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Trump impeachment: What happens next?

Trump impeachment: What happens next?

REUTERS 2019-12-19 10:56:03

Donald Trump on Wednesday became the third US president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The votes set up a trial...

Trump becomes third US president to be impeached

Trump becomes third US president to be impeached

REUTERS 2019-12-19 10:07:51

Donald Trump on Wednesday became the third US president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in a historic step that wil...

South Korea court jails Samsung chairman for violating labour laws

South Korea court jails Samsung chairman for violating labour laws

Reuters 2019-12-18 17:13:14

A South Korean court sentenced Samsung Electronics Co Ltd board Chairman Lee Sang-hoon to 18 months in jail for sabotaging legitimate union activities on Tuesday. Lee and about 25 other defendants we...

Trump lashes out at Democrats on eve of impeachment

Trump lashes out at Democrats on eve of impeachment

Reuters 2019-12-18 16:58:29

On the eve of his expected impeachment in the US House of Representatives, President Donald Trump accused Democrats of pursuing an “illegal, partisan attempted coup” and declaring war on A...

1,300-year-old royal tomb discovered in NW China

1,300-year-old royal tomb discovered in NW China

Xinhua 2019-12-18 16:42:06

A tomb dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) was discovered in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the province's archaeology institute said Tuesday. The tomb, found in Yancun Village, Xixian New...

Indian SC turns down petition to stop implementation of citizenship law

Indian SC turns down petition to stop implementation of citizenship law

-- 2019-12-18 12:40:49

India’s top court on Wednesday refused to stall the implementation of a new law that lays out a path for non-Muslim minorities from some neighbouring countries for Indian citizenship, despite vi...

Japanese journo wins damages in lawsuit over alleged rape

Japanese journo wins damages in lawsuit over alleged rape

-- 2019-12-18 12:09:33

A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered prominent reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi to pay 3.3 million yen ($30,375) in damages to journalist Shiori Ito in a civil lawsuit over her allegations he had raped he...

12 inmates die in Panama prison shooting

12 inmates die in Panama prison shooting

-- 2019-12-18 10:56:54

Twelve inmates were killed and about a dozen more were wounded in a gunfight Tuesday inside a prison in the capital, Panamanian authorities said. The shooting occurred in a cell block that holds inma...

Indian citizenship law: Modi defiant despite widespread protests

Indian citizenship law: Modi defiant despite widespread protests

-- 2019-12-18 10:49:12

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reacted with defiance to widespread protests against a new citizenship law. The law offers citizenship to non-Muslims from three nearby countries. The governm...

Ex-Pak president Musharraf gets death in high treason case

Ex-Pak president Musharraf gets death in high treason case

-- 2019-12-17 13:52:35

A special court in Islamabad on Tuesday found former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf guilty of high treason and handed him death sentence — a first in Pakistan's history. A three-me...

China objects to Malaysia’s UN submission on South China Sea

China objects to Malaysia’s UN submission on South China Sea

-- 2019-12-17 13:05:03

China has protested against Malaysia filing a submission with the United Nations last week seeking to establish the limits of Malaysia's continental shelf in the northern part of the disputed South Ch...

Estonia apologises after minister mocks Finland PM

Estonia apologises after minister mocks Finland PM

-- 2019-12-17 11:24:12

Estonia's president has apologised after the country's interior minister described Finland's new prime minister as "a sales girl". President Kersti Kaljulaid said she was "embarrassed" by the comment...

India citizenship law protests spread across campuses

India citizenship law protests spread across campuses

-- 2019-12-17 10:49:33

Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses on Monday as critics said the Hindu nationalist government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with the co...

Xi reiterates his support for HK leader

Xi reiterates his support for HK leader

-- 2019-12-16 19:55:35

Hong Kong has faced its “grimmest and most complex year” since the former British colony was returned to China, President Xi Jinping said on Monday, before reiterating his support for the...

Women are better leaders than men: Barack Obama

Women are better leaders than men: Barack Obama

BBC 2019-12-16 19:44:57

Former US President Barack Obama has said if women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes. Speaking in Singapore, he said women aren't pe...

Democrats claim impeachment trial is rigged

Democrats claim impeachment trial is rigged

-- 2019-12-16 19:26:00

Even before Donald Trump is impeached, the partisanship of his looming Senate trial is casting doubt on whether polarised Washington can hold a President to account—now and in the future, report...

54,000 people evacuated after WWII bomb found in Italy

54,000 people evacuated after WWII bomb found in Italy

-- 2019-12-16 19:14:01

More than half of the population of the city of Brindisi, southern Italy, were evacuated from their homes on Sunday due to an unexploded World War II bomb, according to authorities. Some 54,000 peopl...

Turkey deploys surveillance drone in northern Cyprus

Turkey deploys surveillance drone in northern Cyprus

-- 2019-12-16 19:11:06

Turkey has dispatched a surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus amid tensions over offshore oil and gas exploration, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu...

Netanyahu’s Likud challenger surging ahead

Netanyahu’s Likud challenger surging ahead

-- 2019-12-16 18:42:57

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s challenger for the post of ruling Likud party leader is picking up more endorsements ahead of the official launch of his primary campaign on Monday, r...

Afghan forces rescue 12 detainees from Taliban hideout

Afghan forces rescue 12 detainees from Taliban hideout

-- 2019-12-16 18:06:03

The security forces have stormed a Taliban militants’ hideout in Shahidi Hasas district of Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province and rescued 12 detainees, all civilians, said an army sta...

Flights canceled in Beijing due to moderate snow

Flights canceled in Beijing due to moderate snow

-- 2019-12-16 17:17:03

Flights have been canceled and bus routes adjusted in Beijing as moderate snow hit the capital Monday morning, according to Beijing Daily.  As of 7.0 am Monday, 42 flights had been canceled at Be...

Sturgeon  mulls another Scottish independence vote

Sturgeon  mulls another Scottish independence vote

-- 2019-12-16 16:56:37

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson needs to “focus on reality” and recognize that the Scottish National Party (SNP) has been given a mandate for a second independence referendum, Scottis...

Bushfires destroy homes near Sydney

Bushfires destroy homes near Sydney

-- 2019-12-16 16:40:12

Authorities in Australia have issued fresh warnings about a “mega blaze” after it spread beyond containment lines and razed 20 houses near Sydney. The fire, burning over about 400,000 hect...

US ready to sign deal with North Korea

US ready to sign deal with North Korea

-- 2019-12-16 15:54:42

US special envoy Stephen Biegun has urged North Korea to come to the negotiating table, saying: “We are here, let’s get this done.” His comments in Seoul come days after North Korea...

Police fire tear gas at HK protesters, ending lull

Police fire tear gas at HK protesters, ending lull

-- 2019-12-16 15:49:35

Police fired tear gas against protesters in Hong Kong (HK) before meetings Monday between the territory’s leader and Communist Party officials in Beijing, ending a lull in what have become regul...

Protests erupt across India over citizenship law

Protests erupt across India over citizenship law

-- 2019-12-16 15:36:37

Police have clashed with protesters in several Indian cities as demonstrations against new law on illegal migrants entered a fifth day. There are large protests in the capital Delhi as well as in Mumb...

Germany mulls how to attract skilled labor from outside EU

Germany mulls how to attract skilled labor from outside EU

-- 2019-12-16 15:31:24

Chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting top German business and union officials on Monday to discuss how to attract skilled workers from outside the European Union (EU) as the country tries to tackle a sh...

Militants kill 22 in Congo

Militants kill 22 in Congo

Reuters 2019-12-16 15:31:12

Suspected Islamist militiamen killed at least 22 people overnight in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said on Sunday, as the rebels kept up attacks on civilians despite government cla...

Protests turn violent for 2nd day in Lebanon’s capital

Protests turn violent for 2nd day in Lebanon’s capital

-- 2019-12-16 15:21:48

Lebanese security forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters for a second straight day, ending what started as a peaceful rally in defiance of th...

Japan, S Korea hold export talks, seek dispute solution

Japan, S Korea hold export talks, seek dispute solution

-- 2019-12-16 15:12:06

Senior officials from Japan and South Korea were holding talks Monday on high-tech exports for the first time since Tokyo tightened controls on South Korean semiconductor parts earlier this year, repo...