Case opened: US Democrats begin public airing of Mueller report Updated 10 June 2019 AP June 10, 2019 04:17 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump says it’s “case closed .” But Democrats are just getting started with Robert Mueller .House Democrats have scheduled a series of hearings this coming week on the special counsel’s report as they…
CHICAGO: Adding vitamin D to diets can help cancer patients live longer, according to a study by a Lebanese doctor in the US.The number of people in the Middle East with cancer is expected to double by the year 2030, with cancer of the breast, colon and lungs as the primary causes.In the US, cancer…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan desires peace in the region and wants to resolve all outstanding issues with its neighbor including the disputed Kashmir region, Prime Minister Imran Khan told his Indian counterpart in a letter. Relations between the two countries have traditionally been volatile, but they hit their lowest point in decades following a February suicide attack…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan desires peace in the region and wants to resolve all outstanding issues with its neighbor including the disputed Kashmir region, Prime Minister Imran Khan told his Indian counterpart in a letter. Relations between the two countries have traditionally been volatile, but they hit their lowest point in decades following a February suicide attack…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan desires peace in the region and wants to resolve all outstanding issues with its neighbor including the disputed Kashmir region, Prime Minister Imran Khan told his Indian counterpart in a letter. Relations between the two countries have traditionally been volatile, but they hit their lowest point in decades following a February suicide attack…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced that he had suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, tweeting that the country “has agreed to take strong measures” to stem the flow of Central American migrants into the United States. But the deal the two neighbors agreed to falls short of some of the dramatic overhauls the US…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced that he had suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, tweeting that the country “has agreed to take strong measures” to stem the flow of Central American migrants into the United States. But the deal the two neighbors agreed to falls short of some of the dramatic overhauls the US…
MINNEAPOLIS: A former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman who had called 911 said Friday he “knew in an instant that I was wrong” and apologized to her family, just moments before a judge brushed off a defense request for leniency and ordered him to prison for 12½ years.The stiff sentence…
SACRAMENTO, California: Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California’s most secure prisons, US prosecutors said.The charges detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cellphones to aid the white supremacist gang.Sixteen Aryan Brotherhood members and associates are accused of…
SACRAMENTO, California: Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California’s most secure prisons, US prosecutors said.The charges detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cellphones to aid the white supremacist gang.Sixteen Aryan Brotherhood members and associates are accused of…
ST. PAUL, Minnesota: US Rep. Ilhan Omar violated state rules when she used campaign funds to pay for personal out-of-state travel and help on her tax returns and must reimburse her former campaign committee nearly $3,500, Minnesota campaign finance officials ruled Thursday.The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board said the first-term Democratic congresswoman also…
WASHINGTON: The political clock is a significant factor in whether majority House Democrats launch any impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.There’s increasing pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to at least start an impeachment inquiry into whether Trump obstructed special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. She’s resisting for a number of reasons. But the tick-tock of…
WASHINGTON: The political clock is a significant factor in whether majority House Democrats launch any impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.There’s increasing pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to at least start an impeachment inquiry into whether Trump obstructed special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. She’s resisting for a number of reasons. But the tick-tock of…
MEXICO CITY: Mexican soldiers, armed police and migration officials blocked hundreds of migrants after they crossed the border from Guatemala in a caravan into southern Mexico on Wednesday, and detained dozens of them, a witness from a migrant aid group and an official said.The Mexican response in the border town of Metapa, which included dozens…
BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela: Maria Lopez complains about gasoline rationing that Venezuela — home to the world’s largest oil reserves — has started introducing in some areas to tackle extreme fuel shortages.“It’s a joke,” Lopez said.But for ordinary Venezuelans, it is a cruel joke without a punchline — a driver recently died of a heart attack after…
PITHORAGARH, India: An Indian helicopter carrying elite paramilitary mountaineers took off Wednesday for a “very high-risk” operation to retrieve five dead climbers and three others believed killed scaling a treacherous Himalayan peak.Air Force choppers spotted five bodies Monday on the slopes of Nanda Devi in India’s high north while looking for the four Britons, two…
PITHORAGARH, India: An Indian helicopter carrying elite paramilitary mountaineers took off Wednesday for a “very high-risk” operation to retrieve five dead climbers and three others believed killed scaling a treacherous Himalayan peak.Air Force choppers spotted five bodies Monday on the slopes of Nanda Devi in India’s high north while looking for the four Britons, two…
BEIJING: China marked 30 years since the deadly Tiananmen crackdown on Tuesday with a wall of silence and extra security, as it traded barbs with the United States over its human rights record.Police checked the identification cards of every tourist and commuter leaving the subway near Tiananmen Square, the site of the pro-democracy protests that…
BEIJING: China marked 30 years since the deadly Tiananmen crackdown on Tuesday with a wall of silence and extra security, as it traded barbs with the United States over its human rights record.Police checked the identification cards of every tourist and commuter leaving the subway near Tiananmen Square, the site of the pro-democracy protests that…
DUBAI: Momentum is once again building for a deal to end America’s longest war, as the US special envoy for Afghanistan prepares for a fresh round of negotiations with the Taliban. Zalmay Khalilzad is currently on a multination tour that will take him to Afghanistan, Belgium, Germany, Pakistan, Qatar — where he will meet with…
