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Trump trial likely to begin next Tuesday: Senate chief
World
January 15, 2020
Trump trial likely to begin next Tuesday: Senate chief
The Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin in seven days with key players sworn…
US, China set to sign vital trade truce
World
January 15, 2020
US, China set to sign vital trade truce
The world’s two dominant economic powers, the United States and China, are poised to sign a trade truce Wednesday that…
China expected to clock weakest growth in 30 years: AFP poll
Business
January 14, 2020
China expected to clock weakest growth in 30 years: AFP poll
China’s economy grew at its slowest rate in three decades in 2019, according to an AFP poll of economists, after…
Under pressure, Iran makes first arrests over airliner downing
Middle East
January 14, 2020
Under pressure, Iran makes first arrests over airliner downing
Iran announced Tuesday its first arrests over the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week, as it struggles to…
Trudeau cites US ratcheting up tensions with Iran in plane’s downing
Middle East
January 14, 2020
Trudeau cites US ratcheting up tensions with Iran in plane’s downing
Victims of an Iran-downed jetliner would still be alive if not for a recent escalation of tensions partly triggered by…
Ahead of impeachment trial, Trump suggests not having it
World
January 13, 2020
Ahead of impeachment trial, Trump suggests not having it
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the Senate should simply dismiss the impeachment case against him, an extraordinary suggestion…
Friends and foes gather in Oman to mourn Qaboos
Middle East
January 12, 2020
Friends and foes gather in Oman to mourn Qaboos
DUBAI (Reuters) – World and regional leaders, many at odds with one another, met Oman’s new ruler on Sunday to…
‘I’m spending all my money to get rid of Trump’: Michael Bloomberg
World
January 12, 2020
‘I’m spending all my money to get rid of Trump’: Michael Bloomberg
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – US presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg told Reuters he is ready to spend much of his…
Iran’s handling of plane disaster sparks new challenge to rulers
Middle East
January 12, 2020
Iran’s handling of plane disaster sparks new challenge to rulers
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s clerical rulers risk a legitimacy crisis as popular anger has boiled up at the way the…
Egypt’s Foreign Minister visits United States for joint meeting on GERD
Egypt
January 12, 2020
Egypt’s Foreign Minister visits United States for joint meeting on GERD
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry traveled to the US on Saturday to participate in a joint Egyptian-Ethiopian-Sudanese meeting…