A new commercial play about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is readying a world premiere in Chicago, just as its subject is at the centre of the news and playing a central role in the impeachment of President Donald J Trump.

Several thousand firefighters are battling dozens of out-of-control bushfires in four of Australia’s six states amid record-breaking heat and months of severe drought.

Britain’s new parliament on Friday gave its initial approval to a revised EU divorce deal (by Johnson) that sets up a high-stakes clash with Brussels over the sides’ future ties. The 358 to 234 vote paves the way for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver on his winning general election promise to “get Brexit done” […]

Christianity Today, a leading US evangelical Christian publication, said Thursday that the United States President, Donald Trump is “morally lost and confused” and should be removed from office. In an editorial, the magazine said it generally steers clear of politics but “we do feel it necessary from time to time to make our own opinions […]

Surprisingly, for a capital paralyzed by Democratic-Republican gridlock and a presidency mired in scandal, a whole string of major breakthroughs came through at once. While Democrats and Republicans tussle over how his Senate impeachment trial will unfold, possibly in January, he is fighting to refocus voters’ minds on the brighter side of his presidency ahead […]