Donald Trump Challenges President Biden To Debates “Anytime”
Donald Trump has challenged Joe Biden to TV debates, as the rivals hurtle towards a White House rematch following their sweep of the Super Tuesday votes. The Republican said he would take part in a TV forum with the Democratic president "anytime, anywhere, anyplace" posting online in all capital letters. Mr. Biden's campaign said Mr. Trump was "thirsty for attention and...
Champions League Draw To Be ‘Entirely Redone’ After Error — UEFA
The draw for the last 16 of the Champions League is to be “entirely redone” after an embarrassing technical error, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Monday. UEFA blamed a “material error” due to a “technical problem with the software of an external service provider” as it announced that the draw for the first knockout round of its flagship...
Israel To Take Over Gaza City After New War Plan Approval
Israel’s military will “take control” of Gaza City under a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and approved by his security cabinet, his office said in a statement Friday. Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, Netanyahu faces mounting pressure at home and abroad for a truce to pull the territory’s more than two million people back from...
US Senate Approve $9bn Of Elon Musk’s Federal Cuts
The U.S. Senate approved a package of spending cuts early Thursday morning, proposed by President Donald Trump, aimed at eliminating more than $9 billion in funding for foreign aid programmes and public broadcasting. In a late-night session that stretched past midnight, the Republican-led Senate passed the bill with a close vote of 51-48. The approval marked an early test of...
Two US lawmakers test positive for coronavirus
Two US lawmakers including a Florida representative on Wednesday became the first members of Congress to announce they have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart’s office said in a statement that “just a short while ago, he was notified that he has tested positive for COVID-19.” The Republican who represents part of Miami follows that city’s Mayor Francis...
US Announces Withdrawal From UNESCO
The United States on Tuesday announced its withdrawal from UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural and education agency, accusing it of being biased against Israel and promoting “divisive” causes. “Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States,” said a State Department spokeswoman. The move had been anticipated under the administration of former President Donald Trump, who...
Nigeria, India, Israel are Trump’s strongholds – Survey
A survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre has listed Nigeria as one of the strongholds of United States President, Donald Trump. This is as the survey found that support for President Trump remains largely negative around the world. The Centre discovered that across the 33 countries surveyed a median of 64 per cent said they do not have confidence in...
Zelensky Calls For Increased Pressure On Russia To End War
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, called for "pressure" on Russia to end the three-year war on Thursday while his top aides travelled to Paris to discuss the issue with US and EU officials. At least 10 people were reported killed and dozens wounded Thursday as Russia pounded Ukraine with drone strikes and shells. “Russia uses every day and every night...
Fears As New COVID-19 Crisis Hits China, 7 Test Positive Linked To A Restaurant
Seven people who tested positive for the coronavirus have been linked to the same restaurant in China, sparking fears of a looming new outbreak as the country scrambles to get back to normal. It comes as authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou are investigating a possible series of community transmission of the killer bug after five Nigerian nationals were infected with...
Venezuela Accuses US Of “Brazen Theft” After Plane Seizure
Venezuela called the US seizure of one of its government aircraft "brazen theft" on Friday and called the top diplomat for President Donald Trump "an aircraft thief." Venezuela “denounces the brazen theft of a plane belonging to the Venezuelan nation carried out on the order of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,” the authoritarian leftist government’s foreign ministry said. “Marco Rubio,...
