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Bolton forges ahead with book on Trump ‘transgressions’
WASHINGTON: Former national security advisor John Bolton will defy the White House and publish a book that suggests President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses beyond Ukraine, his publisher said Friday.Trump earlier this year had warned that Bolton should not publish his book while the… …read more Source:: The News...
Iran says will now send Ukraine airliner black boxes to Paris
Monitoring Desk TEHRAN: Iran told the UN’s aviation agency on Wednesday that it would send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Paris for analysis, once countries involved in the investigation agree, two sources familiar with the matter said. The other countries involved are Ukraine, Canada and the United States. Canada...
Black Sea Fleet’s tank troops to hold exercise in Crimea
Monitoring Desk SEVASTOPOL: The Black Sea Fleet’s tank troops will hold a gunnery exercise on the Crimean Peninsula, using upgraded T-72B3 tanks, the Fleet’s press office reported on Thursday. “As part of scheduled combat training measures for coastal defense units of the Black Sea Fleet’s army corps, the crews of T-72B3 tanks...
Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead at home
JERUSALEM (AFP): The Chinese ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, was found dead at his residence on the outskirts of Tel Aviv on Sunday, police said. The envoy, who had arrived in Israel in mid-February, was found dead in his Herzliya home, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said, adding that police were investigating. Du’s wife and son were not with him...
SBP slashes policy rate by 100bps to 8pc
–SBP says virus has created ‘unique’ challenges for a monetary policy due to its non-economic origin –MPC says inflation could fall further than expected if economic activity fails to pick up as expected KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan, in a meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Friday, slashed the country’s policy...
Obama calls Trump’s response to coronavirus as ‘chaotic’ in leaked call
NEW YORK (Reuters): A leaked conference call between former US president Barack Obama with former members of his administration has described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic”, a source said on Saturday. Obama has largely kept out of the fray even as Trump has blamed him and his Democratic...
COVID-19 lockdown risks 1.4 mn extra TB deaths: study
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: A new research has shown that the global lockdown caused by COVID-19 risks a “devastating” surge in tuberculosis cases, with nearly 1.4 million additional deaths from the world’s biggest infectious killer by 2025. TB, a bacterial infection that normally attacks patients’ lungs, is largely treatable yet...
Europe’s coronavirus cases nearing one million: WHO
COPENHAGEN (AFP): The World Health Organization’s (WHO) European office said Thursday that despite some “optimistic signs” in some of the countries worst hit by the new coronavirus, the number of cases was rising and approaching one million in the continent alone. “We remain in the eye of the storm,” WHO regional director for Europe, Hans...
Sick West goes viral
Finian Cunningham The world is in a sick place. We’re not just talking about the escalating coronavirus pandemic, serious though that is with global deaths doubling over the past week. What is also sick is the way gestures of solidarity are being cynically twisted. Take the arrival of Russian medical aid to the US this week. That was...
Trump and Putin are all talk on oil price plunge
Julian Lee Well there’s a surprise. During a telephone conversation on Monday, Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin “agreed on the importance of stability in global energy markets.” However, it’s very unlikely either will go beyond extolling stability and waiting for (or pressuring) somebody else to do something about it....
