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Jimmy Carter: What To Know About Former US President

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December 30, 2024

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter died at his home in Plains, Georgia on Sunday aged 100.

His death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care.

He was the lone presidential centenarian. Carter’s life before, during and after his presidency was marked by significant accomplishments.

Here’s what to know about the former US President;

1. James Earl Carter Jr. was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, the son of James Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter.

2. Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1946.

3. On July 1946, Carter married Rosalynn Smith, in Plains. They have four children, John William (“Jack”), born 1947; James Earl 3rd (“Chip”), 1950; Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff), 1952; and Amy Lynn, 1967.

4. Carter served in a Navy nuclear submarine program between 1946 to 1953, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander.

5. Between 1953 to 1971, Carter helped run the family peanut farm and warehouse business.

6. He served in the Georgia State Senate between 1963 to 1966.

7. In 1966, Carter tried unsuccessfully for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

8. In November 1970, He was elected governor of Georgia and served between 1971 to 1975.

9. Carter defeated President Gerald R. Ford, winning 51% of the vote and 297 electoral votes to Ford’s 240 in November 1976.

10. In January 1977, Carter was sworn in as the 39th president of the United States. On his first full day in office, he pardons most Vietnam-era draft evaders.

11. Carter was denied a second term by Ronald Reagan, who won 51.6% of the popular vote to 41.7% for Carter and 6.7% for independent John Anderson on November 4, 1980.

12. In 1982, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter co-founded The Carter Center in Atlanta, whose mission is to resolve conflicts, protect human rights and prevent disease around the world.

13. In June 1994, he played a key role in North Korea’s nuclear disarmament talks.

14. Carter led a delegation to Haiti, arranging terms to avoid a U.S. invasion and return President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power in September 1994.

15. In December 1994, Carter negotiated a tentative cease-fire in Bosnia, and in March 1995, he mediated a cease-fire in Sudan’s war with southern rebels.

16. Carter received the U.N. Human Rights Prize on the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 1998.

17. In August 1999, President Bill Clinton awarded Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

18. Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development” in December 10, 2002.

19. He joined ‘The Elders’, a group of international leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela to focus on global issues in July 2007.

20. In December 2014, he was nominated for a Grammy in the best spoken word album category, for his book “A Call To Action.”

21. In Spring 2018, Carter published “Faith: A Journey for All,” the last of 32 books.

22. On March 22, 2019, Carter became the longest-lived U.S. president, surpassing President George H.W. Bush, who died in 2018.

23. October 1, 2024, he became the first former U.S. president to reach 100 years of age, celebrating at home with extended family and close friends.
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Morocco Jails Student One Year Over Gen Z Protest

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October 17, 2025

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A student arrested during Morocco’s youth-led protests has been sentenced to one year in prison, his lawyer told AFP on Friday.

The case marks the first publicly known prison sentence linked to the kingdom’s Gen Z demonstrations, which have been held near-daily between late September and last week to demand social and political reforms.

The student was charged with “participating in an unauthorised and unarmed gathering” and “insulting the judicial police by providing false information”, lawyer Mohamed Nouini said.

“The ruling is unfair, and we will appeal,” he added, arguing that sit-ins did not require authorisation as per a Supreme Court precedent.

The lawyer said his client was arrested on September 30, three days after the protests erupted in the North African country.

According to a report by news website Hespress, citing another lawyer, the student’s arrest was “an unfortunate coincidence” as he was in Casablanca for a family visit.

The other lawyer, Mohamed Lakhdar, told the judge the student had “not insulted” police nor provided false information, telling them he “was just a student”, according to the report.

Hundreds were arrested during the early days of the largely peaceful demonstrations.

Some cities had seen spates of violence and acts of vandalism, while authorities have said three people were killed by police acting in “self-defence” during clashes in a village near Agadir.

The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) has said roughly 550 people are facing prosecution on suspicion of joining the protests, with some still in detention.

The organisers of the online-based movement behind the nationwide protests, the GenZ 212 youth collective, remain unknown.

The collective has called for “peaceful sit-ins” on Saturday and demanded the release of those arrested during the demonstrations.

The protest came after the deaths of eight pregnant women during Caesarean sections at a hospital in Agadir.

But protesters have also demanded reforms to the education system and a change of government.
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Trump Refiles $15bn Defamation Lawsuit Against New York Times

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October 17, 2025

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US President Donald Trump has refiled a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, court documents show, weeks after it was thrown out by a federal judge.

Trump has intensified his long-established hostility toward the media since his return to the White House, and the suit is one of numerous attacks against news organizations he accuses of bias against him.

The Times’ complaint was thrown out in September because District Judge Steven Merryday took exception to its florid writing, repetitive and laudatory praise of Trump, and its excessive 85-page length.

The suit filed Thursday in Florida and seen by AFP runs to less than half the length, at 40 pages.

It takes aim at “false, defamatory, and malicious publications”, highlighting a book and two Times articles.

The lawsuit named the newspaper, three Times reporters and the publisher Penguin Random House as defendants.

It accuses them of making defamatory statements against Trump “with actual malice.”

“The statements in question wrongly defame and disparage President Trump’s hard-earned professional reputation, which he painstakingly built for decades” before entering the White House, the lawsuit says.

The court was asked to grant compensatory damages of not less than $15 billion and additional punitive damages “in an amount to be determined upon trial.”

Trump’s attacks on media outlets have seen him restrict access, badmouth journalists critical of his administration, and bring lawsuits demanding huge amounts of compensation.

In July, Trump sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal for at least $10 billion after it reported on the existence of a book and a letter he allegedly sent to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Paramount settled Trump’s lawsuit over election coverage on CBS News’ flagship show “60 Minutes” for $16 million the same month. He had alleged that the program deceptively edited an interview with his 2024 election rival, Kamala Harris, in her favor.

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Italian Journalist’s Car Bombed, No Casualties

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October 17, 2025

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A bomb destroyed the vehicle of a prominent Italian journalist overnight, without causing casualties, his investigative television news show announced Friday.

Sigfrido Ranucci’s car blew up in an explosion in Pomezia, near Rome, that also damaged the family’s other car and the house next door, according to Report, which broadcasts on RAI public television.

“The force of the explosion was so strong that it could have killed anyone passing by at the moment,” it said in a statement on X.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni strongly condemned what she called a “serious act of intimidation”.

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“The freedom and independence of information are non-negotiable values of our democracies, which we will continue to defend,” she wrote on X.

Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said he had ordered an increase in the journalist’s security “to the maximum”.

He called the attack a “cowardly and extremely serious act that represents an attack not only on the person but on the freedom of the press and the fundamental values of our democracy”.

The Report show is known for its in-depth investigative reports.

According to the campaign group Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Italy ranks 49th in the world in terms of press freedom.

“Journalists who investigate organised crime and corruption are systematically threatened and sometimes subjected to physical violence for their investigative work,” it said in its latest update.

About 20 journalists currently live under permanent police protection after being the targets of intimidation and attacks, it added.

AFP