WASHINGTON: White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said late yesterday that she will be leaving the administration of US President Donald Trump at the end of August, citing the need to focus on her family. “I will be transitioning from the White House at the end of this month,” she said […]
Day: August 23, 2020
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday he blames Donald Trump for “walking away” as Covid-19 ravaged the country, in a televised interview alongside running mate Kamala Harris on the eve of the Republican convention. The president, who is trailing Biden in polls, has been heavily criticized for his […]
KINMEN (Taiwan): Amid rising tensions with Beijing, the de facto US ambassador in Chinese-claimed Taiwan took part today for the first time in commemorations of a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces joined battle with China on a large scale. China has stepped up military activity around […]
MOSCOW: Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who fell gravely ill on Thursday after what his allies believe was a poisoning, will survive, the founder of the activist group that sent the air ambulance to fly him to Germany, told a newspaper. “Navalny will survive poison attack, but be incapacitated for months […]