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Democrats set Thursday vote on US House path in Trump impeachment probe
WASHINGTON: Democrats in Congress, answering Republican complaints that their impeachment investigation of US President Donald Trump is being conducted in secret, plan a vote on Thursday on a format for going public with their inquiry, marking a significant new stage in the probe.Trump and his fellow Republicans have for weeks branded as...
Trump declares IS leader Baghdadi dead, committed suicide
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself with a suicide vest as US special operations forces attacked. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during an overnight raid led by US military forces in Syria, a major victory as he fights a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry. Baghdadi killed himself...
Trump bars duty-free trade with Thailand, citing poor worker rights
The suspension against Thai products goes into effect in 6 months. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday reinstated duty-free trade for certain items from Ukraine, but suspended it with Thailand. In a presidential proclamation, Trump said he had previously suspended duty-free treatment for certain Ukrainian goods because Ukraine...
Backlash as US govt opens criminal probe into Russia investigation
Trump’s Republican allies have sought to drown his impeachment probe with counter inquiries. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Democrats accused President Donald Trump on Friday of using the US Justice Department as a political tool after it opened a criminal probe into its own handling of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016...
Republicans introduce measure to ‘constitutionally protect’ Trump
Republicans are calling for a ‘vote’ to open a formal impeachment inquiry against US president. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US Senate Republicans on Thursday introduced a resolution that condemns the ongoing impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, arguing that the process examining the president is illegitimate. The measure is the...
Republicans storm secure impeachment deposition, delay testimony
WASHINGTON: US congressional Republicans furious about being left out of the Donald Trump impeachment process stormed a closed-door witness deposition Wednesday and refused to leave for several hours, escalating a showdown over the investigation of the president.More than two dozen lawmakers barged into a secure US Capitol meeting room known as a...
Republicans storm secure hearing to protest Trump impeachment deposition
President Trump described any Republicans who might turn on him as ‘human scum’. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US congressional Republicans furious about being left out of the Donald Trump impeachment process stormed a closed-door witness deposition today and refused to leave for several hours, escalating a showdown over the investigation of the...
Grenade blast in Kiev kills two: Police
KIEV: Two men were killed in an apparent hand grenade explosion in downtown Kiev, Ukrainian police said on Wednesday.The blast that left two men dead and also one woman injured happened late Tuesday at the entrance to an office building in the centre of the capital, police said.Kiev police spokeswoman Oksana Blyshchyk told AFP that one of the...
Diplomat’s testimony supercharges Trump impeachment probe
WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat in Ukraine poured fuel on Donald Trump’s impeachment probe Tuesday with a detailed account of how the president pushed Kiev to discredit one of his main political rivals, withholding US military aid to exert pressure.Democrats said the congressional testimony by Bill Taylor was a stunning confirmation of...
US diplomat gives ‘most damning’ testimony in Trump impeachment probe
Former Ambassador William Taylor leaves a closed-door meeting after testifying. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: The top American diplomat in Ukraine testified yesterday President Donald Trump made the release of US security aid to Ukraine contingent on Kiev publicly declaring it would carry out politically motivated investigations that he demanded, according...
