Two more candidates for Oregon State Senate District 29 are facing endorsement challenges in the final days before the Republican primary election Tuesday, May 21.
A special court cleared France’s justice minister of conflict of interest Wednesday, ruling he was not guilty of having used his office to settle personal scores. Once a high-profile lawyer, Eric Dupond-Moretti was accused of abusing his position to order probes targeting magistrates who investigated him, his friends and his former clients. The verdict marked a political victory for Dupond-Moretti, who had denied wrongdoing and refused to resign before or during his two-week trial.
Ukraine has secured long-sought F-16 fighter jets, but will face a familiar challenge of training its troops to handle a sophisticated new weapon with demanding maintenance requirements, experts say.
A Suitable Fighter - Among the aircraft that could be delivered to Ukraine, the F-16 by American manufacturer Lockheed Martin is the one Kiev had been requesting for months from Western nations who were initially sceptical about supplying it. Armed with modern Western systems, F16s will not merely replenish the "critically depleted inventory" of the Ukrainian air force, but will also help Kiev "narrow the capability gap with the more advanced Russian aircraft."
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