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White House ‘violated the law’ by freezing Ukraine aid, says watchdog
Impeachment inquiry accuses Donald Trump of pressuring Ukraine to investigate his potential election rival (AP pic).WASHINGTON: The White House budget office “violated the law” by freezing military aid to put political pressure on Ukraine’s government, a US congressional watchdog announced Thursday as President Donald Trump’s...
Djokovic faces Struff, Barty takes on Tsurenko at Australian Open
MELBOURNE: Top seed and world number one Ash Barty’s bid to end the host nation’s long wait for a homegrown Australian Open champion will begin against Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko when the year’s first Grand Slam gets under way next week. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
US Senate prepares to set Trump trial in motion
WASHINGTON: Articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress will be formally read to the Senate today, setting in motion a historic trial that threatens the US leader with removal from office.Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will then be sworn in to preside over the trial and...
Trump walking fine line in supporting Iran protesters
WASHINGTON: With tweets of solidarity in Farsi and technological tools to circumvent internet shutdowns, US President Donald Trump might be close to exhausting his options to support Iranian protesters rising up against their rulers.US officials say the administration needs to avoid any overtures that could draw accusations of foreign meddling —...
Canada ‘to get to the very bottom’ of Iran crash at meeting
57 of the plane crash victims were Canadian. (AP pic)OTTAWA: Canada vowed Wednesday to get to the bottom of the plane crash that killed dozens of its nationals in Iran, ahead of a meeting in London with other countries that lost citizens. Foreign ministers from Canada, Ukraine, Sweden, Afghanistan and Britain – which all had nationals who died –...
Trump impeachment articles delivered to Senate
WASHINGTON: Articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress were delivered to the Senate Wednesday, setting in motion a historic trial that threatens the US leader with removal from office.Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell announced that the articles would be formally read to the...
US House to send Trump impeachment articles to Senate
Pelosi signs resolution to transmit 2 articles of impeachment against US president to Senate. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to transmit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, opening the way for the historic trial of the 45th president for abuse of power. In a strict party-line...
House Democrats name 7-member team to prosecute Trump in Senate trial
House is expected to send the 2 impeachment charges passed last month against Trump to the Senate today. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a seven-member team to prosecute President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial in the Senate, headed by a former prosecutor who has become a nemesis of...
Ukraine asks Iran to hand over downed plane’s black boxes
KIEV: Ukraine has asked Iran to hand over the black box flight recorders of a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed after being hit by an Iranian missile, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The Office of the General Prosecutor said it it would take “all measures” to properly decode the black boxes and “preserve evidence in the investigation of the...
Ukraine asks Iran to hand over downed jet’s black boxes
KIEV: Ukraine has asked Iran to hand over the black box flight recorders of a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed after being hit by an Iranian missile, prosecutors said on Wednesday.The Office of the General Prosecutor said it it would take “all measures” to properly decode the black boxes and “preserve evidence in the investigation of the...
