BOGOTA: Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro yesterday met with representatives of US President Joe Biden’s administration in Bogota, the Colombian capital, where they discussed topics including drug trafficking, the environment and economic development. Petro, a 62-year-old economist who will become Colombia’s first leftist leader next month, has been roundly critical of […]
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COLOMBO: Sri Lankan students and other groups planned to protest today against Ranil Wickremesinghe’s expected bid for president, as lawmakers gathered in parliament to finalise candidates for the role. Six-time prime minister Wickremesinghe took over as acting president after a popular uprising amid a devastating economic crisis forced previous incumbent […]
WASHINGTON: The United States will continue to provide intelligence to Ukraine after recent personnel changes in the inner circle of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the US State Department said yesterday. Zelensky sidelined his childhood friend as head of Ukraine’s security service, and another close ally as top prosecutor, in Kyiv’s […]
LONDON: British foreign minister Liz Truss clashed over tax policy with former finance minister Rishi Sunak , as the five remaining contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister went head-to-head in the first of three televised debates. An initial field of 11 challengers has been whittled down following two days […]
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories: US President Joe Biden met Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in the occupied West Bank today for talks expected to focus on economic measures without striking any major diplomatic breakthrough. His arrival in Bethlehem comes ahead of a visit to Saudi Arabia, whose leaders today changed aviation rules […]
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson was defiantly hanging onto power today despite the resignation of four top ministers and a seemingly unstoppable revolt by his own lawmakers, threatening to paralyse the British government. More than 50 ministers have quit the government in less than 48 hours, saying Johnson was not […]
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court yesterday gave President Joe Biden’s administration the green light to end the so-called Remain in Mexico policy instituted by Donald Trump as part of his hardline approach to immigration. Under the policy, some non-Mexicans who entered the United States illegally across the southern border were […]
MADRID: The United States is changing its force posture in Europe based on threats coming from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine and other directions, US President Joe Biden said today during a Nato summit in Madrid. He confirmed the US will raise the number of destroyers in Spain to […]
WASHINGTON: A series of blockbuster congressional hearings that have shocked Americans with eye-popping allegations of a plot by Donald Trump to steal the 2020 election went on a break this week as investigators began taking stock of new evidence. Legal experts say the damning testimony against Trump provided by figures […]
EL PASO: Diana Villanueva’s rapist took her to an abortion clinic when she was just 16 years old and told her to terminate her pregnancy. She wasn’t greeted by the crowds of protestors who often gather outside facilities in the United States to try to persuade women to change their […]