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Donald Trump pleads not guilty in federal documents case
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IAMI - Former U.S. president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them. Trump’s plea, entered before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman in a federal court in Miami, sets up a legal battle likely to play out over coming months as he campaigns to win back the presiden-
cy in a November 2024 election. Experts say it could be a year or more before a trial takes place.Trump was allowed to leave court without conditions or travel restrictions and no cash bond was required. Goodman ruled that Trump was not allowed to communicate with potential witnesses in the case. rump’s former aide Walt Nauta, who is also charged in the case, appeared in court alongside Trump but will not have to enter a plea until June 27 because he does not have a local lawyer. He, too, was released without having to post bond and was ordered not to talk to other witnesses...Supporters chanted “We love Trump” as his motorcade departed the courthouse at 3:55 p.m. EDT (1955 GMT), roughly two hours after it arrived... Source: ctvnews.ca
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‘on the verge of being 06 Sindh ‘prepared for the worst’ as cyclone 08 Fierce fighting in Myanmar between army,
Canada is experiencing its ‘worst wildfire season of the 21st century’: Blair
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anada is experiencing its worst wildfire season of the 21st century. Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair announced the grim milestone Monday, saying more than 47,000 square kilometres have burned so far this year, with 431 wildfires currently burning across Canada. One of those continues to threaten the Alberta community of Edson, where 8,400 residents remain under an evacuation order issued Friday. Hundreds of people in B.C. have either been forced from their homes or are under an evacuation alert as the 4,660-square-kilometre Donnie Creek blaze continues to rage, having grown to be the second largest ever recorded wildfire in the province. A massive fire in Shelburne County, N.S., remains out of control, basis, household credit market debt although officials say the 235-squareas a proportion of household disposable income rose to 184.5 per cent in the first quarter, up from 181.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2022, the agency said Wednesday. The figSLAMABAD: For ure translates to $1.85 in credit marthe first time after ket debt for every dollar of housepresentation of the hold disposable income. ”Looking federal budget 2023ahead, debt servicing costs are ex- 24, Chief of Army Staff pected to continue to rise rapidly (COAS) General Asim over the course of this year and peak Munir on Monday met in the second half of 2024, as interest Prime Minister Shehbaz rates are now expected to rise and Sharif at the PM House. remain elevated for longer,” said TD Interestingly, soon afeconomist Maria Solovieva in a note. ter the meeting, the
Household debt level rises as interest rates bite into cash flow
kilometre Barrington Lake wildfire is no longer growing. Teams with the province’s Department of Natural Resources will be flying over the fire in southwest Nova Scotia this week and will use infrared scanners to detect areas where firefighters should be dispatched. About 5,000 firefighting personnel from multiple countries have been deployed across Canada to help battle the flames, and hundreds more are expected to arrive from Chile, Costa Rica, Spain and Portugal in the coming days. Source: ctvnews.ca
Budget, May 9 top agenda in PM-COAS meeting
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OTTAWA - Canadians have less cash to spend even as they are taking on more debt, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday, at a time when interest rates are the highest they’ve been in decades. On a seasonally adjusted
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the army and official secrets acts. National Assembly passed a resolu- Shehbaz promises all-out support to tion seeking the trial of May 9 riot- Sindh govt for cyclone response ers — who were involved in attacks The PM-COAS meeting is also beon military and state installations — lieved to be significant in the back“without any delay” and under the drop of the presentation of the recent Pakistan Army Act, 1952. fiscal budget. Although there was no official word PM backs budget about the meeting but sources close Prime Minister Shehbaz also said in to the prime minister told Dawn that his tweets that despite the constraints the COAS called on the PM. imposed by domestic and global cirThe COAS has also said recently that cumstances, the budget 2023-24 there will be no mercy for the plan- promised to turn things around and ners, instigators, abettors and perpe- has outlined a clear path for the purtrators involved in the May 9 may- pose.The prime minister said the hem and that they will be tried under Cont. @ page 5