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Nine Americans killed in Mexican ambush, Trump urges joint action
MEXICO CITY: Gunmen killed nine women and children in the bloodiest attack on Americans in Mexico for years, prompting US President Donald Trump to offer to help the neighbouring country wipe out drug cartels believed to be behind the ambush.
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US envoy Sondland admits to quid pro quo on Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON: US diplomat Gordon Sondland told a Ukrainian official his country would likely not get nearly US$400 million in security aid unless they pursued investigations demanded by President Donald Trump, revising earlier testimony to the Trump impeachment inquiry. Sondland, the
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US begins one-year process to leave Paris Climate pact
WASHINGTON: The US submitted paperwork yesterday to the United Nations that begins the one-year process to formally withdraw from the historic Paris climate accord, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. US President Donald Trump, a longtime critic of the agreement, has bemoaned
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Giuliani associate Parnas will comply with Trump impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON: Lev Parnas, an indicted Ukrainian-American businessman who has ties to President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is now prepared to comply with requests for records and testimony from congressional impeachment investigators, his lawyer told Reuters yesterday. Parnas, who
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Trump tells UK’s Johnson and Farage to unite
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage to come together to safeguard prospects for expanded US-UK trade after Britain leaves the European Union. Trump told reporters at the White
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Whistleblower offers Republicans testimony as Trump pushes to unmask
WASHINGTON: The US official whose whistleblower complaint led to the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump offered to communicate directly with Republicans on the intelligence committee leading the inquiry, his lawyers said yesterday. The action was in response to Republican
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Trump impeachment effort passes first test in divided US Congress
A deeply divided US House of Representatives took a major step yesterday in the effort to impeach President Donald Trump when lawmakers approved rules for the next, more public, stage in the Democratic-led inquiry into Trump’s attempt to have Ukraine
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Twitter to ban political ads, team Trump enraged
NEW YORK: Twitter Inc will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company’s chief executive said today, a move that won praise from Democrats and scorn from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. “We’ve made the decision to stop all
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Russian police deploy in Syria’s Kobani, Trump claims ceasefire ‘permanent’
MOSCOW/ANKARA/WASHINGTON: Russian military police started to deploy on Syria’s northeast border yesterday under a deal with Turkey to drive out Kurdish fighters, marking Moscow’s deepening influence in the region two weeks after the US pulled out forces. Turkey announced that
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Republican lawmakers storm and disrupt Trump impeachment inquiry
Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting Democrats’ attempts to impeach him, disrupted the US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry yesterday and prevented a Pentagon official from testifying. The Republicans stormed into a hearing room
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