Section: The News International (Pakistan)
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...
From Minnesota to Michigan, Trump aims to turn scandal into reelection fuel
LAKE CHARLES, United States: As impeachment pressure mounted on Donald Trump, the president left Washington for the second day in a row on Friday to rally hardcore supporters in a bid to turn the scandal into fuel for his 2020 reelection.Framing himself as the victim of a plot between “corrupt Democrat politicians” and the “fake...
First man to conduct spacewalk, Alexei Leonov, dies
MOSCOW: Alexei Leonov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who was the first man to conduct a spacewalk in 1965, died in Moscow on Friday aged 85 after a long illness.The Russian space agency Roscosmos said it was saddened to announce the death of “cosmonaut No 11” who was twice decorated with the country’s top honour, the Hero of the Soviet...
Trump seeks to discredit entire impeachment probe
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Wednesday called for outing the whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency and sought to transform the entire scandal into a boost for his 2020 reelection campaign.Trump began his attempt to crush impeachment on Tuesday with a breathtaking show of defiance to Congress. In an eight-page...
WH blocks diplomat?s impeachment probe testimony
WASHINGTON: The White House on Tuesday blocked a top US diplomat from speaking to Congress as part of the impeachment investigation of Donald Trump, dramatically escalating the battle with Democrats over his presidency.Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland had voluntarily agreed to be deposed by House Democrats who were expected to...
Four killed in cargo plane crash landing in Ukraine
KIEV: At least four crew were killed on Friday when a Ukrainian Antonov-12 cargo airplane made an emergency landing near the western airport of Lviv after disappearing from radar, officials said.The Soviet-designed four-engine plane vanished from radar at 7:10 a.m. (0410 GMT) when it was 13.7 km (8.5 miles) from the airport, the emergencies...
Kurt Volker: First witness testifies in Trump impeachment probe
WASHINGTON: Ex-US special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker has become the first witness to testify to Congress in the impeachment probe of US President Donald Trump. Mr Volker was among those mentioned in an anonymous whistleblower’s complaint about Mr Trump’s call to the president of Ukraine. The Republican foreign policy expert...
Pompeo confirms he was in on Trump call to Ukraine leader
ROME: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed that he listened in on the phone call that is at the heart of the impeachment probe against Trump. “I was on the call,” Pompeo told a news conference in Rome. It was Pompeo’s first public comment on whether he had heard Trump ask the president of Ukraine to dig up dirt on political rival Joe...
Trump told Russian officials he wasn?t concerned by interference
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump told Russia´s foreign minister and ambassador that he was unconcerned about their country´s interference in the 2016 elections, The Washington Post reported late on Friday.Trump made the previously unreported comments during the same May 2017 Oval Office meeting in which he famously revealed highly classified...
