The US Supreme Court rejected the request to stay the trial of Trump's "hush money" case

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) denied an application by former US President Donald Trump's lawyers to delay a judgment in his alleged hush-money case of 2016.The US top court denied Trump's emergency request "to block that decision's judgment" to be delivered this month 10, by a vote of 5-4 on Saturday.Earlier Saturday, the New York state appeals court also rejected Trump's lawyers' efforts to postpone the judgment. A court filing indicated that the

January 10, 2025

What will happen to TikTok on January 10th, US time?

On the morning of January 10, Eastern Time, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether "buy or ban" laws, which require social-media platforms to sell a foreign-owned service or face being blocked in the United States, violate the US Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech. The oral arguments have come about because, after TikTok sued the US government over the law, a federal appeals court found that the US government's "buy or ban" law

January 10, 2025

Wildfires in California, USA, have killed at least 6 people, and strong winds may hit again

Wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area of southern California since July 7 continue to burn. According to U.S. media, as of 3 p.m. local time on July 9, the wildfires have already killed at least six people.The United States media reports that Los Angeles Country is currently experiencing its worst fires on record.The municipal authorities of Los Angeles County, California, USA, and officials from the local fire department, the police and other relevant departments held a press conference on

January 10, 2025

Insiders: Trump will really "take the island"

US President-elect Donald Trump is apparently serious about trying to acquire Greenland – not necessarily by military force, but by other means such as putting economic and diplomatic pressure on Denmark."I'm not saying that he wants to use force to acquire Greenland," said the source, who is close to the Trump team. "But he is apparently serious about using other ways – economic, diplomatic – to acquire at least control of Greenland."According to a friend who saw a list of

January 10, 2025

Danish prime minister: no response to request for phone call with Trump on Greenland issue

Frederiksen, speaking at a news conference at 9 p.m., said that Denmark's government had sent a formal reply to Trump's camp proposing a telephone conversation between the president-elect and herself. So far, she said, the Danish government had yet to receive any response.Earlier, Frederiksen gathered the leaders of political parties in the Danish parliament. She said that during the past three months, since Trump made his controversial statement, there had been informal dialogues between the Trump campaign and the Danish

January 10, 2025

Garland scores 40 and 9, Mitchell rests, Barnes scores 24 and 10, Cavaliers rally to beat Raptors and win their 12th consecutive game

With the NBA regular season in full swing, the league-leading Cavaliers hosted the Raptors on the second night of a back-to-back. Following a 110-102 victory on the road in Oklahoma City against the Thunder, Cleveland was 32-4 and held the best record in the league. Toronto, on the other hand, entered the game losers of three-straight and sitting just 8-29, in 13th place in the Eastern Conference. The Raptors were without All-Star Scottie Barnes, but still had a solid mix

January 10, 2025

Trump missed Greenland and copied his predecessors' homework

We all know about Trump's "mapquest" these days. And the world went into pandemonium when he said that the United States would not rule out military action to "buy" Greenland.That was a bit out there, but in doing so, Trump was just channeling his predecessors – all the way back to Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, who both tried to make Greenland part of the US.Right in the middle of the shortest possible route between Washington and Moscow sits the

January 10, 2025

Mandela's grandson suspected of robbery, arrested at his grandfather's home

JOHANNESBURG- South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela's grandson has been detained, along with four other young men, by Johannesburg city police officers on charges of hijacking a motor vehicle and possessing a firearm without a license.Fihla, a spokesman for the Johannesburg City Police who uses only one name, said that a white Toyota Corolla was hijacked by unknown men on Louis Botha Avenue in Johannesburg's Oaks earlier this month. The owner reportedly immediately reported the crime at a nearby police

January 10, 2025

Trump will be sentenced tonight in the "hush money" case, just 10 days before he takes office as President of the United States

By a vote of 5-4 on January 9, local time, the US Supreme Court rejected the motion for a preliminary injunction filed by President-elect Trump's lawyers, seeking to delay the sentencing in the hush-money case. The state's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, had reached the same decision just hours before. This means that on January 10 at 9:30 a.m. local time – just ten days before he is to be inaugurated as US president – Trump will

January 10, 2025

Rockets narrowly beat the Grizzlies and solidify their second place in the Western Conference! Shen Jing scores 32 points and 14 rebounds, Jalen Green scores 27 points, and Morant returns with 27 points

Grizzlies 24-13 (3rd in west) and Rockets 24-12 (2nd in west) in the NBA regular seasonThe two teams were locked in a tight battle as they entered the fourth quarter, with both sides displaying exceptional shooting performances. The Rockets, in particular, seemed to have taken the upper hand with their aggressive defense and impressive scoring.But in the final quarter, the Grizzlies staged a furious comeback, mounting a massive charge to try to pull ahead. However, it seemed like their efforts

January 10, 2025