Section: Africa&ME
Top Trump officials no-shows at inquiry
Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and another White House official failed to appear yesterday at the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, as the administration continued to blockade investigators.Mulvaney, who is also director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), had been issued a subpoena...
Top Trump Aide Snubs Impeachment Probe Subpoena
In this file photo taken on October 17, 2019 White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC. /AFP White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney snubbed demands by House impeachment investigators to testify Friday, claiming immunity as a top aide to President Donald Trump. As...
UN top court says it has jurisdiction in Ukraine-Russia case
ICJ rejects Moscow’s bid to block case brought by Ukraine accusing Russia of supporting pro-Russian separatist rebels. …read more Source:: AL...
Morozov signs off with two more gold
The second day of FINA World Cup Doha 2019 witnessed more exciting action, including a dazzling performance by Vladimir Morozov of Russia and a new World Cup record by Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine at the packed Hamad Aquatic Centre Morozov, who is set to lift the men’s overall World Cup trophy, won two more gold medals yesterday, after his...
U.N. top court to rule on jurisdiction in Ukraine vs Russia dispute
The top United Nations court rules on Friday on whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case brought by Ukraine against Russia …read more Source:: Standard...
Turkish FM denies taking money from disgraced US lobbyist Paul Manafort
Turkish FM denies taking money from disgraced US lobbyist Paul Manafort An explosive investigative report released earlier this week alleged that Mevlut Cavusoglu was paid to clean up Ukraine’s image with European lawmakers Ragip Soylu Fri, 11/08/2019 – 14:05 Paul Manafort, then adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign,...
Home Office-backed counter-extremism group waging Twitter campaign against Corbyn
Home Office-backed counter-extremism group waging Twitter campaign against Corbyn Faith Matters, which received support through the government’s flagship counter-extremism programme, has described Labour party under Corbyn as a ‘Stalinist cult’ Simon Hooper Fri, 11/08/2019 – 08:00 Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, was...
US diplomat says Trump’s lawyer Giuliani waged campaign of ‘lies’
A senior American diplomat has accused President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani of leading a campaign of lies and deceit against former U-S ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. …read more Source::...
News24.com | First Trump impeachment probe transcripts go public as White House stonewalls
Witness transcripts in the impeachment probe into US President Donald Trump have been made public for the first time, with the former US ambassador to Kiev telling investigators she felt threatened by the president in his call to Ukraine’s leader. …read more Source::...
The words Trump had to hear: ‘Investigations, Biden and Clinton’
George Kent said it was his understanding that Trump wanted Ukraine’s leader to say ‘investigations, Biden and Clinton”. …read more Source:: AL...
