USA

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 […]

President Donald Trump says US troops ‘largely out’ of Syria region

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 […]

Vaping-related illness sickens over 500 in US

2:26 am September 20, 2019

Washington: More than 500 people have been sickened in an outbreak of vaping-related illness in the United States, health authorities said Thursday, as Los Angeles became the latest city to take steps to ban flavored e-cigarettes. The known tally from the mysterious lung disease has jumped from 380 to 530, although the number of deaths […]

US fines Hyundai USD 47 mn over dirty diesel engines

11:03 pm September 19, 2019

Washington: South Korean automaker Hyundai will pay a USD 47 million fine for illegally importing and selling dirty diesel engines in violation of American environmental rules, US authorities announced Thursday. Between 2012 and 2015, the company imported nearly 2,300 diesel-powered heavy construction vehicles with engines that did not meet US emissions standards, the US Justice […]

House Speaker Pelosi welcomes Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to Capitol

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi welcomes Hong Kong activists to Capitol

2:24 am September 19, 2019

WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday welcomed Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to the U.S. Capitol, sending a message to Beijing that Congress supports the protesters in their months-long campaign for human rights. Pelosi thanked the activists for “challenging the conscience,” not only of the Chinese government, but the worldwide community with their mass protests […]