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Nancy Pelosi accuses Donald Trump of bribery as impeachment probe intensifies
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of a Democratic-led inquiry, accusing him of an impeachable offence under the US Constitution.“The bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake investigation...
Next up in impeachment hearings: A parade of key witnesses
Several more witnesses scheduled to testify in the House impeachment hearings over the next week are expected to say they too worried about President Donald Trump’s push for Ukraine to investigate Democrats as the US withheld military aid from the country. On Friday, lawmakers will hear from former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie...
MH17 crash probe into communications reveals close ties between Russia and Ukraine rebels
An international team of investigators piecing together a criminal case in the July 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine said … …read more Source:: The Japan...
Investigators release call records linking MH17 suspects to top Russian officials
A Dutch-led investigation into the shooting down of flight Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 released new intercepted phone calls on Thursday between high-ranking Russian officials and suspects facing trial over the crash.Investigators said they were making a “new witness appeal” based on “recorded telephone calls between the...
MH17 probe releases new phone calls linking suspects to top Russians
November 14, 2019 8:23 PMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – A Dutch-led probe into the shooting-down of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 released new intercepted phone calls on Thursday (Nov 14) between high-ranking Russian officials and suspects facing trial over the crash. …read more Source:: The Straits...
MH17 probe releases new phone calls linking suspects to top Russians
THE HAGUE: A Dutch-led probe into the shooting-down of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 released new intercepted phone calls on Thursday between high-ranking Russian officials and suspects facing trial over the crash. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
Trump impeachment inquiry moves ahead after start of televised hearings
The Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump moves ahead on Thursday after an opening day of public testimony that linked Trump to a pressure campaign to force Ukraine to conduct investigations that would benefit him politically. …read more Source:: The Times of...
India resumes buying Malaysian palm oil after KL offers discount
A worker gathering oil palm fruit. (Reuters pic)MUMBAI: Indian refiners have resumed buying Malaysian palm oil after a gap of nearly a month and contracted around 70,000 tonnes of shipments in December as Kuala Lumpur has been offering a US$5 per ton discount over supplies from rival Indonesia, five traders told Reuters on Thursday. The...
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 impeachment hearings focus on Ukraine pressure campaign in first day
WASHINGTON: The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testifying on Wednesday in the first televised hearing of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, linked him more directly to a pressure campaign on Ukraine to conduct investigations that would benefit him politically. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New...
