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Major world events of 2022
It was a year when death came abruptly to what otherwise were days of communal celebrations; when Britain lost a queen and Japan, its former premier; when inept leaders – corrupted by hubris – fell; and when nature again refused to be ignored. It was a year of another devastating war in Europe.
25 December 2022, 05:14 AM
Musk asks Twitter users to vote on reinstatement of Donald Trump
Just hours after saying he had not yet decided on whether to lift the Twitter ban on Donald Trump, the social network's new owner Elon Musk asked users to vote on reinstating the former president to the platform.
19 November 2022, 03:57 AM
Donald Trump says FBI raided his Florida home
Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe, possibly connected to a US Justice Department investigation of Trump's removal of official presidential records to the Florida resort.
9 August 2022, 02:12 AM
Democracy on life support
The political division regarding how to deal with the attack on the US Capitol Building does not augur well for democracy in the US. What does this tell us about the fate of democracy in the world?
3 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Trump’s Truth Social ahead of TikTok and Twitter on Apple's App Store
Truth Social, former US President Donald Trump’s social media platform, has shot ahead of popular microblogging platform Twitter and short-video sharing platform TikTok on Apple’s App Store recently.
27 April 2022, 09:37 AM
Senate approves impeachment trial rules, rejecting witnesses
The US Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two days but solidly rejecting Democratic demands for more witnesses to expose what they deem Trump’s “trifecta” of offenses.
22 January 2020, 08:53 AM
Trump heading to Switzerland as impeachment trial reconvenes
When President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial is called to order in the Senate this week, he won’t be watching from inside the chamber or on television from the White House. He’ll be thousands of miles away at the Davos economic forum in the Swiss Alps, trying to charm global CEOs over dinner.
21 January 2020, 05:07 AM
5 things you need to know to understand Iran-US crisis
The decision of US President Donald Trump to kill Qasem Soleimani has left the international community reeling.
9 January 2020, 06:14 AM
Trump may start a war with Iran but can he end it?
Did Donald Trump really mean what he said—that it was to prevent war, and not make one, for which a top Iranian military commander was hit in Baghdad on his instructions?
6 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump calls for World Bank to stop loaning to China
US President Donald Trump has called for the World Bank to stop loaning money to China, one day after the institution adopted a lending plan to Beijing over Washington’s objections.
7 December 2019, 06:29 AM
'Nasty', 'two-faced', 'brain dead': NATO pulls off summit despite insults
NATO leaders set aside public insults ranging from "delinquent" to "brain dead" and "two-faced", declaring at a 70th anniversary summit they would stand together against a common threat from Russia and prepare for China's rise.
5 December 2019, 04:30 AM
Evidence of Trump misconduct 'overwhelming': House impeachment report
Democrats present a forceful case for impeaching and removing President Donald Trump from office in a report detailing “overwhelming evidence” of misconduct in office and obstruction by the US leader.
4 December 2019, 04:32 AM
Trump signs bills in support of Hong Kong protesters
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two bills aimed at supporting human rights and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.
28 November 2019, 04:36 AM
Trump invited for Dec 4 impeachment hearing
The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Tuesday invited President Donald Trump to its first impeachment hearing, scheduled for December 4, starting a new phase of the inquiry that could lead to formal charges against the president within weeks.
27 November 2019, 04:57 AM
Trump impeachment hearings about to go public
The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open.
13 November 2019, 04:27 AM
Trump fined $2m for misusing charity foundation
A judge orders President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to an array of charities as a fine for misusing his own charitable foundation to further his political and business interests.
8 November 2019, 06:10 AM
US judge blocks Trump's health insurance rule for immigrants
A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas.
3 November 2019, 04:58 AM
Kim and Trump have special relationship
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump have a "special" relationship, a top Pyongyang official says, echoing remarks this week by the American head of state.
24 October 2019, 04:37 AM
Trump says Turkey and Kurds needed to fight 'like two kids'
US President Donald Trump has said that he allowed Turkish and Kurdish forces to clash in deadly battle because the two sides were like children who needed to fight each other.
18 October 2019, 05:12 AM
Trump, Modi vow relentless fight on extremists in mass rally
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declare themselves united in a relentless fight against "terrorism," vowing a close, personal alliance in front of tens of thousands of Indian-Americans.
23 September 2019, 04:29 AM