Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Protests set to resume ahead of Chinese anniversary
HONG KONG: Hong Kong was bracing for a weekend of unrest with pro-democracy protests likely to mount in the China-ruled territory ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic on Tuesday. Thousands of people are expected to rally in the city centre on Saturday evening after authorities granted a permit for a...
Ukrainians split whether Zelensky was weak or smart in call with Trump
Some say Zelensky outsmarted the US president. (AFP pic)KIEV: Volodymyr Zelensky, a popular comedian until his shock election to the Ukrainian presidency this spring, is at the centre of a global scandal following a now notorious phone call with US leader Donald Trump. In Kiev, opponents have lashed out against the “disaster” call but supporters...
The whistleblower who has threatened Trump’s presidency
The whistleblower supposedly works for the CIA. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Only a handful of people know his or her identity, but the whistleblower whose complaint threatens to implode Donald Trump’s presidency is already being lauded as both a hero and a traitor. Six weeks after submitting a damning complaint about Trump that was made public...
Pelosi blasts White House ‘cover up’ of Ukraine call
Top democrat Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: The White House engaged in a “cover up” by suppressing a record of President Donald Trump’s phone call to Ukraine, now at the center of an abuse of power complaint, top Democrat Nancy Pelosi charged Thursday. “This is a cover up,” the speaker of the House of...
Whistleblower alleges Trump sought foreign meddling in 2020 election
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launches formal impeachment inquiry into the Republican president. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: A whistleblower report released by a congressional panel on Thursday said President Donald Trump used his office to solicit Ukraine’s interference in the 2020 election to advance his personal political interests, risking US...
US lawmakers to grill Trump Intel chief on whistleblower report
President Trump’s intelligence official will testify at the House of Representatives. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s top intelligence official will be grilled by US lawmakers on Thursday over the administration’s handling of a whistleblower report central to an impeachment inquiry into the president. The acting...
US House vote 421-0 for Trump to release whistleblower complaint
Democratic House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives voted 421-0 on Wednesday for a resolution calling on President Donald Trump to release a whistleblower complaint to Congress, despite the administration letting them view the classified document at secure...
Trump calls Democratic impeachment inquiry a ‘joke’
The transcript did not show Trump explicitly tying aid to Ukraine to Zelensky (left) probing Biden. (AP pic)NEW YORK: A downbeat Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as a “joke” the grounds laid out for the impeachment inquiry into him, as Democrats stood firm in accusing the US president of a “mafia-style shakedown” of his Ukrainian counterpart....
Transcript confirms Trump asked Ukraine leader to investigate Biden
Democrats are investigating whether he pressured a foreign government to look into a political opponent. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: The White House released a call transcript Wednesday confirming Donald Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart to probe his political rival Joe Biden – a day after Democrats seized on the explosive allegation to launch an...
Ukraine leader says ‘only my son can pressure me’
Zelenskiy says nobody can push the president of an independent state. (Reuters pic)KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, asked whether US President Donald Trump had put improper pressure on him during a July phone call, said nobody can put pressure on him except his six-year-old son. Democrats in the US House of Representatives on...
