Putin foe Alexei Navalny dies in jail, West holds Russia responsible. Trump must pay $355M for overstating net worth to dupe lenders, NY judge rules in civil fraud case.

Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic and 47-year-old former lawyer fell unconscious and died in a walk in the penal colony in which he was serving for charges of extremism. U.S. President Joe Biden says he is outraged, joining other Western leaders in alleging the death on Putin’s work of political repression. (Reuters)

New York judge ruled Friday for Former U.S. President Donald Trump and his companies to pay $354.9 million USD for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders. Trump is banned from serving as officer or director in any New York corporation for three years; Trump calls this on X, formerly Twitter, a ‘political witch hunt. (CBC)