Explained: What s ahead as Donald Trump impeachment trial begins
Former US president Donald Trump s lawyers say the impeachment trial should not be held at all because he is now a private citizen. Associated Press February 09, 2021 / 07:11 AM IST
File image: The Republican side (right) in the House chamber is seen as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence officiate as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November s election, at the US Capitol in Washington DC. (Image: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool, File)
Former United States President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial begins on February 9, forcing the Senate to decide whether to convict him of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his supporters laid siege to the US Capitol on January 6.
The United Nations’ top court has dismissed a case brought by Qatar against the United Arab Emirates alleging it had imposed blockade measures, which have since been lifted, that amounted to racial discrimination.
The court, formally known as the International Court of Justice, upheld objections raised by the UAE that the measures it and other Gulf States imposed on Qatar during a 2017 dispute were based on nationality, and not racially motivated.
Qatar filed the case in 2018, a year after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut land, air and sea links over claims the gas-rich nation backed “extremism” and was too close to Iran.
The threat from inside
Kennedy McKee-Braide, Opinion Editor
On Jan. 6, far-right supporters of former United States President Donald Trump stormed the American Capitol Building in an attempted
insurrection
that killed five. Throughout Trump’s presidency, far-right extremist hate groups proliferated on social media and in public spaces. Political figures, including the president himself, have also depreciated the gravity of their own actions, which has in turn brought far-right radicalization into the mainstream.
Far-right extremism, also referred to as the extreme right, is defined as a branch of right-wing political ideology and action that is more radical than the mainstream realm of conservative politics.
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Jan 31, 2021 11:43 PM EST
Aside from serving as detention to suspected terrorists on the United States naval base in Cuba, and the new home of the alleged 9/11 mastermind after his capture, the Guantanamo prison unnoticeably raised as the most expensive prison across the world after 18 years of operations.
The suspected mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, did not only gave the United States government a headache on his alleged orchestrated attacks but also made them spend an estimated $161.5 million to house him, as they continue to pursue his trial and death after his conviction.
The U.S.government even planned to give the suspected 9/11 mastermind a COVID-19 vaccine as insurance that he could be alive when they put him on trial.
Digital art project sells out $10M in NFTs in four days Early adopters have scooped up over 15,300 Hashmask NFTs as one card has gone on sale for 97 ETH. 19260 Total views News
Hashmasks, a new non-fungible token project has raised over 7,600 ETH (about $10 million) from the sale of more than 15,300 digital collectible cards.
The owner of Hashmasks #1 has sold his card named after former United States President Donald Trump for about 97 Ether (ETH) which amounts to over $126,000 at the current Ether price.
Hashmasks #1 was acquired for 0.1 ETH according to the collection timetable on the project’s website meaning that the original collector has earned a 96,900% profit on the initial investment.