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Pentagon told witness not to testify in impeachment inquiry

4:31 am October 25, 2019

WASHINGTON: A Defense Department official who testified in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump did so in defiance of the Pentagon, which told her not to cooperate. A letter to Laura Cooper’s attorney obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday cites an administration-wide policy against participating in the impeachment probe. The directive underscores Trump […]

Trump lynching claim renews pain for kin of actual victims

10:05 pm October 23, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Alabama: Willie Edwards Jr., a black truck driver, was killed by Ku Klux Klansmen who forced him to jump off a bridge in Alabama in 1957. Two years earlier, white men had bludgeoned black teenager Emmett Till to death in Mississippi. No one went to prison for either slaying. Both people died in racist […]

UK prime minister Boris Johnson mulls early election over Brexit impasse

UK prime minister mulls early election over Brexit impasse

9:24 pm October 23, 2019

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was weighing Wednesday whether to push for an early election or try again to pass his stalled European Union divorce deal, after Parliament blocked a fast-track plan to approve his Brexit bill before the UK’s scheduled departure from the bloc on Oct. 31. Lawmakers backed the substance of Johnson’s […]

Sourav Ganguly hospitalised after chest pain

Sourav Ganguly: Once a leader, always a leader

1:01 pm October 23, 2019

Mumbai: From the dressing room to the board room, former India captain Sourav Ganguly’s effortless transition into the highest echelons of cricket administration is a throwback to the days of his artistic offside play. Like he would bisect a packed seven-man offside field in his heydays, leaving fans and teammates in awe and opponents clueless, […]

Philippine leader to undergo 'precautionary' virus test

Philippines’ Duterte cuts short Japan trip in ‘unbearable pain’

7:59 pm October 22, 2019

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, suffering from “unbearable pain” in his spine after a motorcycle accident, is cutting short a trip to Japan, his spokesman said Tuesday. The 74-year-old hurt his hip in the crash last week, with his health already the subject of intense speculation following his disclosure earlier this month that he is […]