Donald Trump impeachment lawyers leave ahead of trial
Several of former US president Donald Trump's impeachment lawyers have left his team a little over a week before his trial, US media reported Saturday. CNN cited unnamed sources as…
Study sheds new light on decades old Russia ‘Dead Mountain’ mystery
The mysterious deaths of nine young hikers in the winter of 1959 at a remote pass in the Ural mountains has fascinated Russia for decades and spawned countless theories from…
Hundreds protest Amazon expansion plan in France near heritage site
Hundreds rallied in several French towns on Saturday in protests against Amazon called by anti-capitalist and environmental groups, including at one site where the US e-commerce giant plans a massive…
Nguyen Phu Trong re-elected as Vietnam’s communist party chief
The 13th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) on Sunday re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong as the general secretary of the CPVCC, Vietnam News Agency reported. The election took place…
India ‘100% unable’ to achieve COVID-19 vaccination goal
More than 2.3 million people in India reportedly have received COVID-19 vaccinations as of Wednesday, the twelfth day since the country launched its “world’s biggest inoculation program” that plans to…
Italy House Speaker given mandate to sound out new gov’t majority
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has given House Speaker Roberto Fico an exploratory mandate to verify whether the same governing majority that existed before Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned on Jan.…
Netanyahu says US suspension of F-35 deal not to affect UAE-Israel ties
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the US decision to suspend the sale of F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will not affect Israeli ties…
Taliban has not met commitments under US-Taliban deal: Pentagon
The Pentagon said on Thursday that the Afghan Taliban had not met its commitment under the US-Taliban deal. "Without meeting their commitments to renounce terrorism and to stop the violent…
US economy contracts 3.5 pct in 2020 amid COVID-19 fallout
The US economy contracted 3.5 percent in 2020 amid COVID-19 fallout, the largest annual decline of US gross domestic product (GDP) since 1946, according to data released by the US…
German zoo unveils birth of twin Chinese leopard cubs
Cottbus Zoo in eastern Germany has achieved an important breeding success with Chinese leopards and on Thursday it informed the public of the recent birth of twin leopards. Chinese leopards…