Image copyright Courtesy Baron Rings Image caption The Toronto Raptors brought home the first Canadian NBA victory It’s a record-setting spoil of sports victory – a massive championship ring for the Toronto Raptors players, to mark their National Basketball Association title. And what says a crowning victory more than 640 diamonds? Even superfan, Nav Bhatia, […]
Media captionVice President Mike Pence lashed out at American companies and accused China of ‘exporting censorship’ abroad US Vice-President Mike Pence has criticised the US National Basketball Association (NBA) in a speech attacking Chinese diplomatic and trade policies. In a highly anticipated speech, Mr Pence condemned the NBA and Nike for “kowtowing” to Beijing and […]
Media captionChaotic scenes as Republicans storm impeachment deposition US Republicans have stormed a high-security impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, forcing a witness to delay her testimony by five hours. The Republicans chanted “let us in” as they forced their way into the hearing, breaching US House security rules. This week, Mr Trump urged Republicans to […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Drake has worked for the league since 1999 The head of Major League Baseball has said the organisation is investigating a tweet from an umpire that threatened civil war if US President Donald Trump was impeached. Rob Drake’s now-deleted tweet said he planned to buy an AR-15 rifle. […]
Media captionTrump on Turkey ceasefire: “This was an outcome created by us, the United States.” The US is lifting sanctions on Turkey after its recent offensive against Kurdish fighters in north-eastern Syria, President Donald Trump says. His decision came after Russia agreed with Turkey to use troops to extend a ceasefire along the Syrian border. […]
Image copyright AFP Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tried to reassure sceptical US lawmakers over the safety of the social network’s proposed digital currency Libra. At a fractious hearing in Washington, members of Congress attacked plans for the payment system, warning it could be abused by criminals and terrorists. Mr Zuckerberg was also challenged over […]
Image copyright Reuters/EPA Image caption Lev Parnas (left) and Igor Fruman appeared in court in Manhattan Two Trump donors charged with campaign finance crimes have pleaded not guilty before a federal court. New York prosecutors have accused Soviet-born businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman of conspiring to funnel foreign money to US candidates. They are […]
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Image copyright Getty Images After decrying President Donald Trump for labelling impeachment a “lynching”, his rival Joe Biden has apologised for once having made similar remarks. Mr Biden, a top Democratic presidential candidate, said it was “abhorrent” and “despicable” that Mr Trump tweeted the racially loaded term on Tuesday. But it emerged that in 1998, […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and US President Donald Trump met last month A top US diplomat says President Trump made the release of military aid to Ukraine conditional on a pledge that a political rival would be investigated. Ambassador Bill Taylor testified before an impeachment inquiry that he was […]
