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Disney will soon name Kimberly Godwin, a CBS News executive vice president, as president of ABC News, according to NBC News.
Godwin and Disney, the parent company of ABC, are in the last stages of negotiating her contract, the report stated. As president of ABC News, Godwin would report to the chairman of Disney’s entertainment division, Peter Rice, according to NBC.
She would be the first Black woman to lead ABC News, NBC reported.
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US lifts sanctions off ICC
Building of the International Criminal Court, in Hague on 23 December 2019 [Wikipedia] April 6, 2021 at 12:45 pm
The United States on Friday lifted sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda that drew international criticism after they were imposed by the administration of former President Donald Trump,
Reuters reported.
The move, announced by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, lifts sanctions imposed on Bensouda over her investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
It also removes Phakiso Mochochoko, head of the ICC s Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division, from the Specially Designated Nationals list.
In a statement, Blinken said the State Department had also terminated a separate 2019 policy on visa restrictions on certain ICC personnel and added: These decisions reflect our assessment that the measures adopted were inappropriate and ineffective.
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The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)
The United States on Friday lifted sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda that drew international criticism after they were imposed by the administration of former President Donald Trump.
The move, announced by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, lifts sanctions imposed on Bensouda over her investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
It also removes Phakiso Mochochoko, head of the ICC’s Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division, from the Specially Designated Nationals list.
In a statement, Blinken said the State Department had also terminated a separate 2019 policy on visa restrictions on certain ICC personnel and added: “These decisions reflect our assessment that the measures adopted were inappropriate and in
Biden reversed Trump’s sanctions on International Criminal Court officials. What happens now? Kyle Rapp, Kelebogile Zvobgo The International Criminal Court in The Hague. (Peter Dejong/AP) On April 2, President Biden reversed the previous administration’s economic sanctions on International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and one of her deputies, Phakiso Mochochoko. The State Department also ended visa restrictions on ICC personnel. This comes after months of pressure on Biden, going back to the November election. Why were ICC officials sanctioned in the first place and what was the response from the international community? And what does Biden’s reversal mean for the U.S.-ICC relationship?
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