The World Health Organization has called for countries around the world to pull together more than half a billion pounds to stop China’s coronavirus. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the director of the organisation, yesterday held a conference at which he called for donations totalling £521million ($675m). More than 28,000 people have now been infected with the […]

The US Senate Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump of abuse of power, the first of two impeachment charges, following a historic two-week trial. The Republican-majority Senate voted 52-48 to acquit Trump of charges that he withheld military aid to Ukraine to pressure Kiev to investigate political rival Joe Biden and help his re-election effort. “Is the respondent, Donald John Trump, […]

United States President, Donald Trump drew on staunch Republican support Wednesday to defeat the gravest threat yet to his three-year-old presidency, winning acquittal in the Senate on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Only the third US leader ever placed on trial, Trump readily defeated the effort to expel him from […]

United States (US) silver screen legend Kirk Douglas, the son of Jewish Russian immigrants who rose through the ranks to become one of Hollywood’s biggest-ever stars, has died, his family said Wednesday. He was 103. One of the last survivors of the golden age of cinema, Douglas was renowned for the macho and not-always-likeable tough […]

United States President, Donald Trump said that he will issue a formal statement on Thursday after his acquittal on two impeachment charges. “I will be making a public statement tomorrow at 12:00 pm from the @WhiteHouse to discuss our Country’s VICTORY on the Impeachment Hoax!” he tweeted. Shortly before, he tweeted a montage depicting a […]

The United States President, Donald Trump who has been acquitted by the Republican-dominated Senate of all impeachment charges celebrated his victory with a short video displaying Trump “4EVA”. The US President, Trump, well-known for his vast use of Twitter to communicate his statements, few minutes after the Senate votes result published the short video. Despite […]

At least 52 people were injured, but there were no fatalities, on Wednesday after a passenger plane skidded off a runway and caught fire during landing at an Istanbul airport. Istanbul Governor, Ali Yerlikaya, said that the injured 52 people had been taken to the hospital and that evacuations were ongoing. Broadcast footage showed the […]

A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli troops on Wednesday in the West Bank city of Hebron, the first Palestinian killed in protests against US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan. The Israel army said troops responded to a “violent” rioter armed with a Molotov cocktail. Hebron, a traditional hotspot in the occupied […]

As President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was seen ripping up a copy of the President’s speech. .@SpeakerPelosi tears up of State of the Union speech.#SOTU #SOTU2020 pic.twitter.com/sIpi4G7KsL — CSPAN (@cspan) February 5, 2020 Asked immediately after Trump’s speech why she tore […]

  A plane flying into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport overran the runway and crashed on Wednesday, Hurriyet daily said. According to Reuters, footage on Turkish media showed the plane’s broken fuselage, and some passengers being evacuated. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Broadcaster NTV said the plane had taken off from the western province […]