AMMAN: The half brother of King Abdullah II of Jordan has said that he has been placed under house arrest and accused the country’s “ruling system” of incompetence and corruption, exposing a rare breach within the ruling monarchy of a close Western ally. Prince Hamzah’s videotaped statement came on Saturday …
Read More »Donald Trump, returning to the political scene, advances a possible career in 2024
“I am not going to start a new party,” Trump said. (Archive) Orlando: Donald Trump was back in the limelight Sunday telling enthusiastic conservatives that he could run for president again in 2024, as he sought to reassert his dominance over a Republican Party that is out of power. The …
Read More »US Senate reaches agreement to avoid witnesses in Trump trial
WASHINGTON: House Democrats began wrapping up their impeachment case against Donald Triumph Saturday after a tumultuous morning in which they gave up a last-minute plan for witness testimony that could have significantly prolonged the trial and delayed a vote on whether the former president incited the deadly Capitol uprising. An …
Read More »Trump’s impeachment goes to the Senate, testing his influence over the Republican Party
WASHINGTON: Democrats marched on Donald’s impeachment case Triumph to the Senate Monday night for the start of his historical judgmentBut Republican senators were softening their criticism of the former president and avoiding calls to condemn him for the deadly siege of the United States Capitol. It’s an early sign of …
Read More »Donald Trump Plans to Leave Washington on Inauguration Day Morning: Report
Trump plans to issue more pardons before leaving. (Archive) Washington: President Donald Trump now plans to leave Washington on Inauguration Day morning next Wednesday after considering a departure Tuesday, a source familiar with the matter said Friday. Trump, who had already announced plans not to attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, …
Read More »LIVE MARKET: Sensex drops 200 points; HAL increases 12%, Infosys falls 5%
it was down nearly half a percent in early offerings Thursday, dragged down by tech stocks, ahead of the weekly F&O expiration later in the day. The S&P BSE Sensex fell 200 points to 49,260 levels and the Nifty50 index fell below 14,550 levels. Infosys fell 5 percent at the …
Read More »Unlike President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence to attend Biden’s inauguration: US media
WASHINGTON: Vice President of the United States. Mike pence attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala harris on January 20, an event that outgoing President Donald Triumph has decided to skip. According to US media, news of Pence’s intention to see Biden take the oath of …
Read More »Extremists May Return to Washington, Interrupt Biden’s Inauguration: Report
Experts have warned that calls for violence have only intensified as the incoming Biden administration prepares for the inauguration on January 20. By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 9, 2021 10:22 PM IST The US Justice Department charged 15 people on Friday for their involvement in …
Read More »‘Failure at the Top:’ After US Capitol Break-In, Chiefs of Security Withdrew
WASHINGTON: The chief from United States CapitolPoliceman will resign, according to media reports on Thursday, a day after the federal force tasked with protecting Congress failed to retain supporters of Republican President Donald Triumph to rob the building. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, had asked CapitolPolicemanChief …
Read More »Biden blames Trump for the violence on Capitol Hill that rocked the US.
WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden Thursday he denounced the rioters who stormed the United States Capitol as “national terrorists” and blamed President Donald Triumph for the violence that has rocked the nation’s capital and beyond. the protest Trump supporters who violated congressional security on Wednesday was “not dissent, it was not …
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