Europe

Pompeo inks deal for US troop move from Germany to Poland

8:31 pm August 15, 2020

Warsaw: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday sealed a defence cooperation deal with Polish officials that will pave the way for the redeployment of American troops from Germany to Poland. In Warsaw at the end of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe, Pompeo and Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak signed an Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement that sets out the legal framework for the additional […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

On V-J Day, UK’s Johnson pays tribute to campaign’s veterans

8:09 pm August 15, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is paying tribute to veterans of the multinational World War II campaign against Japan, which formally ended 75 years ago some three months after Nazi Germany had been vanquished in Europe. In an open V-J Day anniversary letter released Saturday and addressed to “Veterans of the Far East Campaign,” Johnson hailed the courage of […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

US will collapse if Biden is elected president, says Trump

3:03 pm August 14, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump has said that the US would collapse and become the world’s laughing stock if the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee Joe Biden wins the November 3 presidential elections. Trump said Biden’s proposed policies were not good for the country. “Today, we saw Joe Biden continue to politicise a pandemic and to show his appalling lack of […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo opens anti-China, anti-Russia tour in Czech Republic

8:28 pm August 11, 2020

Prague: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the Czech Republic at the start of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe expected to focus on threats to the region posed by Russia and China. Amid post-election violence and concerns about significant democratic backsliding in nearby Belarus, Pompeo plans to use his visit to push his hosts to counter Russian and Chinese […]

US kids, parents perform DIY tests for coronavirus science

11:28 pm August 8, 2020

Washington: In a comfy suburb just outside Nashville, a young family swabs their noses twice a month in a DIY study seeking answers to some of the most vexing questions about the coronavirus. How many U.S. children and teens are infected? How many kids who are infected show no symptoms? How likely are they to spread […]