Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, September 22, 2020. WASHINGTON: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell joined other Republican lawmakers in rallying to the defense of constitutional government today, after President Donald Trump refused to […]
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday launched a fresh mocking attack on John McCain, the Republican senator who died in 2018, after McCain’s widow threw her support behind Joe Biden in the election. In a particularly aggressive tweet the Republican leader once again criticised John McCain who was one of […]
BANGKOK: Thailand began legal action today against Facebook and Twitter for ignoring requests to take down content, in its first such move against major internet firms. The digital ministry filed legal complaints with cybercrime police after the two social media companies missed 15-day deadlines to comply fully with court-issued takedown […]
BEIJING: China has barred entry to two “anti-China” Australian scholars, the Global Times newspaper said today, citing unnamed sources, amid heightened tension between Beijing and Canberra. The paper, published by the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s official People’s Daily newspaper, identified the two as Clive Hamilton and Alex Joske. It added […]
TOKYO: Japan and South Korea must cooperate to counter any threat from North Korea, Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, told South Korea’s president today, calling for the uneasy neighbours to repair their frayed ties. Relations between the two US allies have deteriorated sharply over the past year over war-time […]
NEW YORK: A New York judge yesterday ordered President Donald Trump’s son Eric to make himself available by October 7 to be interviewed under oath for a state probe into financing for properties owned by his family’s company. Justice Arthur Engoron of the Manhattan Supreme Court said Eric Trump, an […]
CHARLOTTE: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden yesterday said Black turnout was the linchpin to his hopes of winning the White House in November and reversing economic and social inequities that have held back African-Americans. Noting that the coronavirus pandemic has hit the minority community especially hard, Biden said Black Americans […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump picked retired generals for some of his most senior national security posts when he took office and boasts of heavy spending on the US military that he asserts is unmatched in history. He has made getting US allies to increase their own military spending a cornerstone […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said yesterday he thinks the 2020 election will end up at the US Supreme Court, adding that is why it was important to have nine justices. Trump, speaking at an event at the White House, said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, […]
MINSK: Belarusian security forces detained protesters and fired water cannon to disperse crowds as thousands took to the streets of Minsk against the abrupt inauguration of veteran President Alexander Lukashenko yesterday. Ignoring calls for an end to his 26-year grip on power, Lukashenko was sworn in for a sixth term […]