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US offered Ukraine leader Washington trip, texts show
Volker was pushing for Biden to be investigated. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was told he should open an investigation sought by Donald Trump if he wanted an invitation to visit Washington, according to text messages published Thursday. Trump is accused of pressuring Zelensky to investigate his potential 2020 election...
US Energy Secretary reportedly next casualty in Ukraine scandal
Perry led a small US delegation to Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s inauguration in May. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US Energy Secretary Rick Perry is expected to announce his resignation in November, Politico reported on Thursday, citing three unidentified people familiar with his plans. A spokeswoman for the Energy Department said Perry remains a “proud...
Pompeo’s fortunes darkening after drawn deep into Ukraine scandal
Mike Pompeo is one of US president’s closest allies. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: Less than a month ago, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo triumphed over rivals to emerge as the dominant force in Donald Trump’s foreign policy. Pompeo’s ascendancy was confirmed in a very public manner when Trump sacked his chief adversary, John Bolton,...
Beijing likely to pass on probing Bidens, says China experts
Trump called for Beijing to help investigate the Bidens. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: If China were to act on US President Donald Trump’s surprising request on Thursday to start an investigation into Democratic rival Joe Biden and his family, it would be breaking one of its stated rules: do not meddle in another nation’s internal politics....
Whistleblower’s identity must be protected after Trump threats
Trump has labelled the whistleblower as a spy. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s public attacks on the unidentified whistleblower at the centre of a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry are complicating negotiations for the person to testify to Congress, according to three people familiar with the matter. Trump has...
Trump wants Ukraine, China to investigate Bidens
US president wants former US Vice President Joe Biden and his son to be investigated. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted Ukraine and China to investigate political rival and former US Vice President Joe Biden and his son, openly advocating an action that triggered a Democratic impeachment inquiry in...
Trump denounces impeachment inquiry as a ‘coup’
Donald Trump could possibly become a third president ever impeached by Congress. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency as a “coup,” as his administration pushed back hard against the investigation. Trump’s comments came after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed to...
Ukraine’s Zelensky claims never spoke with Trump’s lawyer
Trump asked Zelenskiy in a phone call to work with lawyer into case involving Joe Biden’s son. (AP pic)KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he never met or talked by phone with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, whose contacts in Ukraine are part of an impeachment inquiry in Washington. “I have never...
US agrees to sell US$39 mil anti-tank weapons to Ukraine
The sale was finalised before Trump’s July 25 call with Zalensky. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Ukraine has agreed to buy 150 Javelin anti-tank missiles, in a deal worth US$39 million, a US congressional aide said on Tuesday, referring to a purchase that is separate from US aid at the centre of an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. This...
Aussie PM confirms Trump asked to probe Mueller
Morrison spoke to the US president. (file pic)WASHINGTON: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that US President Donald Trump asked him to help gather information for an inquiry into Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The New York Times, citing two unidentified US officials, earlier...
