Donald Trump could be banned from holding public office if he is found guilty of mishandling classified White House records after raid - Legal experts warn

 

 Former US President Donald Trump could be banned from holding public office if he is found guilty of mishandling White House records.
 This is coming after his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida was raided by the FBI Monday, August 9, as part of an investigation into whether he took classified documents with him when he left presidential office.
The former president reportedly took 15 boxes of material with him in January 2021 after he left Washington D.C. The boxes were returned to the National Archives a year later in January 2022 but agents are looking to see if Trump had additional material. According to Mail Online, federal law prohibits someone convicted of mishandling documents from holding any office in the US, legal experts have warned could be a 'huge' development for Trump's hopes to run for president in 2024.

US hits record 1,424 new monkeypox cases in a single day

 

 The U.S. logged a record 1,424 monkeypox cases on Monday, the highest total since the global outbreak.
 Monday's figures bring America's overall case total to 8,934, putting the U.S. on track to be the first nation to eclipse 9,000 confirmed infection when officials report new figures on Tuesday.
'As we head into the fall, I'm concerned about outbreaks on college campuses as they are often a place where individuals engage in higher risk sexual activity and are in close contact with many different people,' Dr Rachel Cox, an assistant professor in at the Mass General Health Institute of Health Professionals, told CNN.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on the West to ban all Russians from travelling to their countries

 

 Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the West to ban all Russians from entering their countries in response to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
 The embattled president urged world leaders to close their borders to all citizens of the invading nation in a bid to further punish the Kremlin for its savagery.
He told the Washington Post: 'The most important sanctions are to close the borders — because the Russians are taking away someone else's land.'
 He added Russians should be forced to 'live in their own world until they change their philosophy.'
The Ukrainian leader wants the West to close its borders for a year to Russian citizens and impose a full embargo on the purchase of Russian energy.

"It's the hardest thing I could ever imagine" Serena Williams announces retirement from tennis

 

  The legendary tennis player said in the latest issue of Vogue: "It's the hardest thing that I could ever imagine. I don't want it to be over, but at the same time I'm ready for what's next."
Williams' retirement is not immediate. She revealed in her Vogue piece that she is still hopeful she can play at the US Open in New York later this month.
 She wrote: "Unfortunately I wasn't ready to win Wimbledon this year. And I don't know if I will be ready to win New York. But I'm going to try. And the lead-up tournaments will be fun.

Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer, dies aged 84

 

 Famed Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, has died of liver cancer in a hospital in Tokyo. He was 84. Miyake was renowned for his innovative pleated clothing and for producing 100 mock turtlenecks for the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
 He died last Friday, August 5.
 The Issey Miyake Group released a short statement about his work saying: "Miyake’s dynamic spirit was driven by a relentless curiosity and desire to convey joy through the medium of design."
 It stated that "as per Mr Miyake’s wishes, there will be no funeral or memorial service."
Miyake studied graphic design at a Tokyo art university and went on to learn clothing design in Paris, where he worked with famed fashion designers Guy Laroche and Hubert de Givenchy, before heading to New York.

Notre-Dame Cathedral on track to reopen in 2024

 

 The Notre-Dame Cathedral is on track to open its doors to worshippers and the public in 2024, says France's culture minister. The 13th Century Paris monument caught fire in April 2019, sparking a vast outpouring of emotion. Since then, a huge restoration project has been carried out aiming to restore it to its previous design.

Hitler's watch sells for $1.1m in controversial sale

 

 A watch said to have belonged to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has sold for $1.1m (£900,000) at an auction in the US. The Huber timepiece, which sold to an anonymous bidder, shows a swastika and has the initials AH engraved on it.
Jewish leaders condemned the auction ahead of the sale at Alexander Historical Auctions in Maryland.
However the auction house - which has sold Nazi memorabilia in the past - told German media its aim was to preserve history.
Adolf Hitler led Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945, orchestrating the systematic murder of as many as 11 million people - six million of whom were killed because they were Jewish.
The product catalogue for the watch says it was possibly given as a birthday present to the fascist leader in 1933, the year he became Chancellor of Germany.

Golf legend Tiger Woods rejected a $700-$800 million offer to join Saudi-backed LIV golf

 

 LIV Golf commissioner, Greg Norman confirmed that the controversial Saudi-backed breakaway attempted to lure away Tiger Woods with $700-800million deal to join the Saudi-backed LIV golf.
 The series, which is backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, has caused an outrage in the sport with the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour after it poached some of the sport's stars with lucrative deals - and even tried to snatch up the biggest name in golf, Woods.
Norman, a two-time major champion, appeared on Fox News' Tucker Carlson Show Monday night and hit back at the rival tour as he accused the PGA Tour of continuing to take sponsorship money from Saudi backers.

Monica Lewinsky wants Beyoncé to remove lyric about her from 'Partition'

 

Since Beyoncé is editing lyrics, Monica Lewinsky has a request. Lewinsky, the former White House intern who became embroiled in a sex scandal with then President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, tweeted the news of Beyoncé removing an abelist slur from the song "Heated" on her new album "Renaissance" with a suggestion.
"uhmm, while we're at it... #Partition,"Lewinsky tweeted.
"Partition" is a track from the singer's 2013 self-titled fifth studio album. In the song, Beyoncé sings that a man "Monica Lewinsky'd all on my gown."

Phil Mickelson, 10 other LIV golfers file antitrust lawsuit against PGA Tour

 

 Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson and 10 other golfers on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday to challenge their suspensions by the PGA Tour.
Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones, who are three of the 11 golfers listed on the lawsuit, are seeking a temporary restraining order that would allow them to play in the Tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs, which is set to begin next week.
"The Tour has ventured to harm the careers and livelihoods of any golfers...who have the temerity to defy the Tour and play in tournaments sponsored by the new entrant. The Tour has done so in an intentional and relentless effort to crush nascent competition before it threatens the Tour's monopoly," the complaint says.

Mauricio Pochettino knocks Paris Saint-Germain after his sacking, says the club's obsession with winning the Champions League means anything else is failure

 

Mauricio Pochettino has slammed Paris Saint-Germain after sacking saying, the club's desperation to win the Champions League has stopped the club from moving forward.
 The ex-Spurs boss was sacked by the French giants a month ago, and has come out to speak about his exit.
The 50-year-old enjoyed successful 18 months in charge at the Parc de Princes. He grabbed a Ligue 1 title and Coupe de France, but domestic success is obviously not what the club wants as
 'Everything is focused on the Champions League and sometimes that distracts a bit and that requirement seems to only exist in the Champions League preview and in other competitions it seems like PSG's superiority,’ Pochettino said.

China fires long-range missiles towards Taiwan in aggressive military exercises

 

 China has launched a flurry of missiles into Taiwanese territory, with a fleet of 10 People's Liberation Army navy warships arriving the median line that separates the warring nations.
 Chinese defence ministry also said its Red Army is gearing up to respond to an "enemy situation" as it carries out targeted military drills in patches of the ocean surrounding the self-ruled island.
China engaged in its largest-ever military exercises, encircling Taiwan on Thursday August 4, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes after a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday August 3, after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views the self-ruled island as its territory.

Senegalese star, Kalidou Koulibaly hits back at Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis, after he said he won't sign African players unless they agree to not play in AFCON

 

 
Chelsea and Senegalese defender, Kalidou Koulibaly has hit back Aurelio De Laurentiis for a lack of 'respect' after the Napoli owner said he won't sign African players unless they agree to not play in AFCON
  Earlier, the 73-year-old film producer slammed the lack of African players' availability throughout the season and questioned why they should have to pay their full salaries.
Koulibaly, who moved from Napoli to Chelsea this summer, has now hit back at De Laurentiis at a press conference as he was unveiled as a Blues player at Cobham training ground on Wednesday.

BBC presenter, John Caine who s3xually assaulted teen boy after luring him to studios with backstage pass is jailed for eight years

 

 A BBC radio presenter who sexually abused a teenage boy after luring him to BBC studios with backstage passes has been jailed for eight years.
 Former journalist, John Caine, 69, was today, August 3,  jailed after being convicted of gross indecency for crimes including sexually assaulting the boy under 16 while another unidentified man held him down.
A court heard Caine used the visits to the BBC Merseyside studio to grope the boy, from Flintshire in North Wales, over his clothing on separate occasions while driving home from the radio station.
 Caine, previously of Gower Street in Liverpool, appeared at Caernarfon Crown Court today via video link from HMP Berwyn in Wrexham, for sentencing today.

Instagram U-turns on TikTok-style revamp

 

 Instagram says it is pausing a rollout of new features on its app following backlash online from users, influencers and celebrities. Among the new features was an increase in recommended video content, in a similar style to rival app TikTok.
The display and feeds were criticised as people felt they were not seeing photos from friends and family as much. Meta, Instagram's parent company, said it wanted to "take the time" to get the changes right.
The revamp of Instagram towards more video content is believed to have been ignited by the soaring popularity of competitor TikTok - where users post and watch more video as opposed to static photographs.

More than 18,000 cases of monkey pox from 78 countries worldwide - WHO

 

 
There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization has said.
So far, 98% of cases outside the countries in Africa where the virus is endemic have been reported in men who have sex with men, the WHO said.
The news from WHO comes after the UN health body declared the outbreak a global health emergency on Saturday.
 WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaking on Wednesday, July 27 urged the group of infected people to consider reducing the numbers of new sexual partners and swapping contact details with any new partners.

New Zealand fully reopens borders after long pandemic closure

 

 New Zealand's borders are fully open for the first time since March 2020, when they shut in an effort to keep out Covid-19. Immigration authorities will now begin accepting visitors with visas and those on student visas again. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called it an "enormous moment", adding it was part of a "cautious process".
Most visitors will still need to be fully vaccinated, but there are no quarantine requirements.
The country's maritime border has also reopened, with cruise ships and foreign recreational yachts now allowed to dock.

Republicans launch bill that would require fathers to pay child support to unborn babies

 

 The Republicans have launched a new bill that would require a father to pay child support throughout a pregnancy, from conception to childbirth.
 Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. (pictured above), introduced the Unborn Child Support Act last week that would amend the Social Security Act to "ensure that child support for unborn children is collected and distributed under the child support enforcement program".
Under the bill, mothers would be able to request child support from the moment of conception and would even be able to collect the payments retroactively if paternity was not established until birth.

Napoli President vows never to sign Africans again because of AFCON

 

 Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis has remarkably stated that he will not sign African players for the club unless they agree to not play in the African Cup of Nations.
The 73-year-old says he 'loves' Napoli's African players, but he rues having to pay them so much for the amount of time they are away.
'I love them, but either they sign something confirming they'll back out of playing the Africa Cup of Nations, or otherwise between that tournament, the World Cup qualifiers in South America, these players are never available! 'We are the idiots who pay salaries only to send them all over the world playing for others.'

England win Euro 2022 final highlights and reaction as Lionesses bring football home

 

 England created history by winning their first major women's tournament in a dramatic Euro 2022 final against old rivals and eight-time champions Germany at Wembley.
Substitute Chloe Kelly poked home a loose ball from a corner to send the raucous record crowd of 87,192 into a frenzy with ten minutes of extra time remaining.
She waited for confirmation of the goal before taking off her shirt and waving it around her head, while being lifted by her team-mates in a moment of pure elation.
On a monumental day in English football history, Sarina Wiegman's side showed they were equal to anything a strong and physical Germany team threw at them.