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    Russia refused to give up MH17 culprit, says the Netherlands
    Dec03

    Russia refused to give up MH17 culprit, says the Netherlands

    Flight MH17 was hit by a Russian-made missile over war-torn Ukraine. (Reuters pic)AMSTERDAM: Russia has refused a Dutch request to hand over a suspect in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, in violation of European law, prosecutors said on Monday. Volodymyr Tsemakh, a Ukrainian national, had been identified as a suspect by the...

    Trump arrives in UK amid no meddling reminder
    Dec03

    Trump arrives in UK amid no meddling reminder

    Johnson (left) leads the polls ahead of the Dec 12 elections. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump leaves on Monday for a Nato summit in London, where he is under pressure from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resist the temptation to wade into the looming British election. As a presidential candidate in 2016 and then as...

    Johnson tells Trump to butt out of UK elections ahead of Nato summit
    Dec03

    Johnson tells Trump to butt out of UK elections ahead of Nato summit

    Johnson (left) leads the polls ahead of the Dec 12 elections. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump leaves on Monday for a Nato summit in London, where he is under pressure from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resist the temptation to wade into the looming British election. As a presidential candidate in 2016 and then as...

    Democrats prepare for Trump’s impeachment with key hearing
    Dec03

    Democrats prepare for Trump’s impeachment with key hearing

    President Trump also wants to curb Iran’s nuclear programme. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Democratic lawmakers in Congress will take a big step this week in what appears now to be an inexorable march toward impeaching US President Donald Trump, with the start of hearings seen as a precursor to formal charges being announced within weeks. As...

    How does the US impeach a president?
    Dec02

    How does the US impeach a president?

    US President Donald Trump is facing possible impeachment. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold its first impeachment hearing on Dec 4, starting a new phase of the inquiry that could lead to formal charges against President Donald Trump within weeks. The following explains the basics of...

    Ukrainian beauty queen sues Miss World for stripping her of crown
    Dec02

    Ukrainian beauty queen sues Miss World for stripping her of crown

    Veronika Didusenko, 24, was dethroned, disqualified from competing for world title. (Twitter pic/Veronika Didusenko)KIEV: A former Miss Ukraine stripped of her crown and barred from competing for Miss World because she is a mother has launched legal action against the contest, demanding a rule change. “We demand a change of rules, @missworld”,...

    US House panel to meet on Trump impeachment charges
    Dec02

    US House panel to meet on Trump impeachment charges

    WASHINGTON: A Congressional panel will begin drawing up charges against President Donald Trump on Wednesday as the likelihood grows of his becoming only the third US leader ever impeached. However, Trump’s attorney signalled yesterday that the White House won’t send anyone to the hearings, at least not right away. “We cannot fairly be...

    White House keeps mum as Trump hearing deadline passes
    Dec02

    White House keeps mum as Trump hearing deadline passes

    Trump likens the impeachment inquiry against him to a ‘witch hunt’. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: The White House remained silent as a deadline passed on Sunday for it to say whether President Donald Trump would send legal counsel to participate in a congressional impeachment hearing this week. It was the first of two crucial deadlines Trump faces in...

    Box to coffin: The long, deadly road home for Vietnamese migrants
    Nov30

    Box to coffin: The long, deadly road home for Vietnamese migrants

    16 out of 39 migrant victims were repatriated to their homeland. (AP pic)HANOI: They left Vietnam carrying dreams of small fortunes and the heavy burden of family expectations. But they died in a box, and came home in coffins. For the 39 migrants who set off from one of the poorest parts of the Southeast Asian country in search of work in...

    Key Trump impeachment witness accused of sexual misconduct
    Nov28

    Key Trump impeachment witness accused of sexual misconduct

    Sondland testified last week that he was following Trump’s orders in demanding Ukraine investigate Joe Biden. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: A US ambassador nominated by President Donald Trump who provided key testimony in his impeachment hearings was accused Wednesday of sexual misconduct by three women. Gordon Sondland, the US envoy to the European...