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Trump heads to UN with long list of deals he’s yet to close

10:35 pm September 21, 2019

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, a self-described deal-maker, is saddled with a long list of unresolved foreign policy deals he has yet to close heading into his U.N. visit this coming week. There are challenges with Iran, North Korea, the Afghan Taliban, Israel and the Palestinians — not to mention a number of trade pacts. Some […]

Hong Kong protesters burn flag, police fire pepper spray

6:59 pm September 21, 2019

HONG KONG: Protesters in Hong Kong burned a Chinese flag and police fired pepper spray Saturday in renewed clashes over anti-government grievances. Police accused some protesters of throwing gasoline bombs after a march by several thousand people in Tuen Mun, an outlying district in the Chinese territory’s northwest. The event was relatively small compared with […]

Demonstrators march in Hong Kong in new weekend of protest

3:58 pm September 21, 2019

Hong Kong: Protesters marched through an outlying district of Hong Kong on Saturday in a renewed outpouring of grievances against the Chinese territory’s government. The march by several thousand people in Tuen Mun on Hong Kong’s northwest was relatively small compared with previous weekends. There was no violence, in contrast to previous protests that included […]

Will provide citizenship to 11 million people if voted to power; says Biden

Whistleblower complaint: Biden critical of Trump for urging Ukraine probe

5:08 am September 21, 2019

Washington: Former Vice President Joe Biden decryed reports that President Donald Trump urged the president of Ukraine to look into his son’s business dealings there. Biden says in a statement that if the reports are true, “Then there is truly no bottom to President Trump’s willingness to abuse his power and abase our country.” Biden […]

Trump defends himself against whistleblower complaint

9:51 pm September 20, 2019

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump repeatedly defended himself Friday against an intelligence whistleblower’s potentially explosive complaint, including an allegation of wrongdoing in a reported private conversation Trump had with a foreign leader. The complaint, which the administration has refused to let Congress see, remains shrouded in mystery but is “serious” and “urgent,” the government’s intelligence watchdog […]