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US President Donald Trump on Sunday night called on House Republicans to vote in favour of releasing all Jeffrey Epstein case files, a major shift from his earlier efforts to undermine the push. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Republicans “should vote to release the Epstein files” and accused Democrats of using the […]
US President Donald Trump said he had an “obligation” to sue the BBC over a misleading speech edit, stopping short of announcing legal action in a Fox News interview aired on Tuesday. Trump’s lawyers threatened the British broadcaster with a billion-dollar lawsuit on Monday, according to a letter seen by AFP, as the BBC apologized […]
The plane had taken off from Ganja airport in western Azerbaijan on Tuesday afternoon but crashed shortly after crossing the border into eastern Georgia, the defence ministry said after the incident. Turkey today said all 20 people onboard a military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia on its return from Azerbaijan had died. The plane […]
The United States Senate has passed a critical funding bill aimed at ending what has become the longest government shutdown in the country’s history. The bill, which passed late Monday in a 60–40 vote, saw nearly all Republicans joined by eight Democrats and one independent. The agreement will fund the federal government through the end […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has apologised for what it described as “an error of judgement” in editing a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump, which wrongly suggested he made a “direct call for violent action” ahead of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The controversy, which has sparked political and media backlash both in […]
A deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has passed the Senate, paving the way for the record-breaking impasse to be broken. After a weekend of negotiations in Washington, a minority of Democrats joined with Republicans and voted in favour of an agreement. The vote is a procedural first step towards passing a compromise […]
China has announced the suspension of “special port fees” on United States vessels for one year, marking another step in easing trade tensions between the two economic superpowers. The move, which took effect at 13:01 (05:01 GMT) on Monday, coincides with Washington’s decision to pause levies on Chinese ships as part of a fragile trade […]
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has said she will press charges against a man who groped her during a public appearance. Mobile phone footage of the incident on Tuesday shows Sheinbaum speaking to a group of supporters on a street near the National Palace in Mexico City. In the video, a man approaches her from behind […]
– Zohran Mamdani Becomes New York’s Youngest Mayor in a Decade as Party Sees –Elsewhere, Democrats scored decisive gubernatorial wins. – The Democratic wave extended beyond executive offices. It was a jubilant night for Democrats across the United States as the party celebrated a string of major electoral victories in races widely seen as a […]
US President Donald Trump signed an order Tuesday to lower fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese products, formalising a key part of his deal with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after their first face-to-face talks in years. Shortly after returning to the presidency this year, Trump imposed additional tariffs of 20 per cent on goods from China over […]
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