New York, United States | AFP | Roger Ailes, the US media mogul who co-founded Fox News and helped redraw conservative American politics, died Thursday less than a year after he was forced out by a sexual harassment scandal. He was 77. Ailes died of complications from bleeding on the …
Read More »Besieged Trump says Russia probe ‘divides’ the country
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump charged Thursday that the stepped-up probe into whether his campaign colluded with Russia to tilt last year’s election was dividing the country. “I respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt,” the US leader said when asked …
Read More »NY police say one dead, 12 injured in Times Square car accident
New York, United States | AFP | A car struck pedestrians in New York’s Times Square on Thursday, causing a death and multiple injuries in one of the most popular tourists spots in Manhattan, police and an AFP photographer said. New York police confirmed one dead, 12 injured in the …
Read More »What is a special counsel, anyway?
Washington, United States | AFP | Special counsels like the one named Wednesday to oversee the probe into Russia’s alleged election interference are rare super sleuths with more power and independence than regular American investigators. This time it is former FBI director Robert Mueller who will take over the probe …
Read More »Now, senate panel requests Trump’s fired FBI chief Comey to testify
Washington, United States | AFP | A US Senate panel investigating Russia’s interference in America’s elections and possible collusion with President Donald Trump’s campaign team Wednesday requested that sacked FBI director James Comey testify before its members. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s Republican chairman and Democratic vice chairman sent a letter …
Read More »Putin ready to help Americans to ‘investigate’ Trump
Putin ‘ready to provide recording’ of Lavrov-Trump exchange Sochi, Russia | AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow could provide a recording of a controversial exchange between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US President Donald Trump that has plunged the White House into turmoil. His comments were …
Read More »Trump to hold press conference Thursday
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump plans to hold a press conference with Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday, officials said, as his administration battles multiple crises. The event will be the first time Donald Trump answers questions from the White House press corps since the …
Read More »US would talk to N. Korea if missile, nuclear tests stop
United Nations, United States | AFP | The United States would consider talks with North Korea if it halts all nuclear and ballistic missile tests, Washington’s envoy to the United Nations said Tuesday as the UN Security Council weighed new sanctions on Pyongyang. “We are willing to talk, but not …
Read More »ANALYSIS: How Trump might be putting US intelligence ties at risk
Trump putting US intelligence ties at risk: experts Washington, United States | AFP | With his shoot-from-the-hip tweets targeting US spies and alleged Oval Office leak of secrets to the Russians, President Donald Trump has damaged White House relations with American and allied intelligence agencies and put national security at …
Read More »Trump says he has ‘absolute right’ to share info with Russia
Washington, UNITED STATES | AFP | US President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted he had the right to share “facts” with Russia, saying he acted to help Moscow in its “fight against ISIS and terrorism.” His Twitter message came one day after news broke that he allegedly divulged classified information …
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