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JOHANNESBURG, June 12 (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa filed an urgent court application on Friday to try to stop a parliamentary impeachment process from starting to probe allegations related to his “Farmgate” scandal, court documents showed. • Ramaphosa wants the high court to first make a decision on a separate application he made …
By Michael Holden and Alistair Smout LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – Four British pro-Palestinian activists were sentenced to a total of more than 20 years over a 2024 raid on a factory operated by Israeli defence firm Elbit which caused more than £1 million of damage, with the judge giving longer terms after determining there …
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. says it is close to signing a peace deal that would end the three-month-old war with Iran, though terms have not yet been made public. It is not clear at this point how any agreement would stack up against the 2015 deal with Iran, which lifted sanctions in …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ronnie Schell, who played the best friend to the title character on the 1960s sitcom “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” and whose gradual ascendancy in show business earned him the title of “America’s Slowest Rising Comedian,” died Friday. He was 94. Schell died of natural causes at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He …
NEW YORK (AP) — Blake Lively can recover some legal costs from fellow actor and director Justin Baldoni but not punitive damages and other relief she sought after settling her legal claims over their 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” a judge ruled Friday. Judge Lewis J. Liman said in a written ruling that Lively …
Pope Leo XIV leaves papal plane after technical problem is detected – CBS News Watch CBS News Pope Leo XIV was evacuated from the plane he boarded after a technical problem was announced. CBS News’ Chris Livesay reports.
Balladoli Miese, a New Yorker from Puerto Rico, calmed a rowdy crowd and asked them to avoid damaging public property after a Knicks loss on Monday. “It’s our city, we should not be breaking our city,” Miese said. CBS News’ Jared Ochacher reports.
Key details on the SpaceX IPO that made Elon Musk a trillionaire – CBS News Watch CBS News Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire after the SpaceX IPO on Friday. CBS News’ Kelly O’Grady reports.
Timothy Hudson, 16, has been charged with the death and sexual assault of his stepsister, Anna Kepner, who was on a Carnival cruise ship with her family when she was killed. Hudson’s step-grandmother, Sonya Ziske, spoke to CBS News about Kepner’s death, blaming parental irresponsibility as a major factor. CBS News’ Cristian Benavides reports.
Shopping for a mortgage rate before the June Fed meeting could make sense for borrowers right now. sakchai vongsasiripat/Getty Images So much for improvement in the mortgage interest rate space. After dropping by around a full percentage point from January 2025 to January 2026 and after briefly hovering below the 6% mark as late as …