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Russia raids anti-graft offices of Kremlin critic Navalny
Russian security officials searched yesterday the offices of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation, with his team calling the raid a new bid to disrupt their work.“What’s happening is part of the co-ordinated campaign against the anti-corruption foundation,” Navalny, 43, told reporters, adding however that...
A little impeachment for large abuses
Much as he mocked the process for months, US President Donald Trump very much did not want to be impeached. No president does; it’s an ineradicable stain on their record. And Trump has just about never in his life been called to account. He was more or less in a rage for weeks as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives moved...
Trump lashes out at evangelical magazine calling for his ouster
US President Donald Trump lashed out yesterday at a leading evangelical Christian publication that called him “morally lost and confused” and said he should be removed from office.Trump, in a series of tweets, accused Christianity Today magazine of being “far left” and claimed that he was the best White House ally that evangelicals have ever...
Senators told to ‘correct’ toxic impeachment case
The top Republican in the US Senate has called on his fellow senators to correct what he called the “toxic” impeachment of President Donald Trump, sending the strongest signal yet that lawmakers will not remove Trump from office.In a harsh attack, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused the Democratic-dominated House of Representatives of...
Trump defiant after House impeaches him over Ukraine actions
Trump is striking a defiant tone in the wake of becoming only the third president in American history to be impeached. …read more Source:: Khaleej...
US ‘concedes defeat’ on gas pipeline it sees as Russian threat
The US has little leverage to prevent the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project between Russia and Germany from being completed, two administration officials said, acknowledging the failure of a years-long effort to head off what officials believe is a threat to European security.The massive $11bn project is just weeks away from completion and has...
US House committee recommends Trump impeachment for abuse of power, obstruction
A Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives committee approved charges of abuse of power and obstruction against Republican President Donald Trump on Friday, making it almost certain he will become the third US president in history to be impeached. The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to approve an article of impeachment...
Toll rises to 16 as more bodies found from Ukraine college fire
Firefighters have pulled two more bodies from a college building in Ukraine’s southern port of Odessa that burned in a fire last week, authorities said Thursday, bringing the number of dead to 16. …read more Source:: Al...
Democrats’ impeachment charges say Trump ‘betrayed’ US
House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, declaring he “betrayed the nation” with his actions toward Ukraine as they pushed toward …read more Source:: Al...
US lawmakers reach deal on massive defence bill, eye Russia, Turkey, China
US lawmakers announced an agreement on Monday on a $738-billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defence, including new measures for competing with Russia and China, family leave for federal workers and the creation of President Donald Trump’s long-desired Space Force. It also calls for sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of a...
