New White House press secretary

President Donald Trump yesterday named Stephanie Grisham -- until now the spokeswoman for his wife Melania -- as chief White House
25 June 2019, 19:34 PM

US Senate blocks Saudi arms sales

The US Senate on Thursday voted to block the sale of billions of dollars in military sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other countries, rejecting President Donald Trump’s decision to sidestep Congress’ review of such deals by declaring an emergency over Iran.
21 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Himalayan glaciers melting alarmingly

Himalayan glaciers are melting twice as fast now as they were before the turn of the century, according to a new study that relied on recently declassified Cold War-era satellite imagery.
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Trust in vaccines low in rich nations: survey

People in Europe have the lowest levels of trust in vaccines, according to a global survey of public attitudes toward health and science published yesterday.
19 June 2019, 18:00 PM

‘I will never ever let you down’

President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday by presenting himself as the same political insurgent who shook up the Washington establishment four years ago and who is now a victim of an attempted ouster by Democrats.
19 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Trump vows removals of ‘millions of illegal aliens’

President Donald Trump said on Monday that US authorities would begin next week removing millions of immigrants who are in the United States illegally.
18 June 2019, 18:40 PM

Documentary ‘Voice of Conscience’ screened in Washington

Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC has screened a documentary ‘Voice of Conscience’ on Monday to garner world’s recognition of the genocide took place during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
18 June 2019, 15:31 PM

US agency will begin removing millions of illegal immigrants: Trump

President Donald Trump says that US authorities would begin next week removing millions of immigrants who are in the United States illegally.
18 June 2019, 04:19 AM

Trump calls NY Time’s report a ‘virtual treason’

US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused The New York Times of “a virtual act of treason,” after it reported the US is stepping up digital incursions into Russia’s electric power grid.
16 June 2019, 18:00 PM

US quarantines 5,200 migrants over mumps and chicken pox exposure

US authorities have said they had placed 5,200 detained migrants into quarantine, mainly over exposure to mumps, linking a surge in cases to a recent outbreak of the contagious disease in Central America.
15 June 2019, 04:50 AM

US blames Iran for tanker attacks in Gulf of Oman, Iran rejects assertion

The United States has blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday that drove up oil prices and raised concerns about a new US-Iranian confrontation, but Tehran has bluntly denied the allegation.
14 June 2019, 05:16 AM

‘It is not an interference’

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would see nothing wrong in accepting damaging information on a US political opponent if it were offered to his re-election campaign by a foreign government.
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

US accuses N Korea of breaching UN fuel cap

US is accusing North Korea of breaching a UN-imposed ceiling on fuel imports by carrying out dozens of ship-to-ship transfers this year,
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Prince of Whales!

US President Donald Trump lauded his own diplomacy yesterday with royalty and foreign leaders, but mistakenly cast the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, as the “Prince of Whales”.
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Relations getting ‘worse and worse’

President Vladimir Putin said relations between Moscow and Washington were getting worse and worse, noting in an interview published yesterday that the current US administration had imposed dozens of sanctions on Russia.
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM

‘I’m done with him’

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she’s “done” with talking about President Donald Trump and called him the “diverter in chief,” saying he manufactured controversies to distract attention from more important issues.
12 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Trump inadvertently reveals more of US-Mexico migrant deal

US President Donald Trump reveals that Mexico agreed to take stronger legal action to halt Central American migrants if its initial efforts to stem the flow don't show results in 45 days.
12 June 2019, 04:23 AM

3 million US students don’t have home internet

With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd’s homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone?
11 June 2019, 04:38 AM

Trump says moon is part of Mars

US President Donald Trump declares that the moon is part of Mars and criticises NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on it by 2024.
8 June 2019, 05:38 AM

‘I was wrong’: Officer who shot 911 caller gets 12½ years

A former Minneapolis police officer is sentenced Friday to 12 years and six months in prison for the fatal shooting of an unarmed Australian woman who had been trying to report a crime.
8 June 2019, 04:36 AM