Tense

The tense tick, tick, tick of jury deliberations at Trump’s first criminal trial

CNN — The mood flips from torpor to high tension in a second on the high-security 15th floor of the grimy old Manhattan courthouse where a jury will resume deliberations on Donald Trump’s fate Thursday morning. Seven men and five women jurors, headed by a foreperson who grew up in Ireland, were deep into a …

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Egypt Independent May 30, 2024

Eurovision braces for its most tense contest yet, as protesters and artists bristle at Israel’s presence

CNN — In the seven-decade history of Eurovision, it’s unlikely that a three-word slogan has been repeated so readily by the song contest’s extravagant contestants, tireless organizers or cagey media managers: The world, they insist, can be “United by Music.” But Malmo, the Swedish city hosting the kitsch cultural phenomenon this year, is increasingly divided …

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Egypt Independent May 8, 2024