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US House speaker, Senate leader spar over Trump trial
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sparred on Monday over the ground rules for President Donald Trump’s trial in the Senate on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Pelosi, the speaker of the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, said she is not yet...
President Putin opens rail bridge connecting Russia and Crimea
Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a controversial new bridge on Monday crossing a strait from mainland Russia to Russian-occupied Crimea. Putin’s trip across the bridge launched rail traffic on the bridge, with the first passenger train from Saint Petersburg to Sevastopol — Crimea’s largest city — set to...
US House speaker, Senate leader spar over Trump trial
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Photo: FileUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sparred on Monday over the ground rules for President Donald Trump’s trial in the Senate on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.Pelosi, the speaker of the...
US sanctions cannot stop gas pipeline to Europe: Russia
MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign minister insisted on Sunday that a flagship project to pipe natural gas to Europe would be finished, despite the United States slapping sanctions on the companies involved.Sergei Lavrov said the US measures over Nord Stream 2 had “humiliated” European countries but reiterated Moscow´s commitment to the plan, in...
Moscow and Warsaw feud over who was to blame for WWII
Germans tanks invade Poland in 1939, sparking the start of World War II. Photo: AFPPoland and Russia have again clashed over who was to blame for unleashing World War II, each accusing the other of distorting history and trying to undermine already strained relations.Tensions are running high between Warsaw and its Soviet-era master, with North...
Trump slams House’s impeachment delay as ‘so unfair’
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. December 21, 2019. Photo: ReutersWEST PALM BEACH: President Donald Trump on Saturday criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for holding off on sending the articles...
Ukraine ex-president buildings searched
KIEV: Ukrainian investigators searched buildings belonging to former president Petro Poroshenko in Kiev on Friday as part of a criminal probe but said there was no question of arresting him for now. The investigation is looking into alleged tax fraud in the 2018 sale of a factory and the disappearance of “secret information” from the presidential...
Trump seeks rapid exoneration in Senate after impeachment
Photo: FileWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump pressed his Republican allies on Thursday to exert rigid control of his Senate trial and ensure a swift exoneration, a day after he was impeached in a historic rebuke by the House of Representatives.A bitter fight looms over the coming trial, expected to begin as early as the second week of...
Democratic 2020 candidates lash Trump before debating policy
The latest prime-time Democratic debate featured just seven of the 15 Democrats still in the contest six weeks before the first nomination ballots are cast in Iowa. Photo: AFPWASHINGTON: Democratic candidates on the 2020 presidential debate stage Thursday quickly attacked Donald Trump one day after his impeachment, saying he is a corrupt...
Democratic candidates attack Trump before debating policy
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: Democratic candidates on the 2020 presidential debate stage Thursday quickly attacked Donald Trump one day after his impeachment, saying he is a corrupt president who deserves to be ousted. “We need to restore the integrity of the presidency,” frontrunner Joe Biden said. He accused Trump of “dumbing down the presidency...
