Trump hits back at Pelosi’s 25th Amendment move, says her real target is ‘Sleepy Joe’
The White House offense came after Pelosi questioned Trump’s health. The White House pounced on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 25th Amendment talk Friday, hitting her for her own mental fitness for office and also suggesting she was trying to target Democratic presidential … Read More
Mexico’s military to take control of ports in the war against cartels
Mexico’s president has promised to curb corruption and the influence of drug cartels by giving the military more powers. But a new plan to hand over the administration of ports to the generals is controversial. Since taking office at the … Read More
China Has Amassed 60,000 Soldiers On India’s Northern Border: Mike Pompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – File Photo China has deployed 60,000 troops on India’s northern border, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday. Hitting out at Beijing for its “bad behaviour” and the threats it poses … Read More
Biden has immigrants, advocates hoping for reversal of Trump’s border policies
“I want Trump out … it would make things easier,” one Honduran woman said, according to a report. Immigration advocates and even some Central Americans mulling entering the U.S. are reportedly rooting hard for a Joe Biden victory in November, encouraged by … Read More
‘New arms race’: border roads put India and China on route to conflict
An infrastructure ‘arms race’ along China and India’s disputed Himalayan border has put the two countries on a collision course Both sides are trying to ‘strengthen and enhance their tactical advantage’, says one When India and China’s foreign ministers met … Read More
Nobel Peace Prize: UN World Food Programme wins for efforts to combat hunger
The WFP says it provided assistance to almost 100 million people last year – Reuters In Oslo, Norway, the Nobel Peace Prize committee has awarded the 2020 prize to the World Food Programme, the United Nations’ largest specialized agency and … Read More
Donald Trump declares himself ready for rallies
Donald Trump Credit: AP/Press Association Images Donald Trump insisted on Thursday he was ready to resume campaign rallies and felt “perfect” only one week after his Covid-19 diagnosis, as his doctor said the president had “completed his course of therapy” for … Read More
Iran foreign minister to visit China following U.S. sanctions
In this July 19, 2020, file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaks during a press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, Fouad Hussein during his visit to Baghdad, Iraq. –THE ASSOCIATED PRESS China says Iran’s foreign minister will visit … Read More
Vice presidential debate: Harris, Pence spar on plexiglass-divided stage over coronavirus, Supreme Court
The VP nominees clashed over coronavirus, the Amy Coney Barrett nomination and taxes. Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence did not waste time trading fire over President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the idea of packing the Supreme Court and taxes as … Read More
Authorities Investigate Mass Deaths of Sea Life Off The Coast of Russia
Pollution off the Pacific shoreline of the remote Kamchatka peninsula has caused the mass death of marine creatures, Russian scientists said Tuesday. Locals sounded the alarm in late September as surfers experienced stinging eyes from the water and sea creatures … Read More
Trump authorizes declassification of all Russia collusion, Hillary Clinton email probe documents
‘I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents,’ Trump tweeted President Trump on Tuesday said he has “fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents” related to the Russia investigation and the FBI’s investigation into … Read More
Confidence in Merkel is at all-time high in several countries during her last full year in office
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin following a virtual meeting with governors of Germany’s 16 states on Aug. 27, 2020. (Omer Messinger-Pool/Getty Images) As Angela Merkel enters the home stretch of … Read More
Left-wing Berlin wants to ban words such as ‘foreigner’ and ‘asylum seeker’
Such words as ‘foreigner’ and ‘asylum seeker’ are, according to a new handbook, discriminatory. Officials in Berlin’s left-wing government have a new handbook which states that they can no longer label people as “foreigners” or “asylum seekers”, with both of … Read More