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One dead in fire on Russia’s sole aircraft carrier
MOSCOW: A naval serviceman died and an officer was missing Thursday after Russia’s only aircraft carrier caught fire in an Arctic shipyard, the latest accident to raise concern over the future of the navy flagship.Russian news agencies quoted the Zvezdochka shipyard as saying the fire started during wielding operations in an engine room of...
US House committee nears vote on impeachment articles against Trump
House Democratic caucus chairman Hakeem Jeffries says articles of impeachment will pass. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US lawmakers moved closer on Thursday to impeaching Republican President Donald Trump, as members of a House of Representatives committee debated formal charges that are likely to be sent to the full House for a final vote next week. The...
Trump counters impeachment ‘WITCH HUNT’ with Facebook ads
Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is countering impeachment efforts against him with a new surge in Facebook ads, while his Democratic rivals are saying little on the subject on the social media site or the campaign trail. Trump ran more than 2,500 ads...
Trump impeachment debate opens with fiery partisan battle
WASHINGTON: Democrats warned that US President Donald Trump was on the verge of dictatorship while Republicans fiercely defended his record at the opening of a stormy, historic debate on impeachment charges Wednesday.The parties held tightly to diametrically opposed views of Trump as they weighed articles of impeachment at the beginning of a...
Trump impeachment debate opens with fiery partisan battle
Senior Republican Doug Collins says Democrats are just making ‘generic vague statements’. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Democrats warned that US President Donald Trump was on the verge of dictatorship while Republicans fiercely defended his record at the opening of a stormy, historic debate on impeachment charges Wednesday. The parties held tightly...
Trump now open to idea of shorter Senate trial
US president initially wanted a long trial. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is now open to having a shorter impeachment trial in the Senate, two sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday, after he initially proclaimed he wanted a full-blown, potentially lengthy hearing. Trump has said publicly that a trial in the...
Trump trial ‘1st’ priority in January, says Senate leader
Mitch McConnell savaged Democrats who he says have been desperate to impeach Trump from day 1. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: The trial of Donald Trump will be the Senate’s first priority in January if the US president is impeached as expected next week, the top Republican in Congress said Wednesday. The House Judiciary Committee was set to meet...
‘You’re lucky I’m your president’: Trump unperturbed by looming impeachment
US president has found a brawl that matches his formidable energy. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: For a man on the brink of becoming only the third US president to be impeached, Donald Trump sure sounds confident. “You’re so lucky I became your president,” he boomed to cheering supporters late Tuesday in Hershey, Pennsylvania. “A regular president...
Trump is fourth US president to face impeachment as Democrats unveil charges
WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US House of Representatives announced impeachment charges against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, making him the fourth president in US history to face a formal effort to remove him from office.The Democratic-controlled House is almost certain to vote to impeach the president as soon as next week, setting up a...
White House says Trump warned Moscow against US poll meddling
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia has evidence clearing it of involvement in the 2016 US election. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump warned Russia not to interfere in US elections in talks with Russia’s top diplomat on Tuesday, the White House said, after meetings where the two sides made no visible progress on nuclear...
