Section: Independent Online (South Africa)
Trump furious over Democrats move to hold impeachment hearings while he’s at NATO
Washington – US President Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats for continuing with hearings in the impeachment inquiry while he heads to London to meet with leaders of NATO member states to mark the alliance’s 70th anniversary. “It’s an absolute disgrace what they are doing to our country,” Trump said as he prepared...
Russia allowed MH17 suspect to leave the country: prosecutors
The Hague, Netherlands – Dutch prosecutors have accused Russia of deliberately allowing a suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to leave the country in a breach of a European extradition treaty. Prosecutors announced Monday that Volodymyr Tsemakh is considered a suspect in the shooting down of the passenger plane and...
Russia allowed MH17 suspect leave the country: prosecutors
The Hague, Netherlands – Dutch prosecutors have accused Russia of deliberately allowing a suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to leave the country in a breach of a European extradition treaty. Prosecutors announced Monday that Volodymyr Tsemakh is considered a suspect in the shooting down of the passenger plane and...
Trump refuses to take part in this week’s impeachment hearing
Washington – The White House informed House Democrats on Sunday that US President Donald Trump would not participate in a Wednesday hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry. In a five-page letter to Democrat Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which is holding the hearing, counsel to the president Pat Cipollone called...
Samoa in Christmas lockdown as measles deaths top 50
Wellington – The small Pacific island nation of Samoa has closed schools and is restricting travel ahead of the Christmas holiday season as the death toll from a measles outbreak tops 50, in the latest flare-up of a global epidemic of the virus. The highly infectious disease has been crossing the globe, recently finding a susceptible...
US House committee invites Trump to his own impeachment inquiry hearing
Washington – The US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday issued a statement saying it will hold an impeachment inquiry hearing on December 4, to which President Donald Trump and his counsel are invited. The announcement came as House Democrats conducting an impeachment inquiry into Trump hosted a number of closed-door depositions and public...
Trump administration wants to put order for McGahn testimony on hold
Washington – U.S. Justice Department lawyers asked a judge on Tuesday to put on hold a ruling that would require former White House Counsel Don McGahn to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in a legal battle that could have implications for the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. The Trump...
Trump says he ‘wants a trial,’ brushes off worries on impeachment
Washington – Following the public testimony of nine witness in the ongoing impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump said he wanted a trial and sounded convinced he would walk away vindicated. “I think its very hard for them to impeach you if they have absolutely nothing,” Trump said as part of a phone-in interview with Fox...
Trump’s ex-Russia adviser tells lawmakers to stop promoting ‘falsehoods’
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser Fiona Hill urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election. In her prepared testimony, Hill said some members of...
Lawmakers to grill eavesdropping US embassy official in Trump impeachment probe
Washington – Lawmakers will question an official from the U.S. embassy in Ukraine on Thursday as they seek to learn more about a phone call in which he says he overheard President Donald Trump ask about the status of an “investigation” into a political rival. The public impeachment hearing marks the last scheduled day of...
