Venezuela’s Maduro set to appear in US court months after abduction
Al Jazeera
The Venezuelan leader, who is accused of plotting to traffic cocaine, denies all charges as part of an imperialist plot.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is set to return to a New York courtroom as he seeks to have his drug trafficking indictment dismissed.
Thursday marks the first time that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will be in court since a January arraignment at which he protested his abduction by United States military forces and pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.
Maduro, 63, and Flores, 69, remain jailed at a detention centre in Brooklyn. Neither has requested bail.
Judge Alvin Hellerstein has yet to set a trial date, though that could potentially be announced at the hearing.
All 30 owners voted in favour of exploring the two city bids, according to ESPN, with the 2028-29 season the entry point.
Brent crude tops $104 a barrel as hopes fade for deescalation in US-Israel war on Iran.
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to pause AI rollout amid growing backlash to technology.
Home Affairs Department said decision to ban Iranian visitors amid the war on Iran was in Australia’s ‘national interest’.
Malaysia’s government plans to slash the number of foreign workers to encourage local hiring and raise incomes.
The first woman to lead the Church of England formally installed at ceremony before 2,000 guests.
The march comes as a court in the US suggests there may be a secret deportation agreement between the US and Mexico.
Videos show the moment a strike hit a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah.
Settler attacks, aid curbs and land seizures mar a week that was meant to be one of celebration for Palestinians.