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Former Kursk Governor Alexei Smirnov Jailed 14 Years for Defrauding Government

A judge in the southwestern Kursk region on Monday sentenced former Governor Alexei Smirnov to 14 years in prison after he was found guilty of defrauding the government, making him the highest-ranking ex-official to have been jailed in a years-long corruption saga involving border defense construction projects.

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The bridge between Rubio's Munich speech and the Supreme Court birthright fight | The National

The US Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments on President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born on American soil to undocumented immigrants – the clearest legal expression yet of the nativist worldview that now drives much of the administration’s immigration policy. Al…

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Two separate Israeli espionage cases uncover Iran-linked activities in Jerusalem, Ashkelon

An Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court allowed on Monday the publication of limited additional details from a sensitive security investigation involving several suspects alleged to have provided services to Iranian elements, in what appears to be the latest case in Israel’s widening wave of Iran-linked espionage affairs.

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Luke Kennard must step up for Lakers without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves

The stage at American Airlines Center on Easter Sunday felt exposed. LIke it was stripped of its stars. Sure, there was still LeBron James and on the other side of the court 19-year-old phenom Cooper Flagg, but there was no Luka Doncic making his return to Dallas. No Austin Reaves or Kyrie Irving either.

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Sinner’s win streak puts Alcaraz’s No 1 spot under threat as clay-court season gets underway | The National

It feels like we’ve just witnessed Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner secure the Sunshine Double, but before we could finish saying ‘adios, Miami’, the tour had already moved onto the clay, and the first week of tournaments on the dirt was done and dusted.

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