Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
China carrier on way to South China Sea after Taiwan passage
China says the domestically-built vessel’s design is based on its first carrier the Liaoning. (AP pic)BEIJING: China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier is on its way to the South China Sea for tests and to take part in exercises, the Chinese navy said on Monday, after sailing through the Taiwan Strait in a mission denounced...
Trump did ‘much worse’ says Pelosi in Nixon comparison
Pelosi says Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy compelled her to open an impeachment inquiry. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amplified her unfavourable comparison of President Donald Trump to fellow Republican Richard Nixon on Sunday, saying that the disgraced president at least cared enough...
Trump attacks Pence aid who testified in impeachment probe
Jennifer Williams arrives for a closed-door interview at the Capitol in Washington. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump lashed out yesterday at another witness in Congress’ impeachment inquiry against him, saying the aide to Vice President Mike Pence was a “Never Trumper” who should “work out a better presidential attack.” Writing...
Ex-White House aide says Ukraine aid tied to Trump impeachment probe
Tim Morrison and Gordon Sondland are scheduled to testify publicly this week. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: A former top White House adviser told House impeachment investigators Ukrainians were advised Sept 1 that US military aid was being withheld until their president announced an investigation of a company that had hired former Vice President Joe...
Ukraine detains deputy of slain IS ‘minister of war’
Georgia’s state security service confirmed Al Bara Shishani is being held in Ukraine. (AFP pic)KIEV: Ukraine’s security service said on Friday it had detained the deputy of Abu Omar al-Shishani, the man the Pentagon described as Islamic State’s “minister of war”, after he crossed into Ukraine on a fake passport last year. The...
‘Zelensky will do anything you ask him to’, aide heard diplomat tell Trump
Holmes says he could hear Trump’s ‘very loud and recognisable’ voice through the phone earpiece. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: A US official testified Friday that he overheard Donald Trump asking about “investigations” he had requested from Ukraine into domestic political rivals – placing the American president at the centre of an alleged...
Trump blasts ex-envoy in ‘intimidating’ attack during hearing
Trump attacked the former envoy on Twitter less than an hour into the hearing. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: A US ambassador ousted by Donald Trump told a riveting impeachment hearing Friday she felt intimidated by the president, after he launched an extraordinary real-time attack midway through her testimony to Congress. Taking the stand before a national...
Trump confidant Roger Stone convicted of lying, witness tampering
Roger Stone is the sixth and final Trump aide to be convicted of charges brought by Mueller. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s longtime aide Roger Stone was convicted Friday of lying to Congress and witness tampering in a bid to spare the president embarrassment over the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Stone was...
Trump has admitted to bribery, says Pelosi
Pelosi talks to reporters after the first public hearing of US president’s impeachment probe. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of a Democratic-led inquiry, accusing him of an impeachable offense under...
India resumes buying Malaysian palm oil after KL offers discount
A worker gathering oil palm fruit. (Reuters pic)MUMBAI: Indian refiners have resumed buying Malaysian palm oil after a gap of nearly a month and contracted around 70,000 tonnes of shipments in December as Kuala Lumpur has been offering a US$5 per ton discount over supplies from rival Indonesia, five traders told Reuters on Thursday. The...
