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Russian soft power on display at Africa summit
Monitoring Desk SOCHI: Aboubakary Guiro, a financial expert from Ivory Coast, is full of hope after attending the first ever Russia-Africa summit this week in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. “We forget about Russians when we talk business,” said Guiro, the co-partner of a financial advisory firm based in Abidjan. “We think about the EU-USA-China...
Pompeo vows support for new independent Ukraine church
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has vowed US support for Ukraine’s new independent Orthodox church following its split with Russia in a meeting with its leader, officials said Thursday.Pompeo on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with Metropolitan Yepifaniy, who was enthroned in February after the Ukrainian Orthodox Church...
Chaotic scene as Republicans disrupt impeachment deposition
WASHINGTON: Republicans briefly brought the Democrat-led impeachment investigation to a halt Wednesday when around two dozen GOP House members stormed into a closed-door deposition with a Defense Department official. Democrats said the move compromised national security because some of the Republicans brought electronic devices into a secure...
Mahathir stands by Kashmir comments despite India palm oil boycott
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said he would not retract his criticism of New Delhi’s actions in occupied Kashmir despite Indian traders calling for an unprecedented boycott of Malaysian palm oil. The impasse could exacerbate what Mahathir described as a trade war between the world’s second-biggest...
After corruption allegations, Trump says G7 summit won’t be at his resort
MIAMI: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday the next G7 summit will not be at one of his own Florida golf clubs, reversing a decision that had sparked corruption accusations. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney had announced the venue for the summit on Thursday, causing a firestorm among Trump’s Democratic opponents in...
White House admits Trump tied Ukraine aid to political effort
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: A top White House official admitted Thursday that President Donald Trump had tied military aid for Ukraine to Kiev undertaking an investigation that would help Trump politically, adding ammunition to Democrats’ impeachment probe. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s stunning admission supports...
Ukraine ?won?t interfere? in Trump?s impeachment probe?
RIGA: President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Ukraine “will do nothing” in connection with the impeachment probe against Donald Trump over allegations the US president tried to force Kiev to investigate his political rival Joe Biden.”As the president of Ukraine, I won’t interfere with events in other countries,...
Bolton warned lawyers over ?hand grenade? Giuliani
WASHINGTON: The White House’s alleged effort to pressure Ukraine so alarmed former national security advisor John Bolton that he alerted a lawyer, his former aide said on Monday, according to US media. Bolton also warned that President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who has emerged as the point man in the...
Hunter Biden admits error in judgment
WASHINGTON: Hunter Biden denied any wrongdoing in his business dealings in Ukraine and China but acknowledged he exercised poor judgment and cashed in on the fame of his last name.In an interview to be aired on Tuesday on ABC News, Biden said he had failed to anticipate how those activities would be become fodder for critics of his father, former...
Impeachment probe: Pentagon chief vows to cooperate
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said on Sunday the Pentagon would cooperate with the congressional impeachment inquiry — in an apparent break with President Donald Trump’s policy to thwart the probe.Esper said his department would try to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats seeking records relating to the...
