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Pelosi likely speaker again, but might require high-wire act

US lawmakers mark 400 years since first slave shipment in Ghana

11:09 pm July 31, 2019

Accra (Ghana): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned the “grave evil” of slavery in a speech to Ghana’s parliament Wednesday marking 400 years since the first shipment of enslaved Africans to America. Pelosi was leading a delegation including members of the Congressional Black Caucus to the West African country, four centuries after the first slave […]

Kejriwal did not take strong stand against CAA: Tharoor

Tharoor gets court nod to travel abroad

10:03 pm July 26, 2019

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday allowed Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, an accused in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death, to travel abroad. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj granted permission to Tharoor to go to the United States of America, Canada, Germany, Maldives, the United Kingdom and Republic of Korea from August […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Taiwan defends US arms deal after China sanctions threat

1:43 pm July 13, 2019

Taipei: Taiwan has defended the proposed purchase of USD 2.2 billion in arms from the US, following a Chinese announcement that it would sanction any American companies involved in the deal. The defense ministry said Saturday that US weapons help strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense in the face of a growing military threat from China. China said […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump touts July 4 military ‘salute’; critics see politics

1:45 pm July 3, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump marshaled tanks, bombers and other machinery of war on Tuesday for a Fourth of July celebration that traditionally is light on military might, while critics accused him of using America’s military as a political prop. Under White House direction, the Pentagon was scrambling to arrange for an Air Force B-2 stealth […]

China demands FedEx account for undelivered Huawei package in new spat

11:11 pm June 24, 2019

Beijing: China on Monday called on America’s FedEx to explain why a parcel from Huawei to the US went undelivered, in the second spat between the companies in less than a month. The ongoing tussle between the two firms comes as Beijing and Washington face off in a trade war that last month had both sides exchanging steep tariffs on hundreds of billions in exports. IT […]