WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Jul 14) downplayed police violence against black people, saying that “more white people” are killed by police officers. During an interview with CBS News, the Republican president was asked why black people were still dying at the hands of law enforcement. “And so are […]
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, hardening his stance on China as he struggles to contain the coronavirus, said on Tuesday (Jul 14) he signed legislation and an executive order to hold China accountable for the “oppressive” national security law it imposed on Hong Kong. Trump, acting on a Tuesday deadline, signed […]
SKOPJE: North Macedonia holds a parliamentary election on Wednesday (Jul 15) that may decide the pace of the country’s bid for European Union membership, with the governing pro-EU Social Democrats and the main opposition nationalists locked in a close race. The vote was originally scheduled for April but postponed due […]
WASHINGTON: A senior US official on Tuesday (Jul 14) likened China’s state enterprises to Britain’s colonising East India Company as Washington takes a tougher stance against Beijing in the dispute-rife South China Sea. A day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo branded most of Beijing’s claims in the sea illegal, […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Jul 14) shut the door on Phase 2 trade negotiations with China, saying he does not want to talk to Beijing about trade because of the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m not interested right now in talking to China,” Trump replied when asked in an […]
SAN DIEGO: Hundreds of firefighters battled through a second day from the air, land and water on Monday (Jul 13) to save a US war vessel swept by flames while moored at a San Diego shipyard, as the number of sailors and civilians injured in the blaze rose to nearly […]
WASHINGTON: International students have already been denied entry to the United States under new Trump administration rules that bar them from the country if their schools hold all classes online amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a court document filed on Sunday (Jun 12). The “friend of the court” brief, […]
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday (Jul 13) that the United States would treat Beijing’s pursuit of resources in the dispute-rife South China Sea as illegal, ramping up support for Southeast Asian nations. It was the latest forceful statement by President Donald Trump’s administration to challenge China, […]
A mix of charisma, media-savvy and anti-establishment airs help celebrities appeal to voters, says an observer. COLCHESTER, England: American rapper and sometime Trump supporter Kanye West has announced that he will be running for president of the United States. Without the tens of thousands of signatures needed to get on […]
MADRID: Ruling parties in Spain’s Galicia and Basque country were returned to office in the first polls held in the country since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and as new cases spike. With almost all votes counted, the conservative Popular Party in Galicia and the Basque Nationalist Party had […]