US Congress questions Saudi-US ties, as Saudi coalition war in Yemen produces world’s worst humanitarian disaster. A year after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, some in the US Congress are still deeply uneasy with President Donald Trump’s continuing defence of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s actions. While Trump has used his […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday (Oct 1) announced it had reached a US$20.4 million (S$27 million) settlement to avoid a much-anticipated trial in Ohio for allegedly fuelling the opioid addiction crisis. Several drugmakers have agreed deals ahead of the trial, due to open this month, which is seen as […]
As the Supreme Court hears arguments on another abortion case, two factions of the debate look back on how they got here and what they expect in the future. Who cares about the exercise routine of an 84-year-old? Thousands do, when that octogenarian is Ruth Bader Ginsburg – tiny, feisty, and fit. For liberal Americans, […]
A US federal judge has temporarily blocked a strict new abortion law in the state of Georgia that would have banned terminations as early as six weeks into pregnancy. The law, signed in May by Republican Governor Brian Kemp, was scheduled to come into effect on 1 January. A group of civil rights groups, doctors […]
Peru plunged into the deepest political crisis in at least three decades on Tuesday, with both the president and the vice president claiming to be the country’s rightful leader, and Congress closed and surrounded by riot police. Peru’s dysfunctional and corruption-ridden political system has courted crisis for years, with three of its past presidents under […]
An Arizona man has been charged with first-degree murder after the authorities said he killed his 6-year-old son by forcing hot running water into his mouth for several minutes as part of an attempted exorcism. The man, Pablo Martinez, 31, told responding police officers that the child had a demon inside of him and needed […]
The food bank in Lake Country is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its food recovery program. Companies including Save-On-Foods and Sysco are donating any food waste that’s not rotten and would otherwise go in the trash, food bank manager Joy Haxton said. The program means the food bank’s clients are able to get more fresh […]
Canadian border guards mistakenly gave the RCMP passcodes to electronic devices belonging to Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou, a Crown prosecutor said Tuesday. Officers with the Canada Border Services Agency questioned Meng for three hours at Vancouver’s airport before the RCMP executed a provisional arrest warrant on Dec. 1, 2018. Border officers seized Meng’s cellphones, […]
Robert F Kennedy's son has exposed his father's 'real killer' – just over 50 years since the assassination. Bobby Kennedy was killed in 1968 when Sirhan Sirhan opened fire on him in a Los Angeles hotel. Although the Palestinian was convicted of murdering the 46-year-old politician, Kennedy's son now claims the actual killer was a […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Two officials who had been asked to testify in the impeachment investigation of US President Donald Trump have agreed to provide depositions, an official with a Democratic-led House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday (Oct 1). Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch will give a deposition on Oct 11, according to […]