THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Niger has formally left the International Criminal Court, accusing the judicial body in The Hague of selective justice.

The west African country submitted a letter to the United Nations on Monday, triggering the withdrawal process from the court’s foundational treaty, the Rome Statute.

“While the court had raised great hopes among peoples who cherish peace and justice, it has been misused and exploited,” the letter said.
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NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s military junta announced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality, an adviser to the justice minister said Friday.

The West African nation is the latest to criminalize homosexuality, following similar measures earlier this year in Senegal.

The new penal code punishes anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practices lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, Queer, intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) acts” with between five and 10 years in prison and a fine, according to the text of the new penal code.

“This same penalty is applicable to persons who officiated the marriage, to the witnesses of the alleged spouses, as well as to persons who have given their consent for the celebration of the marriage and to the organizers,” the new penal code said.

Hamidou Julien, an adviser to the justice minister, confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that the law took effect on Thursday.

Previously, homosexuality wasn’t illegal in Niger, but has been heavily stigmatized.

Laws prohibiting homosexuality are common across Africa: more than 30 of the 54 countries criminalize same-sex sexual acts. Niger has joined countries like Senegal, Kenya, Sierra Leone and Tanzania, where penalties can include 10 or more years of imprisonment. In Somalia, Uganda and Mauritania, the offense can carry the death penalty.

Rapper Pooh Shiesty, best known for linking up with Spotemgottem, has been arrested in Dallas on charges of kidnapping. He had previously also been jailed for his role in a nightclub shooting, but had released October of last year.

Spotemgottem has not yet responded to our request for comment.

On June 17th it was announced that Daveigh Elizabeth Chase, a former child actress of the 2000s, had died the previous day from complications caused by meningitis and severe blood infections. Not much is known about the circumstances of her death at this time, other than the fact that she had been recently admitted to the hospital for severe malnourishment.

Born in 1990, Chase was best known for her iconic roles as Samara Morgan in The Ring, Samantha Darko in Donnie Darko, Lilo Pelekai in Disney's Lilo & Stitch, and Chihiro Ogino in the English dub of Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away. In the 2010s, she suddenly stopped acting and vanished from the public sphere. According to Chase's mother in a press interview, Daveigh suffered from opioid addiction following a motorcycle accident in 2016 as well as periods of homelessness due to the instability of the housing market in Los Angeles.


Also when she was 12 she got invited to a (((party))) by 'P Diddy

Snopes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daveigh_Chase

Shortly after his surprise appearance at the Summer Smash festival, Nettspend did an interview with 42ceo where he announced a collaborative tour and album with fellow rapper OsamaSon dubbed "NXO." While there have been some murmurs about such a project, this is the first time this has been explicitly confirmed by either Nettspend or OsamaSon.

Response to this announcement has been generally positive, but some have expressed concerns that this project will end up as vaporware, similar to the collaborative mixtape titled "16*29" between Lil Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti.

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American singer Oliver Tree is among the dead in the accident involving two helicopters that left six dead in the Southwest region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the morning of this Sunday.

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Earlier today the official White House Twitter account posted "︎︎White House will be Q posting today…" https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2069071254829609256
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Finally, the White House posted "Always trust. 👀" with this image:
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