[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – US President Donald Trump has increasingly isolated himself in the White House, relying on a small group of staunch loyalists and attacking those who dare to oppose him, including Vice President Mike Pence, four said. sources familiar with the matter. Some longtime advisers are avoiding speaking …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced her resignation on Thursday (Jan.7), the first Cabinet minister to join a growing roster of Republican President Donald Trump’s departing staff. after the assault on the United States Capitol by his supporters. Chao, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Two brothers were jailed on Thursday (January 7) for crimes related to physical abuse by their family from a friend with a mild intellectual disability that left her in a near-death state. Muhammad Iskandar Ismail, 32, was jailed for two months and four weeks after pleading guilty …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON, DC: Mick Mulvaney, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, announced Thursday (January 7) that he resigned from his diplomatic post to protest mob violence by the president’s supporters on Capitol Hill. . “I can’t stay here, not after yesterday. You can’t look at that yesterday and …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Thirty-three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Singapore as of noon on Thursday (January 7), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. Of these, two are cases of local transmission in the community, the ministry said, adding that no new infections were found in the bedrooms of foreign …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Search the Internet for “Tuas Lamp Post 1” and you will find images of cyclists posing in front of a lamp post adorned with stickers. Located about 13 km from the Tuas Checkpoint, this lamppost has become a popular spot for cyclists in recent years, leaving stickers to …
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[ad_1] TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and its three neighboring prefectures on Thursday (January 7), amid an increase in the number of cases. The decree takes effect at midnight in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama, home to 36.8 million people in …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence challenged President Donald Trump on Thursday morning (January 7) when he affirmed the victory of President-elect Joe Biden in November, ending Trump’s futile efforts to subvert American democracy and annul the election results. In a move that angered Trump and left his …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: China made a comparison on Thursday (January 7) between the assault on the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump and last year’s often violent protests in Hong Kong, but noted that no one had killed when protesters took over the Chinese-ruled city legislature. Clips of the …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: An application to register a new political party led by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was rejected, the party’s lawyer, Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi, said on Thursday (January 7). The Registrar of the Society (ROS) rejected Parti Pejuang Tanah Air’s (Pejuang) request because it was done …
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