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Pound jumps as exit poll shows Conservative majority in British vote

1:46 pm December 13, 2019

New York: The pound sterling leapt higher on Thursday after exit polls showed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ruling Conservative Party on track to win a wide parliamentary majority, a result seen as hastening Brexit. Meanwhile, global stock markets rallied with Wall Street in record territory following reports Washington and Beijing had at long last sealed […]

Iran says ready for more US prisoner swaps

11:06 pm December 9, 2019

Tehran: Iran said Monday it was open to more prisoner swaps with the US while stressing an exchange at the weekend was not the result of formal negotiations with its arch-foe. US President Donald Trump thanked Iran for what he called a “very fair negotiation” after an American scholar was released Saturday in exchange for […]

Trump warns Kim has ‘everything’ to lose through hostility

11:41 pm December 8, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump warned Sunday that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un had “everything” to lose through hostility towards the United States, after Pyongyang said it had carried out a major new weapons test. “Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far too much to lose, everything actually, if he acts in a hostile […]

Trump calls on World Bank to stop lending to China

10:55 am December 7, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump lashed out at the World Bank on Friday, blaming the international financial institution for lending money to China. “Why is the World Bank loaning money to China? Can this be possible? China has plenty of money, and if they don’t, they create it. STOP!” Trump wrote on Twitter. The president […]

Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it

Trump pulls back on designating Mexico cartels as ‘terror’ groups

10:32 am December 7, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday pulled back on his stated plans to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror groups, saying he was doing so at the request of his counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Last month, Trump called for a “war” on the cartels after the killings of nine women and children from […]