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British gay rights activist charged, briefly detained in Russia ahead of World Cup Peter Tatchell was arrested by police after unfurling a poster critical of Vladimir Putin. The incident highlights Russiaʼs approach to criticism of the president as well as the state of gay rights in the country. British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell was arrested by Russian police at Red Square Thursday, as the World Cup soccer championship was about to get underway in the country. Tatchell unfurled a poster with the words, "Putin fails to act against Chechnya torture of gay people," as part of a one-man protest.

Hungarian court sentences traffickers who let 71 migrants suffocate to 25 years in prison Three years after the discovery of 71 suffocated migrants in the back of a truck in Austria, the smugglers responsible have been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The ringleader was accused of "frightening indifference."A Hungarian court sentenced four human traffickers to 25 years in prison in connection with the gruesome deaths of 71 migrants found crammed inside a freezer truckin 2015. The four men — three Bulgarians and an Afghan national — were found guilty of "aggravated murder with particular cruelty." They included the groupʼs Afghan ringleader, along with his two closet associates and the truck driver. The prosecution had initially sought for life sentences for the four main suspects. Eleven other members of the smuggling ring were due to be handed down sentences later on Thursday.

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New York Attorney General files lawsuit against Trump Foundation Trump attacked the claim, saying he would not settle, but the list of claims against him is piling

Hungarian court sentences traffickers who let 71 migrants suffocate to 25 years in prison Three years after the discovery of 71 suffocated migrants in the back of a truck in Austria, the smugglers responsible have been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The ringleader was accused of "frightening indifference."A Hungarian court sentenced four human traffickers to 25 years in prison in connection with the gruesome deaths of 71 migrants found crammed inside a freezer truckin 2015. The four men — three Bulgarians and an Afghan national — were found guilty of "aggravated murder with particular cruelty." They included the groupʼs Afghan ringleader, along with his two closet associates and the truck driver. The prosecution had initially sought for life sentences for the four main suspects. Eleven other members of the smuggling ring were due to be handed down sentences later on Thursday.

Argentinaʼs lower house votes New Yorkʼs Attorney General has alleged Donald Trump used his charity’s money to help his businesses and himself. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood on Thursday filed a lawsuit with the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, US President Donald Trump and his three eldest children. Underwood wrote in a legal complaint presented to the court that the foundation had engaged in "extensive unlawful political coordination" with Trumpʼs 2016 presidential campaign and had undertaken "persistent illegal conduct" for over a decade. Underwood, who has jurisdiction over the foundation because it is based at Trump Tower in Manhattan and registered in New York State, saida 20month state investigationhad found multiple violations of both state and federal law. She cited two cases when the foundation had allegedly flouted tax office rules prohibiting tax-exempt foundations from sponsoring political campaigns. "As our investigation reveals, the Trump Foundation was little more than a

checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his businesses to nonprofits, regardless of their purpose or legality," the New York attorney general said. Underwood asked the court to dissolve the foundation and order the reallocation of $1 million (€850,000) of its assets to other charities. She also asked that Trump be forced to pay at least $2.8 million in restitution and penalties and that the sitting president be banned from heading up any other New York nonprofit organization for 10 years. Trumpʼs children, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka and Eric, were named in the lawsuit as official board members of the foundation. The complaint said they had exercised no oversight and noted that the board had not met since 1999. It called for them to be banned from heading any other New York nonprofit organization for a year. Trump, who set up the foundation in 1987, attacked the lawsuit in several tweets blaming Democrat politicians.

to legalize abortion within 14 weeks of conception The motion passed by a narrow margin after two days of contentious debate. The bill has also been hotly debated by the conservative South American countryʼs citizenry. The measure will now move to the Senate. On Thursday, Argentinaʼs lower house voted 129 to 123 to approve a measure that would legalize elective abortion within 14 weeks of conception. The vote came after two days of heated debate in the chamber.

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