An NBC News poll found that 57 percent of voters believe the investigations should continue “because if there is wrongdoing by Donald Trump, he should be held accountable just like anyone else.” Forty percent, on the other hand, believe the investigations should not continue “because they are politically motivated against a former president and divide the nation.” Just 21 percent of Republican voters believe the investigations should go ahead, compared with 92 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of independents, the poll found....

According to the official, the woman held Korean citizenship before acquiring New Zealand citizenship “a long time ago”. The official did not name the woman or provide other identifying information and could not confirm whether she was born in South Korea. His whereabouts are unknown, the official said. South Korean police have not launched their own investigation into the case, but are working with New Zealand authorities through Interpol. New Zealand police launched a homicide investigation earlier this month after a South Auckland family reported finding human body parts in several items they bought at an online auction from a storage facility....

Es war das einzige Konzert der Sängerin in diesem Jahr und laut Veranstalter das größte Solo-Künstlerkonzert, das jemals in Deutschland stattgefunden hat. Es war auch Fischers erster Live-Auftritt vor großem Publikum nach langer Pause und der Geburt ihres Kindes. Mit Songs wie „Genau dieses Gefühl“ und „Liebe ist ein Tanz“ wärmte sich Helene Fischer bei ihren Fans auf und dankte ihnen für ihre Beharrlichkeit. Stundenlang warteten die Zuhörer im strömenden Regen auf dem Messegelände....

The latest shutdown comes a month after Gazprom restored gas supplies through the pipeline to just one-fifth of its capacity following an earlier shutdown for maintenance. Russia blamed the reductions through the pipeline on technical problems, but Germany called the shutdown a political move by the Kremlin to sow uncertainty and raise prices amid the conflict in Ukraine. Natural gas prices rose on Friday after the announcement and are now more than double what they were a year ago....

The SpaceX Dragon cargo ship pulls away from the space station moments after detaching from the front port of the Harmony module during an orbital sunrise. Credit: NASA TV At 11:00 am EDT (8:00 a.m. PDT) on Friday, August 19, flight controllers on the ground sent commands to release the uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from the forward port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module. The station was flying about 259 miles above the Pacific Ocean at the time of release at 11:05 a....

“Families are disappointed. Businesses are disappointed,” Rep. Lori Idlout told CTV News Channel. “Water is such an essential human right.” Iqaluit, which reported a water shortage last week, is now working to get regulatory approval to draw water from a nearby lake. Joanna Quassa, Nunavut’s deputy minister of community and government services, said in a statement Friday that the federal government is “committed to working with the City of Ikaluit to ensure water levels meet the needs of Iqaluit residents in the coming winter”....

von Christian Willim facebookMessengerwhatsapptwittermailpocket Stundenlanger Starkregen in Vorarlberg machte am Freitag rund 1.500 Feuerwehreinsätze erforderlich. Die Rekordniederschläge führten zu zahlreichen Überschwemmungen von Stadtteilen und Straßen sowie zu Schlammlawinen. Ein großer Abschnitt der Rheintalautobahn (A14) blieb stundenlang gesperrt und brachte den Verkehr im Niederrheintal zum Erliegen. Das Ende des Regens gegen Mitternacht brachte jedoch erhebliche Erleichterung. Niemand wurde verletzt. In der Rettungs- und Feuerwehrleitstelle (RFL) in Feldkirch kam es am Freitag zu Ereignissen: Im Sekundentakt wurde Wassereinbruch ins Gebäude gemeldet, Keller und Garagen waren voll....

After becoming the first person to score a knockdown of the near-perfect champion in the 1st round, Edwards struggled in the following rounds to build any kind of momentum. Usman took the fight with his superior wrestling and heavy punching combinations and looked on his way to another title defense as he closed in on Anderson Silva’s record for most all-time. Usman’s pace slowed in Round 5 but was likely leading to a unanimous decision win for the champion as Edwards looked defeated in his corner as his team begged him to come alive in the final round....

Vers 4 h samedi, un appel au 911 a été fait au sujet d’un homme poignardé sur la rue Gervais près du boulevard Industriel dans le secteur de Montréal-Nord. La victime, un jeune de 17 ans, a été retrouvée blessée au haut du corps par des agents du Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM). Elle a été immédiatement transportée à l’hôpital où son état est jugé critique et on craint pour sa vie, a indiqué l’agent du SPVM Jean-Pierre Braband....

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in its daily briefing that fighting intensified around Bakhmut in the Donbass region. Taking Bakhmut would allow the Russians to advance on the region’s main Ukrainian-held cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Ukraine war live updates: Drone strikes ‘on Russian targets in Crimea’ The general staff briefing said Sloviansk and Kramatorsk were also targeted on Friday along with the Kharkiv region in the north, home to Ukraine’s second largest city....

30 Jahre nach den Krawallen in Rostock-Lichtenhagen sehen die Grünen die Gefahr von rechts nicht gebannt. Kulturminister Roth bat darum, die Erinnerung wach zu halten. Dem Leid der Opfer wird bis heute kaum Beachtung geschenkt. Anlässlich des 30. Jahrestages der rassistischen Ausschreitungen in Rostock-Lichtenhagen rief Kultusministerin Claudia Roth zu einer lebendigen Erinnerungskultur auf. „Die rassistischen Ausschreitungen in Rostock-Liechtenhagen haben eine ganze Kette fremdenfeindlicher Gewaltexzesse in der wiedervereinigten Bundesrepublik ausgelöst“, sagte der Grünen-Politiker....

It happened at about 9:19 am. near Old Weston Road and Rockwell Avenue, just north of St. Clair Avenue West, in the Stockyards area of ​​the city. Police said at least two vehicles crashed into a nearby home after the five-car crash and hit a gas meter. A gas leak is confirmed in the area and police are in the process of evacuating several nearby homes. According to police, a driver fled the scene of the crash on foot....

Everglades National Park, USA A professional python hunter employed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Enrique Galan, captures a Burmese python in Florida. Galan may freeze in fear every time he spots a yellow grasshopper, but that doesn’t stop him from regularly disappearing into the Everglades to hunt Burmese pythons, an invasive species that has been destroying Florida’s wetlands ecosystem for decades Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images

Joshua threw Usyk’s world title belts out of the ring after his loss and then went on a remarkable speech following his loss to Usyk in Jeddah. But Clarke, a close friend of Joshua’s, felt the British heavyweight star should have been given time to keep his cool. “As a friend of the gym and a friend in general, for anyone who has been offended by what happened, I think I can only apologize on their behalf for the outburst,” Clarke told Sky Sports....