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Sydney's Historic March for Gaza: Tens of Thousands Call for Ceasefire
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- Saudi Gazette
Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering, bribery
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced Friday to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery, marking a historic verdict against one of the country's most influential political figures. The ruling followed a nearly six-month trial in which prosecutors argued that Uribe, 73, sought to influence witnesses who had accused him of ties to a paramilitary group in the 1990s. Judge Sandra Heredia, who presided over the case, also barred Uribe from holding public office for eight years and imposed a fine of about $776,000. Heredia rejected the defense's request to keep Uribe free during the appeals process, citing the ease with which the former president could leave the country 'to evade the imposed sanction.' Uribe, who governed from 2002 to 2010 with strong U.S. backing, has denied wrongdoing and vowed to appeal, claiming 'politics prevailed over the law.' The appeals court has until early October to decide, and the case could still reach Colombia's Supreme court found that Uribe conspired with a lawyer to pressure three imprisoned ex-paramilitary members into changing testimony they had given to Senator Iván Cepeda, a leftist lawmaker investigating Uribe's alleged paramilitary investigation began in 2018 after the Supreme Court dismissed a libel case Uribe had filed against Cepeda and instead turned its scrutiny on the former remains a polarizing figure: celebrated by supporters for leading military offensives that weakened the FARC insurgency and paved the way for a 2016 peace deal, but condemned by critics who accuse him of human rights abuses and enabling paramilitary sentence has stirred strong reactions. 'It's an unjust sentence. He deserves to be free,' said Martha Peñuela Rosales, a supporter in Bogotá. Opponent Sergio Andrés Parra, who protested outside the courthouse, said the ruling sends a lasting message: 'Even if he appeals, history has already condemned him.' — Agencies
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Trump calls on Federal Reserve board to wrest full control of central bank from Fed Chair Powell
President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve's board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell criticizing the head of the US central bank for not cutting short-term interest rates. Posting on his Truth Social platform Trump called Powell stubborn. The Fed chair has been subjected to vicious verbal attacks by the Republican president over several months. The Fed has the responsibility of stabilizing prices and maximizing employment. Powell has held its benchmark rate for overnight loans constant this year saying that Fed officials needed to see what impact Trump's massive tariffs had on inflation. If Powell doesn't substantially lower rates Trump said 'THE BOARD SHOULD ASSUME CONTROL AND DO WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS HAS TO BE DONE!' Trump sees the rate cuts as leading to stronger growth and lower debt servicing costs for the federal government and homebuyers. The president argues there is virtually no inflation even though the Fed's preferred measure is running at an annual rate of 2.6 percent slightly higher than the Fed's 2 percent target. Trump has called for slashing the Fed's benchmark rate by 3 percentage points bringing it down dramatically from its current average of 4.33 percent. The risk is that a rate cut that large could cause more money to come into the economy than can be absorbed possibly causing inflation to accelerate. The Supreme Court suggested in a May ruling that Trump could not remove Powell for policy disagreements. This led the White House to investigate whether the Fed chair could be fired for cause because of the cost overruns in its 2.5 billion renovation projects. Powell's term as chair ends in May 2026 at which point Trump can put his Senate-confirmed pick in the seat.
