MADRID: The United States is changing its force posture in Europe based on threats coming from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine and other directions, US President Joe Biden said today during a Nato summit in Madrid. He confirmed the US will raise the number of destroyers in Spain to […]
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WASHINGTON: A series of blockbuster congressional hearings that have shocked Americans with eye-popping allegations of a plot by Donald Trump to steal the 2020 election went on a break this week as investigators began taking stock of new evidence. Legal experts say the damning testimony against Trump provided by figures […]
EL PASO: Diana Villanueva’s rapist took her to an abortion clinic when she was just 16 years old and told her to terminate her pregnancy. She wasn’t greeted by the crowds of protestors who often gather outside facilities in the United States to try to persuade women to change their […]
KYIV: The European Commission will meet today to give its fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine’s bid for EU candidacy, a step closer to membership for the country a day after the bloc’s most powerful leaders visited Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion. Never before has an opinion been given so quickly […]
LONDON: British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer is being investigated by parliament’s standards commissioner over whether he broke the rules on registering his earnings and gifts. An update to the parliament website today showed an investigation was opened into Starmer on June 8. It did not provide further details. Members […]
LONDON: The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, has filed an appeal against a Moscow court decision demanding that it remove information related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, arguing that people have a right to know the facts of the war. A Moscow court fined the Wikimedia Foundation 5 million […]
WASHINGTON: A congressional panel investigating last year’s mob assault on the US Capitol laid out its case Thursday that Donald Trump and his claims of a stolen election were at the heart of what amounted to an “attempted coup” to remain in power. In a prime-time presentation of its findings […]
KYIV: Ukrainian troops claimed today to have pushed forward in intense street fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, but said their only hope to turn the tide was more artillery to offset Russia’s massive firepower. In the south, Ukraine’s defence ministry said it had captured new ground in a […]
TOKYO: US President Joe Biden on Monday endorsed Japan’s plan to beef up its defence capabilities as he and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida committed to working closely to counter China’s growing influence in Asia. Biden, on his first trip to Asia since taking office, is visiting the region as concern […]
SEOUL: Before President Joe Biden left South Korea for Japan today, he offered a brief message to Kim Jong Un, whose nuclear sabre-rattling has risked overshadowing the US leader’s first Asia trip: “Hello. Period.” He offered the succinct greeting when reporters asked whether he had anything to say to North […]