Jurors found Hunter Biden guilty of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user and illegally having the gun for 11 days
Prosecutors spent last week using testimony from his ex-wife and former girlfriends, photos of Hunter Biden with drug paraphernalia and other tawdry evidence to make the case
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It's unclear whether prosecutors will call any rebuttal witnesses before the case goes to closing arguments, and then to the jury
US President Biden, who is currently on an official state visit to Paris, held meetings with his France counterpart
Calling himself a student of French history, Biden said the visit was a great honor and he noted that America's ties to France date to the Revolutionary War
Biden hosted Macron in December 2022 at the White House for the first state visit of his presidency as the Covid-19 pandemic receded
Biden hosted Macron in December 2022 at the White House for the first state visit of his presidency a glamorous affair that included business and political figures after the Covid-19 pandemic
For Israel and Hamas, the US diplomatic press has become a public test of whether either side is ready to stop fighting at least on any terms that fall short of their professed goals
In Israel, Blinken will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials
That shortfall in weaponry came after US military aid was held up in Congress for six months before Biden in April signed the $61 billion package into law
The United States is by far Kyiv's biggest supplier of wartime support, and Ukraine is trying to fend off an intense Russian offensive in eastern areas of the country
The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that the US Department of State had cleared two possible sales to Taiwan of F-16 parts and supporting equipment, valued at a total of USD 300 million for Taiwan.
Hunter Biden has been charged with three felonies stemming from the purchase of a gun in October 2018
Putin also said Trump's felony conviction at his hush money trial last week was the result of 'the use of the court system as part of the internal political struggle'
Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Taiwanese President Lai Ching Te, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the Chinese Foreign Ministry also sent congratulatory messages to Modi
Meanwhile, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said there would be no let-up in Israel's offensive while negotiations over the ceasefire proposal were under way
Freedom House, a Washington, DC-based organisation that promotes democracy, said its Freedom Index measuring democratic health globally has declined for 18 straight years
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face each other in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5 in what looks set to be a divisive, closely fought contest
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