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Trump’s Impeachment Trial Looms As US Senate Resumes
Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens while US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before a meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski / AFP US lawmakers return to Washington Friday with President Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial looming over the first Senate...
Iran Supreme Leader wars of ‘harsh retaliation’ after Iranian general killed in US strike
Baghdad — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that a “harsh retaliation is waiting” for the U.S. after the airstrike on Baghdad airport that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. The Iranian state TV carried a statement by Khamenei also calling Soleimani “the international face...
Celebration, Fireworks As Australia Cruises Into New Year
New Year’s Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House (L) during the fireworks show on January 1, 2020. PETER PARKS / AFP Smoke-choked Sydney ushered in the New Year with a huge fireworks display, kicking off celebrations for billions around the world and ringing in the new decade. Australia’s...
How Trump’s impeachment trial would differ from a criminal one
U.S. President Donald Trump on December 19 became the third U.S. president to be impeached when the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives voted to charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Republican-controlled Senate is due to weigh these charges in a trial in January. In the unlikely event he is found guilty,...
News24.com | Pompeo to travel to Ukraine ahead of Trump’s US Senate trial
Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo will travel to Ukraine ahead of President Donald Trump’s trial in the Senate over allegations he sought to push Kiev to investigate a political rival, the state department says. …read more Source::...
2019: The year that Brexit beckoned, protests proliferated and Greenland was not for sale
Berlin – A look at the year that was 2019. January January 3: China’s “Chang’e 4” is the first space probe to land on the far side of the moon. January 11: Macedonia is now North Macedonia, ending a row with Greece and paving the way for NATO membership and EU accession talks. The Greek parliament ratifies the...
Macron and Merkel hail Ukraine prisoner swap
The leaders of France and Germany hailed an exchange of 200 prisoners between pro-government and separatist forces in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, which French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said was an outcome of a meeting between leaders of Ukraine and Russia in Paris in December. Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists swapped detained...
Trump faces firestorm after identifying alleged whistleblower
The US President retweeted an attack that included the name of CIA staffer at the heart of the Ukraine scandal. …read more Source:: Daily...
Trump Faces Firestorm After Identifying Alleged Whistleblower
US President Donald Trump gestures during a working lunch at the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019.Nicholas Kamm / AFP Donald Trump faced calls from his own party to show more restraint on Twitter amid a storm of outrage Sunday over the president revealing the name of a man widely thought to be the...
Joe Biden clarifies stance on Trump impeachment trial testimony after backlash
Washington – U.S. Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden on Saturday said there would be “no legal basis” for Republicans to subpoena his testimony in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, clarifying remarks from Friday that drew criticism. “I want to clarify something I said yesterday. In my 40 years in...
