WASHINGTON: Steve Bannon, a prominent right-wing figure and former senior adviser to Donald Trump, was released from prison early Tuesday after spending nearly four months behind bars, US media reported.
Bannon left a federal prison in Connecticut, where he was serving time for a contempt of Congress conviction, just a week ahead of the US presidential election in which his former boss Trump is seeking to regain the White House.
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Trump adviser Bannon released from prison: US media
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Trump adviser Bannon released from prison: US media
- Steve Bannon left a federal prison in Connecticut, where he served time for a contempt of Congress conviction
8 skiers killed in avalanches in Austria
VIENNA: Three avalanches across Austria killed eight skiers, authorities said.
A female skier was fatally buried by an avalanche in the Bad Hofgastein area in western Austria, at an altitude of about 2,200 meters (7,200 feet), around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the Pongau mountain rescue service.
Roughly 90 minutes later, an avalanche in nearby Gastein Valley, south of the city of Salzburg, swept away seven people. Four were killed, two seriously injured and one escaped unharmed.
In the town of Pusterwald in central Austria, three Czech skiers were killed in an avalanche shortly before 4:30 p.m., police said. Four of their companions were evacuated to safety.
“This tragedy painfully demonstrates how serious the current avalanche situation is,” said Gerhard Kremser, district head of the Pongau mountain rescue service, noting the “clear and repeated warnings” about avalanche risk.
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