45 h. ago California man agrees to plead guilty to acting as Beijing's agent

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government in Southern California while working as a campaign advisor to for a local politician

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6 d. ago Suspected arsonists at Keir Starmer properties appear at Old Bailey to plead not guilty

Defendants are set to stand trial over the alleged arson campaign in April next year

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7 d. ago Gang who brought misery to Welsh city caught with £50,000 worth of drugs and £42,000 cash

A court heard the gang had no option but to plead guilty because police had so much evidence about their movements

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8 d. ago Xi directs quashing of Chinese feminists even as he praises advances at women’s conference

Chinese president is behind patriarchal turn in politics with activists silenced for ‘promoting gender antagonism’Addressing dignitaries gathered in Beijing on Monday, Xi Jinping praised the “historic achievements” of women’s rights in China. In the past 30 years, the Chinese president said, maternal mortality rates had dropped by nearly 80%, and women were now participating in the project of national governance with “unprecedented confidence and vigour”.Xi was speaking at the global women’s summit, an event on Monday and Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the historic UN’s world conference on women, which took place in Beijing. It was there in 1995 that Hillary Clinton, the then US first lady, delivered her “women’s rights are human rights” speech, lines now often quoted by people in China advocating for women’s rights. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man will plead guilty to threatening Pride event after Charlie Kirk’s death

Joshua Wayne Cole to admit in court to making online posts about shooting people at an LGBTQ+ parade in TexasA Texas man has agreed to plead guilty to going on social media and threatening to shoot people at an LGBTQ+ parade as vengeance for the murder of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.Joshua Wayne Cole signed federal court filings indicating that he planned to plead guilty to a charge of interstate threatening communications at a hearing tentatively set for 16 October, about a month after he was arrested in connection with online posts threatening to open fire on a Pride parade in Abilene, Texas. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago GOP lawmaker with 'joebidennnn69' screen name to plead guilty to sharing child sex abuse videos

A former Republican South Carolina House member has agreed to plead guilty to distributing child sexual abuse material

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4 w. ago Four guards plead guilty to brutal and fatal beating of Black inmate caught on body cam

Four of the 10 guards indicted in February are still headed to trial on October 6, including three accused of murder

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