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Plan for Taliban meeting latest bold Trump gamble to unravel

Pompeo: Taliban ‘overreached’ in Kabul attack that killed American

9:18 pm September 8, 2019

Washington: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that Taliban “overreached” with a car bomb attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier, leading President Donald Trump to call off closely-held Afghanistan peace talks planned for Camp David. Pompeo said the Trump administration has recalled envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who has been negotiating with Taliban leaders […]

Texas relaxed gun laws after recent mass shootings

Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition

11:18 pm September 3, 2019

NEW YORK: Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it. The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas and follows two other back-to-back shootings last month, one […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Asian markets mostly down as China-US tariffs kick in

3:14 pm September 2, 2019

Hong Kong: Most Asian markets fell on Monday as fresh Chinese and US tariffs on goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars kicked in, though Donald Trump reiterated that the two sides were still due to hold talks this month. Hong Kong was weighed down by another weekend of violence, fuelling worries about possible Chinese […]

Trump says China trade deal still on after adviser's remarks

In escalating trade war, US consumers may see higher prices

11:48 pm September 1, 2019

WASHINGTON: The United States and China on Sunday put in place their latest tariff increases on each other’s goods, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other consumer items before the holiday shopping season. President Donald Trump said U.S.-China trade talks were still on for September. “We’ll see what happens,” […]

Wimbledon champion Halep targets strong finish in Asia

Gibbs, who beat cancer this year, loses to Halep at US Open

8:29 pm August 28, 2019

New York: Nicole Gibbs was all even with the Wimbledon champion, a set away from a triumphant return to Grand Slam tennis. She couldn’t pull it off. Nor could she be too upset. Beating cancer was already the most important victory Gibbs was going to get this year, no matter what happened against No. 4 […]