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Democrats launch formal impeachment inquiry of Trump

Democrats launch formal impeachment inquiry of Trump

BBC 2019-09-25 10:35:35

US Democrats have opened a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over allegations he sought help from a foreign power to damage a political rival. Top Democrat Nancy Pelosi said the...

Guterres urges concrete action at UN climate summit

Guterres urges concrete action at UN climate summit

Xinhua 2019-09-24 18:34:02

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged concrete action at the Climate Action Summit that he convened amid a worsening climate crisis. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the summit, Gu...

UN Secretariat announces 10-year plan to halve own emissions

UN Secretariat announces 10-year plan to halve own emissions

XINHUA 2019-09-23 16:44:02

The UN Secretariat, which runs the day-to-day operations of the gigantic world body, on Sunday announced a plan to slash its own emissions by almost half by 2030. The UN Secretariat has adopted a new...

Trump hails Modi at ‘historic’ Texas rally

Trump hails Modi at ‘historic’ Texas rally

-- 2019-09-23 15:34:44

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanged warm words of friendship in Texas at a rare mass rally for a foreign leader. Around 50,000 people gathered for what Mr Trum...

UN chief stresses negative impact of climate change on world peace

UN chief stresses negative impact of climate change on world peace

Xinhua 2019-09-22 17:48:40

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday highlighted the negative impact of climate change on world peace. At a ceremony to mark World Peace Day, Guterres said, "We know that peace is more tha...

90 big companies pledge to slash emissions

90 big companies pledge to slash emissions

-- 2019-09-22 12:47:04

Almost 90 big companies in sectors from food to cement to telecommunications are pledging to slash their greenhouse gas emissions in a new campaign to steer multi-nationals towards a low-carbon future...

Shooting at South Carolina leaves two dead

Shooting at South Carolina leaves two dead

-- 2019-09-22 12:23:22

Police in South Carolina were hunting for suspects on Saturday (US local time) after at least one person opened fire before dawn at a crowded bar in the city of Lancaster, killing two people and wound...

Cuba to respond to US expulsion of its UN diplomats, says FM

Cuba to respond to US expulsion of its UN diplomats, says FM

Xinhua 2019-09-21 17:16:00

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez announced on Friday that Havana would make an appropriate and timely response to recent US actions, including the expulsion of two Cuban diplomats to the United...

US to send troops to Saudi Arabia

US to send troops to Saudi Arabia

-- 2019-09-21 11:24:49

The US has announced plans to send forces to Saudi Arabia in the wake of attacks against the country's oil infrastructure. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters the deployment would be "defe...

One dead, five hurt in Washington, DC shooting

One dead, five hurt in Washington, DC shooting

Reuters 2019-09-20 12:39:27

One person was killed and five others were wounded on Thursday in a shooting on the streets of Washington, DC, not far from the White House, police said. Police have not apprehended a suspect as of l...

Trudeau apologises for wearing brown face make-up in 2001

Trudeau apologises for wearing brown face make-up in 2001

-- 2019-09-19 11:41:42

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologised on Wednesday for wearing brown face make-up in 2001 after an embarrassing picture emerged less than five weeks before an election in which he faces a...

Trump sees many options short of war with Iran

Trump sees many options short of war with Iran

Reuters 2019-09-19 11:34:18

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday there were many options short of war with Iran after US ally Saudi Arabia displayed remnants of drones and missiles it said were used in a crippling attack...

Trump says will meet Modi, Imran for talks

Trump says will meet Modi, Imran for talks

-- 2019-09-18 11:55:02

US President Donald Trump has said that he will meet both Indian and Pakistani leaders in the next few days while claiming that “a lot of progress is being made” in defusing tensions betwe...

Mexican authorities find 29 bodies in plastic bags

Mexican authorities find 29 bodies in plastic bags

-- 2019-09-18 11:53:11

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 violent western state of Jalisco. Murders in Mexico jump...

US seeks UN action on Saudi attacks

US seeks UN action on Saudi attacks

Reuters 2019-09-18 10:56:11

A senior US official on Tuesday (local time) called for a UN Security Council response to the attacks on Saudi oil facilities that the United States blames on Iran, but it was unclear what action he...

UN calls for end of child immigration detention

UN calls for end of child immigration detention

Xinhua 2019-09-17 14:01:30

The UN Network on Migration has reiterated its call to end the detention of children for immigration purposes in every region of the world. Detention of children for immigration purposes, whether the...

Trump says he doesn’t want war after Saudi oil plant attack

Trump says he doesn’t want war after Saudi oil plant attack

-- 2019-09-17 11:17:30

US President Donald Trump said on Monday it looked like Iran was behind attacks on oil plants in Saudi Arabia but stressed he did not want to go to war, as the attacks sent oil prices soaring and rais...

US intelligence data 'shows Iran behind Saudi oil attacks'

US intelligence data 'shows Iran behind Saudi oil attacks'

BBC 2019-09-16 14:20:15

The United States has issued satellite images and cited intelligence to back its claim that Iran was behind attacks on Saudi oil facilities. Iran denies involvement in Saturday's air attacks, which w...

Colombia plane crash kills seven

Colombia plane crash kills seven

Reuters 2019-09-16 11:30:45

A small plane crashed near the southwestern Colombian city of Popayan on Sunday (local time), killing seven of the nine passengers aboard, the city’s mayor and the country’s civil aviation...

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza killed in US raid, Trump says

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza killed in US raid, Trump says

-- 2019-09-15 11:39:09

Hamza bin Laden, a son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and himself a notable figure in the militant group, was killed in a US counterterrorism operation, President Donald Trump said on Saturd...

Democratic frontrunners spar over healthcare plans

Democratic frontrunners spar over healthcare plans

Reuters 2019-09-13 11:58:46

Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden clashed with progressive challengers Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders on healthcare in a debate on Thursday, defending Obamacare and pushing them to b...

Goodwill reciprocity needed to end trade war

Goodwill reciprocity needed to end trade war

Global Times 2019-09-12 19:09:12

US President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning Beijing time to "move the increased Tariffs on 250 Billion Dollars worth of goods (25 per cent to 30 per cent), from October 1st to October 15th." T...

US Supreme Court backs Trump on asylum crackdown

US Supreme Court backs Trump on asylum crackdown

Reuters 2019-09-12 11:31:19

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico...

California passes landmark gig economy workers’ rights bill

California passes landmark gig economy workers’ rights bill

-- 2019-09-11 17:28:39

Lawmakers in California have passed a landmark bill that would make it much more difficult for companies such as Uber and Lyft to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees, rep...

Trudeau kicks off tough re-election campaign

Trudeau kicks off tough re-election campaign

-- 2019-09-11 12:15:46

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, admired abroad for his progressive policies but damaged by scandals at home, kicks off a six-week re-election campaign on Wednesday with opinion polls suggestin...

US to commemorate 9/11 victims

US to commemorate 9/11 victims

-- 2019-09-11 12:11:54

Americans are commemorating 9/11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to "never forget" and rising attention to the terror attacks' extended toll on responders. A crowd of victims' relativ...

Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton

Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton

-- 2019-09-11 10:45:07

US President Donald Trump abruptly fired his national security adviser John Bolton amid disagreements with his hard-line aide over how to handle foreign policy challenges such as North Korea, Iran, Af...

‘Supercool’ method can triple organ survival

‘Supercool’ method can triple organ survival

-- 2019-09-10 20:36:06

Supercooling human livers to -4C triples the time they can be kept before transplant compared with putting them on ice, US researchers say. It slows the metabolic rate to prevent damage, Nature Biote...

Putin 'personally planned' Russia's interference in US polls

Putin 'personally planned' Russia's interference in US polls

-- 2019-09-10 16:12:29

The US extracted a high-level spy from inside Russia in 2017, reports BBC. Citing "multiple Trump administration officials with direct knowledge" of the operation, CNN reported that US intelligence f...

Trump says Taliban talks 'dead'

Trump says Taliban talks 'dead'

-- 2019-09-10 10:37:44

 WASHINGTON, Sept 10: US President Donald Trump proclaimed talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders dead on Monday, while the general in charge said the U.S. military is likely to ramp up o...