two-day discussions from Tuesday to Wednesday with China’s foreign minister Wang Yi as “candid, substantive and constructive,” according to a readout of the meeting with Chinese officials. Both sides also reaffirmed the significance of “regular, ongoing military-to-military communication.”
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The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets while investigating the cause of a first-stage booster crash on a landing barge.
After postponing the piloted Polaris Dawn launch late Tuesday due to an unfavorable long-range weather forecast, SpaceX proceeded with one of two scheduled Starlink launches, one from Florida and the other from California. The FAA stated that an investigation would be required.
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A former Massachusetts police officer is charged with killing a pregnant 23-year-old woman with whom he had begun a relationship when she was a teenager, and then staging her death as a suicide, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday in Boston.
Former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell is accused of strangling Sandra Birchmore to death in February 2021 after she informed him she was pregnant with his child and “staging” her apartment “to make it appear as if Birchmore had committed suicide,” as stated in the indictment.
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An 80-year-old man died in Grand Canyon National Park over the weekend after his boat capsized in the Colorado River, making him the 13th fatality in the park this year.
The man was participating in a commercial rapids trip and fell into the water at Fossil Rapid, according to the National Park Service. The group initiated CPR as park rangers arrived at the scene. However, despite efforts by the group and park rangers, who were airlifted in by helicopter, he could not be resuscitated.
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At least eight people have died following infections from listeria linked to Boar’s Head deli meats, which were subject to a large recall last month, federal health officials reported.
The latest count includes two deaths in South Carolina and one each in Florida, New Mexico, and Tennessee, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three deaths were previously reported in Illinois, New Jersey, and Virginia. The outbreak has sickened and hospitalized at least 57 people.
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A federal appeals court has revived Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, citing several major issues that “impugn the reliability” of the initial ruling.
Shane Vogt, Palin’s attorney, stated: “Governor Palin is very pleased with today’s decision, which marks a significant step forward in holding publishers accountable for content that misleads readers and the public. The truth deserves a level playing field, and Governor Palin looks forward to presenting her case to a jury.”
