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Lawmakers have made Trump’s request last summer that Ukraine investigate former Vice President Joe Biden the centrepiece of the probe. (Photo: File)

‘Democrats will be sorry in the end’: Trump as impeachment probe reaches into WH

Trump said he would formally object to Congress about impeachment inquiry, even as he acknowledged that Democrats “have votes” to proceed.

05 Oct 2019 12:41 PM

Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have offered no evidence for their assertions of corruption against former Vice President Biden, a leading contender for the Democratic Party nomination to run against Trump. (Photo: File)

China should start investigation into the Bidens: Donald Trump

The Republican president said he believed both China and Ukraine should look into 2020 presidential hopeful Biden and his son Hunter.

04 Oct 2019 2:48 PM

His lawyer, Cindy Mills, tries at least one such case in court every year. In 2010, one of her clients was awarded USD 5.9 million in a similar situation. (Representational Image)

US man sues wife's lover for marriage failure under law from 1800s, wins USD 7,50,000

The law, which is still in effect in only five other US states -- Hawaii, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Dakota and Utah.

04 Oct 2019 12:10 PM

Trump has suggested the whistleblower committed treason, prompting concerns among Democrats on the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee that testifying could raise the risk of exposure. (Photo: File)

Trump threats complicate negotiations for whistleblower to testify to Cong

The whistleblower’s revelations led to House Democrats opening an impeachment inquiry last week.

04 Oct 2019 11:19 AM

India has issued an outright ban on all e-cigarette products, as has the US state of Massachusetts. (Representational Image)

18 succumb to vaping-linked lung injuries, 1,080 sick in US

About 70 patients of patients are male, and 80 per cent are under 35 years old.

04 Oct 2019 11:06 AM

The DC Comics character is associated with a 2012 mass shooting at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado, during a screening of a different Batman film, 'The Dark Knight Rises'. (Photo: File)

Security stepped up as 'Joker' opens in US movie theaters

Police in New York, LA and Chicago said that while they had no specific threats, they were deploying officers or monitoring movie theatres.

04 Oct 2019 10:30 AM

‘On lot of the issues which different countries face with China, frankly, we would weigh the issues on their merit and largely take a bilateral approach,’ he said responding to a question. (Photo: PTI)

India wants ‘complicated’ relationship with China to improve’

Noting the complicated relationship, he said India has given an enormous amount of time and priority to ties with China.

03 Oct 2019 5:22 PM

A study by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and Rutgers University examined how such a hypothetical future conflict would have consequences that could ripple across the globe. (Photo: PTI)

India-Pakistan nuclear conflict may kill up to 125 million people: Study

The researchers found that the exploding nuclear weapons could release 16 to 36 million tonnes of soot.

03 Oct 2019 4:20 PM

Trump -- accused of leaning on Ukraine's president to dig up dirt on one of his main 2020 election rivals -- resorted to coarse language in his broadsides against the investigation and his adversaries conducting it. (Photo: File)

Donald Trump lashes out at Democrats over impeachment inquiry

Trump has fought back in terms once inconceivable for a president, including his claim that this is 'not an impeachment, it is a COUP.'

03 Oct 2019 1:13 PM

When Modi came to Washington DC to address a joint session of the Congress, the Congressional leadership met him before the speech, she said. (Photo:File)

US Speaker Nancy Pelosi applauds Modi's commitment to tackle climate change

Referring to commitment shown by Modi on agreement of climate change, Pelosi said: 'It was not easy. But it was done'.

03 Oct 2019 9:58 AM

Biden, in return, accused President Trump of abuse of power in a statement sent to reporters before his speech on Wednesday. (Photo: File)

You're not going to destroy me: Biden tells Trump after 'stone-cold crooked' remark

'Let me make something clear to Trump and his hatchet men and the special interests funding his attacks against me,' Biden said.

03 Oct 2019 9:14 AM

The government will fail in its duty if it does not take that call, Jaishankar said, adding that instructions given to the security forces have been to exercise extreme restraint. (Photo: File)

Scrapping of Art 370 'long awaited' step, 'right thing' to do: Jaishankar

Jaishankar told a Washington audience that he expects Pakistan to continue what it has been doing for the past several decades.

03 Oct 2019 8:46 AM

Trump also advised that migrants be shot in their legs. (Photo: File)

Trump wanted electrified border wall fortified with snakes: report

He also asked his advisors to shut down the entire 2,000-mile border with Mexico by noon the next day.

02 Oct 2019 2:58 PM

On offer are pre-rolled joints starting at USD 18 dollars apiece, highly potent concentrates, some edibles, and accessories such as bongs, pipes and dabbing devices.(Photo: Twitter)

US opens 1st cannabis cafe, offers array of weed products

Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe, the much-hyped 240-seat establishment is open to people 21 and over.

02 Oct 2019 12:54 PM

Shriver was responding to a question on China's support to Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir after India nullified articles 370 and 35A of its Constitution that gave temporary special privileges to Jammu and Kashmir. (Representational Image)

Pakistan terror groups may attack India post J&K move: US

'I think many have concerns that Pakistan keep a lid on terror groups that might conduct cross-border activities,' US official said.

02 Oct 2019 10:38 AM

Trump's comments came after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed to prevent or delay five former or current State Department staffers from testifying in the investigation probing accusations that Trump abused his office by seeking dirt from Ukraine on a 2020 election rival. (Photo: File)

'It is a COUP,' Donald Trump denounces impeachment probe

Trump faces possibility of becoming only the third president ever impeached by Congress, which could lead to his going on trial in Senate.

02 Oct 2019 9:05 AM

Trump's interactions with foreign leaders — and Barr's role in those discussions — are under heightened scrutiny now that the House has launched an impeachment inquiry into the president. (Photo: File)

Australian govt confirms Trump asked PM Morrison for help to discredit Mueller probe

The president has sought, without evidence, to implicate the Bidens in the kind of corruption that has long plagued Ukraine.

01 Oct 2019 3:24 PM

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells, who oversees all State Department policy towards South Asia will testify at the hearing, Congressman Brad Sherman, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asia, said. (Photo: File)

Focus on Kashmir in US Congress panel meet on Human Rights in South Asia

The issue of Tamils in Sri Lanka, the human rights situation in Pakistan including the Sindh province will also be taken up during hearing.

01 Oct 2019 2:30 PM

On Monday, three House committees issued a subpoena to Giuliani and demanded he produces all the documents related to his contacts with Ukraine, The Biden family and related matters. (Photo: ANI)

Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani subpoenaed in impeachment inquiry

These panels are investigating the matter as part of an impeachment inquiry endorsed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week.

01 Oct 2019 2:15 PM

Often the argumentation comes from people who have a viewpoint that we shouldn't have done anything about (Article) 370, Jaishankar said, adding he has a very little tolerance for that. (Photo: File)

'They are obsessed,' says Jaishankar questions bid to 'hyphenate' India with Pakistan

By that logic then, India should not do anything which would bring Pakistan into the conversation at all, Jaishankar said.

01 Oct 2019 8:45 AM

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