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Argentine ex-president Kirchner begins six-year term under house arrest

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s ex-president Cristina Kirchner began serving a six-year fraud sentence under house arrest on Tuesday, after a judge granted her request to avoid prison in a case that dramatically ended her two-decade career. The Supreme Court last week upheld the 72-year-old’s conviction for β€œfraudulent administration” while president, along with her lifelong ban on…

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Trump extends TikTok deadline for third time

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump will extend a June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short video app TikTok for 90 days despite a law that mandated a sale or shutdown absent significant progress, the White House said on Tuesday. Trump had already twice granted a reprieve from enforcement of…

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NY mayoral candidate held by immigration cops

NEW YORK: US immigration police handcuffed a New York mayoral candidate at court on Tuesday after he sought to assist migrants threatened with deportation under President Donald Trump’s campaign targeting undocumented people. Images captured by witnesses and American media show Brad Lander, the city’s comptroller, in a suit and tie, being forcefully wrestled and handcuffed…

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