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China confirms aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait
BEIJING: China confirmed on Monday that its first domestically built aircraft carrier had sailed through the Taiwan Strait for “routine” training and tests after Taipei accused Beijing of intimidation around upcoming elections.The ship, which has yet to be named, is Beijing’s second carrier and will add massive firepower to its navy once it...
Student kills one, wounds three before killing himself at Russian college
MOSCOW: A 19-year-old male student shot and killed a fellow student and wounded three others at a vocational college in Russia’s Far East on Thursday before committing suicide, Russian investigators said in a statement.School and college shootings are rare in Russia which has strict gun laws, and it was not immediately clear what the...
Trump inquiry hears new evidence of Ukraine dealings
NEW YORK: The impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump’s (pix) dealings with Ukraine reached a dramatic new phase yesterday with two senior officials testifying in the first public hearings on the controversy, Anadolu Agency reported.William Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, a senior State Department...
Trump faces perilous test as impeachment hearings open
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump faces the prospect of becoming only the third US president to be impeached when open hearings begin this week into his alleged effort to bolster his re-election hopes by pushing Ukraine to find dirt on a Democratic rival.Having survived special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the...
Biden brings confidence to New Hampshire, as 2020 rivals close in
CONCORD, United States: Democrat Joe Biden strode into New Hampshire’s state house Friday like he owned the place, back-slapping officials and insisting he has broad voter support as he ramps up his bid to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020.Biden has struggled to retain the frontrunner status that he claimed when he entered the...
Nato allies clash after Macron says alliance experiencing ‘brain death’
PARIS: Nato partners argued Thursday over the alliance’s worth after French President Emmanuel Macron said it was undergoing “brain death”, prompting a fierce defence of the bloc from Germany, Canada and the US while drawing praise from non-member Russia.“What we are currently experiencing is the brain death of Nato,“ Macron told The...
UN assembly condemns US embargo on Cuba, for the 28th time
UNITED STATES: The UN General Assembly on Thursday condemned the nearly 60-year-old US embargo on Cuba for the 28th year in a row, calling for an end to it by a vote of 187 to three.Only Israel and Brazil voted with the US against the resolution. Two other US allies — Ukraine and Colombia — abstained.First imposed on Oct 19, 1960 in response to...
Public hearings in Trump impeachment probe start next week
WASHINGTON: The first open impeachment hearings into US President Donald Trump will begin next week, the congressman leading the probe said Wednesday, as the investigation heads into a highly anticipated public phase.William Taylor, Washington’s top diplomat to Ukraine, and deputy assistant secretary of state George Kent are scheduled to...
Pompeo faces fire over ambassador targeted by Trump
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had achieved the seemingly impossible in Donald Trump’s Washington — pleasing the mercurial president while casting himself as a defender of his institution.But that wiliness has reached its limits. Pompeo is now facing fire over accusations he ducked from standing up for the US ambassador to...
A year before 2020 election, a divided and ‘angry’ America
WASHINGTON: America on Sunday kicks off the one-year countdown to Election Day 2020, with President Donald Trump (pix) betting an “angry” Republican surge can deliver him a second term, as the Democratic battle to win back the White House heats up.The building political clash – dramatically fueled by the House of Representatives’...
