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Telegraph
11 hours ago
- Automotive
- Telegraph
Ice cream van helps commuters cool off in A23 traffic gridlock
A traffic gridlock on the A23 allowed motorists to stretch their legs – and enjoy an ice cream from a well-placed van – on Monday evening. Grateful drivers stepped out onto the tarmac to form an orderly queue at the window of the van on the road in West Sussex. National Highways reported gridlocked traffic northbound between Warninglid and Handcross after a collision. Pictures from the scene showed the stranded motorists getting ice creams to refresh themselves in the 22C heat. Some were not so lucky, with one posting on social media that he had been stuck for more than two hours but was 'unfortunately nowhere near the ice cream van'. The collision took place shortly after 7.30pm, and National Highways later said the road had reopened at around 9pm.
The Advertiser
13 hours ago
- Business
- The Advertiser
No one from Adani charged with US graft: chairman
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani denies any wrongdoing in response to US allegations of bribery, telling shareholders that no individual from the group has been charged under foreign corruption laws. "Despite all the noise, the facts are that no one from the Adani Group has been charged with violating the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) or conspiring to obstruct justice," the billionaire said at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday. "Even in the face of the storms and relentless scrutiny, the Adani Group has never backed down," he said. In November, US authorities indicted Adani and several executives, alleging they paid bribes to secure Indian power contracts and misled US investors. The Adani Group has rejected the allegations as "baseless" and said it was co-operating with legal processes. Adani Group and its 13 offshore investors have been facing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India since Hindenburg Research in 2023 alleged the group's improper use of tax havens. The group has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The company, which is building the world's largest renewable energy park in Khavda, western India, aims to install 50 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2030. With combined thermal, renewable and pumped hydro assets, Adani Group expected to reach a total power generation capacity of 100GW by 2030, Adani said. Adani also announced a record capital expenditure plan, saying the group expects to invest between $US15 billion ($A23 billion) and $US20 billion annually over the next five years. Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani denies any wrongdoing in response to US allegations of bribery, telling shareholders that no individual from the group has been charged under foreign corruption laws. "Despite all the noise, the facts are that no one from the Adani Group has been charged with violating the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) or conspiring to obstruct justice," the billionaire said at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday. "Even in the face of the storms and relentless scrutiny, the Adani Group has never backed down," he said. In November, US authorities indicted Adani and several executives, alleging they paid bribes to secure Indian power contracts and misled US investors. The Adani Group has rejected the allegations as "baseless" and said it was co-operating with legal processes. Adani Group and its 13 offshore investors have been facing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India since Hindenburg Research in 2023 alleged the group's improper use of tax havens. The group has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The company, which is building the world's largest renewable energy park in Khavda, western India, aims to install 50 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2030. With combined thermal, renewable and pumped hydro assets, Adani Group expected to reach a total power generation capacity of 100GW by 2030, Adani said. Adani also announced a record capital expenditure plan, saying the group expects to invest between $US15 billion ($A23 billion) and $US20 billion annually over the next five years. Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani denies any wrongdoing in response to US allegations of bribery, telling shareholders that no individual from the group has been charged under foreign corruption laws. "Despite all the noise, the facts are that no one from the Adani Group has been charged with violating the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) or conspiring to obstruct justice," the billionaire said at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday. "Even in the face of the storms and relentless scrutiny, the Adani Group has never backed down," he said. In November, US authorities indicted Adani and several executives, alleging they paid bribes to secure Indian power contracts and misled US investors. The Adani Group has rejected the allegations as "baseless" and said it was co-operating with legal processes. Adani Group and its 13 offshore investors have been facing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India since Hindenburg Research in 2023 alleged the group's improper use of tax havens. The group has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The company, which is building the world's largest renewable energy park in Khavda, western India, aims to install 50 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2030. With combined thermal, renewable and pumped hydro assets, Adani Group expected to reach a total power generation capacity of 100GW by 2030, Adani said. Adani also announced a record capital expenditure plan, saying the group expects to invest between $US15 billion ($A23 billion) and $US20 billion annually over the next five years. Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani denies any wrongdoing in response to US allegations of bribery, telling shareholders that no individual from the group has been charged under foreign corruption laws. "Despite all the noise, the facts are that no one from the Adani Group has been charged with violating the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) or conspiring to obstruct justice," the billionaire said at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday. "Even in the face of the storms and relentless scrutiny, the Adani Group has never backed down," he said. In November, US authorities indicted Adani and several executives, alleging they paid bribes to secure Indian power contracts and misled US investors. The Adani Group has rejected the allegations as "baseless" and said it was co-operating with legal processes. Adani Group and its 13 offshore investors have been facing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India since Hindenburg Research in 2023 alleged the group's improper use of tax havens. The group has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The company, which is building the world's largest renewable energy park in Khavda, western India, aims to install 50 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2030. With combined thermal, renewable and pumped hydro assets, Adani Group expected to reach a total power generation capacity of 100GW by 2030, Adani said. Adani also announced a record capital expenditure plan, saying the group expects to invest between $US15 billion ($A23 billion) and $US20 billion annually over the next five years.
Perth Now
15 hours ago
- Business
- Perth Now
No one from Adani charged with US graft: chairman
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani denies any wrongdoing in response to US allegations of bribery, telling shareholders that no individual from the group has been charged under foreign corruption laws. "Despite all the noise, the facts are that no one from the Adani Group has been charged with violating the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) or conspiring to obstruct justice," the billionaire said at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday. "Even in the face of the storms and relentless scrutiny, the Adani Group has never backed down," he said. In November, US authorities indicted Adani and several executives, alleging they paid bribes to secure Indian power contracts and misled US investors. The Adani Group has rejected the allegations as "baseless" and said it was co-operating with legal processes. Adani Group and its 13 offshore investors have been facing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India since Hindenburg Research in 2023 alleged the group's improper use of tax havens. The group has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The company, which is building the world's largest renewable energy park in Khavda, western India, aims to install 50 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2030. With combined thermal, renewable and pumped hydro assets, Adani Group expected to reach a total power generation capacity of 100GW by 2030, Adani said. Adani also announced a record capital expenditure plan, saying the group expects to invest between $US15 billion ($A23 billion) and $US20 billion annually over the next five years.
West Australian
16 hours ago
- Business
- West Australian
No one from Adani charged with US graft: chairman
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani denies any wrongdoing in response to US allegations of bribery, telling shareholders that no individual from the group has been charged under foreign corruption laws. "Despite all the noise, the facts are that no one from the Adani Group has been charged with violating the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) or conspiring to obstruct justice," the billionaire said at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday. "Even in the face of the storms and relentless scrutiny, the Adani Group has never backed down," he said. In November, US authorities indicted Adani and several executives, alleging they paid bribes to secure Indian power contracts and misled US investors. The Adani Group has rejected the allegations as "baseless" and said it was co-operating with legal processes. Adani Group and its 13 offshore investors have been facing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India since Hindenburg Research in 2023 alleged the group's improper use of tax havens. The group has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The company, which is building the world's largest renewable energy park in Khavda, western India, aims to install 50 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2030. With combined thermal, renewable and pumped hydro assets, Adani Group expected to reach a total power generation capacity of 100GW by 2030, Adani said. Adani also announced a record capital expenditure plan, saying the group expects to invest between $US15 billion ($A23 billion) and $US20 billion annually over the next five years.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Man deported in error 'traumatised' by jail: US senator
US senator Chris Van Hollen met the El Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and being held in a prison in El Salvador at a hotel after initial requests to meet with him were denied, the Democratic lawmaker says. Van Hollen said Kilmar Abrego Garcia was brought to his hotel before Van Hollen left the country on Thursday after he had tried to go to the notorious CECOT prison for gang members, where Abrego Garcia had been held. The Maryland senator told a news conference in Washington that he and the lawyer for Abrego Garcia's family were pulled over by soldiers 3km outside the prison and told they were not allowed to proceed further. El Salvadoran officials later brought Abrego Garcia, a resident of Maryland, to the hotel where Van Hollen was staying. The case has pitted a defiant Trump administration against the courts, including the Supreme Court, raising the prospect of a constitutional conflict after the government acknowledged he was deported because of an administrative error. Van Hollen said Abrego Garcia told him he was "traumatised by being at CECOT", and that he had been put in a cell with 25 other people for weeks and had not spoken to anyone outside of the jail since being detained. The senator on Thursday posted on X an image of himself in El Salvador with Abrego Garcia. Abrego Garcia told the senator that eight days earlier, he had been moved to another detention centre where conditions were better, but he still was unable to make contact with the outside world. Van Hollen said the Trump administration, which has refused to adhere to a Supreme Court order to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return, and El Salvador's government needed to be held accountable for complicity in illegally holding him. "This case is not only about one man, as important as that is. It is about protecting fundamental freedoms and the fundamental principle in the constitution for due process that protects everybody who resides in America," he said. Van Hollen said the Trump administration had offered to pay El Salvador $US15 million ($A23 million) to hold its migrants in the prison, and had spent $US4 million so far. He said that when he asked El Salvadoran Vice-President Felix Ulloa why Abrego Garcia was held at CECOT, he responded it was "because the Trump administration is paying us to keep him here". Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the "death camps" & "torture", now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador!🍹 — Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) April 18, 2025 The lawmaker told reporters that El Salvadoran officials had planned to hold the meeting by the hotel's swimming pool to contradict the narrative that Abrego Garcia was being held in harsh conditions. He also disputed a social media post by President Nayib Bukele showing glasses with margaritas at the table where Van Hollen and Abrego Garcia sat, which he said the men were "sipping". "This is the lengths that President Bukele will go to deceive people about what's going on," Van Hollen said.
