OTTAWA: Canada’s main opposition Conservative Party today elected Erin O’Toole, a former cabinet minister and armed forces veteran, to be its new leader and the primary challenger to Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. O’Toole replaces Andrew Scheer, who failed to unseat Trudeau in an election last year. In the leadership […]
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WASHINGTON: White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said late yesterday that she will be leaving the administration of US President Donald Trump at the end of August, citing the need to focus on her family. “I will be transitioning from the White House at the end of this month,” she said […]
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday he blames Donald Trump for “walking away” as Covid-19 ravaged the country, in a televised interview alongside running mate Kamala Harris on the eve of the Republican convention. The president, who is trailing Biden in polls, has been heavily criticized for his […]
KINMEN (Taiwan): Amid rising tensions with Beijing, the de facto US ambassador in Chinese-claimed Taiwan took part today for the first time in commemorations of a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces joined battle with China on a large scale. China has stepped up military activity around […]
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s sister described the US president as cruel and a liar whose lack of principles meant he could not be trusted, according to secretly made recordings published yesterday. It was the latest unflattering insider account to target the president, only instead of a jilted aide or business associate, […]
China, which claims Taiwan as its own, has stepped up military activity around the democratic island, moves denounced by Taiwan’s government as an attempt at intimidation to force them to accept Chinese rule. The de facto US ambassador in Taipei joined for the first time on Sunday a Taiwanese leader, […]
The United States is set to elect its 46th president as the nation goes to vote on November 3 with Donald Trump seeking reelection for a second term. Former vice president and Delaware senator Joe Biden has been nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee. In the US presidential elections, there […]
The news came after two days of political turmoil following revelations that swathes of lawmakers and senior politicians attended a parliamentary golf society dinner in breach of coronavirus guidelines. Irish premier Micheal Martin announced Sunday he would recall parliament following a scandal over politicians breaching coronavirus rules, for which he […]
WASHINGTON: The Democratic-led US House of Representatives voted on yesterday to provide the cash-strapped Postal Service with US$25 billion and block policy changes that have stirred concerns about mail-in balloting ahead of the Nov. 3 election. The 257-150 vote sent the legislation dubbed the “Delivering for America Act” on to […]
It was a consequence of Trump’s unwillingness to share the limelight, but also a necessary attempt to shift the November campaign from a referendum on his job performance to a choice between himself and Joe Biden. President Donald Trump spent the week of the Democratic National Convention forsaking what has […]