America : Republican Senator Mitch McConnell says he has not ruled out allowing witnesses to testify in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump. Congressional lawmakers are wrangling over Senate trial rules, with Democrats demanding witnesses be called so what they term a fair trial can take place. Mr Trump was formally impeached by the…
Indonesia : At least 25 people in Indonesia have died, with another 13 injured, after a bus plunged down a steep ravine and landed in a river. Some 37 passengers, plus a driver, were onboard the bus in South Sumatra province when it plunged around 100m (328ft) on Monday night. Authorities have deployed 120 rescue…
America : Boeing has fired its chief executive, Dennis Muilenburg, in a bid to restore confidence in the firm after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max plane. More than 340 people died in the disasters, prompting accusations that Boeing put profit before safety. Families of the victims welcomed Mr Muilenberg’s resignation as overdue. But…
New York : When Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman traveled to Ukraine last winter to help Rudy Giuliani dig up dirt on President Donald Trump’s political opponents, they were accompanied by a 44 year-old American named David Correia. A former pro golfer and restaurateur, Correia had gotten to know Parnas and Fruman in South…
New Zealand : Police in New Zealand are calling off the search for two bodies still missing after the White Island volcano. The eruption on White Island earlier this month killed 19 people, including two people who were never found. It’s thought the bodies of Winona Jane Langford, 17, and Hayden Bryan Marshall-Inman, 40, are…
Kathmandu : The government has announced cash prizes for Nepali athletes who won medals during the 13th South Asian Games, which concluded in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Each gold medalist from the Nepali contingent to the games shall receive Rs 900,000 as cash prize, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli announced at a programme organised to felicitate…
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl who inspired a global movement to fight climate change, has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019. The 16-year-old is the youngest person to be chosen by the magazine in a tradition that started in 1927. Speaking at a UN climate change summit in Madrid before the…
London : The UK will go to the polls on Thursday for the country’s third general election in less than five years. The contest, the first to be held in December in nearly 100 years, follows those in 2015 and 2017. Polling stations in 650 constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland open at…
Paris : A strike over planned pension reforms that paralysed France on Thursday has entered its second day. Several unions, including rail and metro workers, voted to extend the strike action, meaning another day of major disruptions to key services. It comes after more than 800,000 people protested on Thursday, with violent clashes reported in…
Hyderabad : Indian police have shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a young female vet in Hyderabad last week. The men were in police detention and were taken back to the scene of the crime in the early hours of Friday. The suspects were shot when they tried to steal the officers’…
