Trump considers delisting Chinese firms from U.S. markets -sources
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges, three sources briefed on the matter said on Friday, in what would...
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Democrats appeal for more witnesses to come forward about Trump-Ukraine matter
Democrats are urging people who might have more information about President Donald Trump‘s effort to persuade Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden to come forward as Trump struggles to...
US sanctions Cuba’s Castro for supporting Venezuela’s Maduro
The Trump administration on Thursday imposed diplomatic sanctions on Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro, accusing him of “gross violations of human rights” as it...
How Ukraine got caught up in Trump’s impeachment battle
Ukraine is the unwitting participant in a political battle in Washington between President Donald Trump and the Democrats ahead of the 2020 election. Democrats launched...
Democrats cheer impeachment probe despite political risk
Democrats backing an impeachment investigation targeting President Donald Trump are prepared to take the electoral risks of such a move amid indications that a key...
Trump pressed Ukraine president to probe political rival -call summary
President Donald Trump pressed Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, in coordination with the U.S. attorney general and his...
A Nobel for Sweden’s Greta Thunberg? A tough decision for prize committee
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg’s shaming of world leaders and air travellers over climate change has won her millions of admirers and attracted many new followers...
U.S. House Democrats plunge into Trump impeachment inquiry
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plunge into a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a move that could dramatically change...
Bolsonaro attacks ‘lying’ media on Amazon fires, demands respect for Brazil’s sovereignty
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday the Amazon rainforest was not being devastated by fires as reported by “lying” media and that foreign interest...
Teenager Thunberg angrily tells U.N. climate summit ‘you have stolen my dreams’
Teenage activist Greta Thunberg angrily denounced world leaders on Monday for failing to tackle climate change, unleashing the outrage felt by millions of her peers in the...
Battered Trudeau gets brief reprieve amid Canada blackface scandal
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got his first day out of the spotlight on Saturday after being hammered for images showing him in blackface, which...
Battered Trudeau gets brief reprieve amid Canada blackface scandal
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got his first day out of the spotlight on Saturday after being hammered for images showing him in blackface, which...
U.S. and El Salvador sign joint immigration deal
By Jan Wolfe The U.S. and El Salvador have reached a joint deal on immigration, the U.S. embassy in El Salvador said on Friday, without...
At least four dead, 12 critically injured, in Utah tour bus crash
A bus carrying Chinese-speaking tourists crashed on Friday near Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, killing at least four people and leaving 12 to 15...
UN urged by own staff to look at its climate footprint
More than 1,000 United Nations employees have called for the global body to reduce its carbon footprint, including through curbs on their own diplomatic perks like...
One dead, five hurt in Washington, D.C. shooting
One person was killed and five others wounded on Thursday evening in a shooting on the streets of Washington, D.C., not far from the White...
List of scandals and missteps involving Canada’s Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose Liberals are in deep political trouble after the emergence of a photo of him in brown face, has experienced...
Canada’s Trudeau apologizes for dressing up in brown face
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on Wednesday for wearing brown face make-up in 2001 after an embarrassing picture emerged less than five weeks before...
Nasa chief casts doubt on 2024 moon landing by astronauts
A top Nasa manager has cast doubt on the space agency’s ability to land astronauts on the moon by 2024. Kenneth Bowersox, acting associate administrator...
Mexican authorities find 29 bodies in a hundred plastic bags
Mexican authorities said on Tuesday they had found 29 bodies, packed in more than a hundred plastic bags, dumped in a clandestine grave in the...
