World
Back to homepage
Pelosi: Nixon was magnanimous to resign after scandal, unlike Trump
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is amplifying her unfavourable comparison of President Donald Trump to fellow Republican Richard Nixon, saying that disgraced president at least cared enough about the country to leave office before his impeachment. The top Democrat in
Read More
US Air Force Chief of Staff calls for Gulf Arab unity to counter Iran
United States Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein today pressed Gulf Arab states to reconcile differences and unify military capabilities as tensions with Iran simmer. Washington sees an ongoing dispute that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and
Read More
Trump attacks impeachment witness on Twitter, Democrats see intimidation
President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former US ambassador to Ukraine yesterday while she was testifying to an impeachment hearing in Congress, in an extraordinary moment that Democrats said amounted to witness intimidation. Trump blasted Marie Yovanovitch,
Read More
Three takeaways from the Trump impeachment hearing yesterday
President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former US ambassador to Ukraine yesterday while she was testifying to an impeachment hearing in Congress, an extraordinary moment that Democrats said amounted to witness intimidation. That was the first of
Read More
US govt proposes 83 per cent increase in cost to become US citizen
The Trump administration yesterday officially proposed an 83-per cent increase in cost to become a US citizen, claiming that “current fees do not recover the full costs of providing adjudication and naturalisation services”, Xinhua news agency reported. “The Department of
Read More
Australia braces for heavy winds, lightning amid bushfire threat
Australia braced for strong winds today that could whip up bushfires in two states over the weekend and add to a toll of more than 270 homes destroyed and 2.5 million acres (1 million hectares) of land ravaged during the
Read More
Italy declares state of emergency in flood-hit Venice
ROME: The Italian government has approved a state of emergency and 20 million euros (US$22 million) is being set aside following Venice’s worst flooding in over 50 years, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Thursday. The northeastern
Read More
Trump makes final pitch for Republican challenger in Louisiana governor’s race
US President Donald Trump made his final appeal to Louisiana voters yesterday to wrest power from the Deep South’s only Democratic governor in an election later this week, seeking to showcase the power of his support in local races. Trump
Read More
Trump asks US Supreme Court to prevent release of his tax returns
US President Donald Trump asked the conservative-majority Supreme Court yesterday to reverse a lower court ruling that directed his longtime accounting firm to hand over eight years of his tax returns to New York prosecutors. Trump appealed a November 4
Read More
US school shooting: Two students dead, three injured
LOS ANGELES: At least two students were killed and three others were injured following a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, Southern California yesterday morning. News agency Xinhua news agency reported that a 16-year old girl and a
Read More