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New British PM will be great, Trump says

New British PM will be great, Trump says

-- 2019-07-23 18:23:06

US President Donald Trump congratulated Boris Johnson, who was elected leader of Britain’s governing Conservative Party and the next prime minister of the United Kingdom earlier on Tuesday. &ld...

US to ramp up deportations of migrants with new rule

US to ramp up deportations of migrants with new rule

Reuters 2019-07-23 10:48:13

The Trump administration said on Monday (US local time) it will expand and speed up deportations of migrants who enter the United States illegally by stripping away court oversight, enabling officials...

'Apologise to America,' Trump tells Democratic congresswomen

'Apologise to America,' Trump tells Democratic congresswomen

-- 2019-07-22 12:12:19

US President Donald Trump on Sunday stepped up his attacks on four Democratic congresswomen who have criticised his policies, calling on them to apologise as he himself faced charges of racism. &ldqu...

Mexico fulfils migration pact with US

Mexico fulfils migration pact with US

-- 2019-07-20 12:33:09

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday that Mexico has followed through on its commitment to the United States to reduce migration from Central America, as a deadline in a bilateral pa...

US will talk to Britain, says Trump

US will talk to Britain, says Trump

-- 2019-07-20 10:41:55

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would talk to the United Kingdom after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it had seized a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf. Trump made the commen...

US Navy ship 'destroyed' Iranian drone in Gulf

US Navy ship 'destroyed' Iranian drone in Gulf

-- 2019-07-19 10:20:27

The United States said on Thursday that a US Navy ship had "destroyed" an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the vessel, but Iran said it had no information about losi...

Defiant Trump intensifies attacks on four congresswomen

Defiant Trump intensifies attacks on four congresswomen

Reuters 2019-07-18 11:58:06

US President Donald Trump stepped up his vilification of four liberal lawmakers as un-American at a raucous rally on Wednesday, underscoring that the attacks will form a key part of his strategy for w...

Mexico curbs migrant flow: Official

Mexico curbs migrant flow: Official

-- 2019-07-17 13:11:05

Mexico has succeeded in "substantially" curbing the flow of undocumented Central American migrants passing through its southern border, the foreign ministry has said. "The flow of irregular entry at...

US House condemns Trump over 'racist comments'

US House condemns Trump over 'racist comments'

Reuters 2019-07-17 11:40:32

The US House of Representatives voted on Tuesday (local time) to condemn President Donald Trump for “racist comments” against four minority Democratic congresswomen, a symbolic measure aim...

US imposes sanctions on Myanmar commander in chief, other military leaders

US imposes sanctions on Myanmar commander in chief, other military leaders

Reuters 2019-07-17 10:09:40

The United States has announced sanctions on the Myanmar military’s Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and other military leaders it said were responsible for extrajudicial killings of Rohingya...

Trump’s tweets against four liberal congresswomen called racist

Trump’s tweets against four liberal congresswomen called racist

-- 2019-07-15 19:20:48

Starkly injecting race into his criticism of liberal Democrats, President Donald Trump said four congresswomen of colour should go back to the “broken and crime infested” countries they ca...

Police guns down armed man who attacked US immigration jail

Police guns down armed man who attacked US immigration jail

-- 2019-07-14 12:20:43

An armed man who attacked an immigration detention centre in the US city of Tacoma died after police officers opened fire, authorities say. Police said they received reports that a man, armed with a...

Another Canadian citizen ‘detained in China’

Another Canadian citizen ‘detained in China’

-- 2019-07-14 11:22:22

A Canadian citizen has been detained in the Chinese city of Yantai, a Canadian government spokesman said on Saturday, an incident that comes amid chilly diplomatic relations between the two countrie...

Power restored in Manhattan after blackout darkens Broadway theaters

Power restored in Manhattan after blackout darkens Broadway theaters

-- 2019-07-14 10:39:23

A wide swath of New York’s Manhattan borough was plunged into darkness Saturday after a transformer explosion knocked out power to subways, stores and Broadway theaters, but the city’s mai...

US labour secretary to resign

US labour secretary to resign

-- 2019-07-12 20:58:49

President Donald Trump said Friday that Alex Acosta, his embattled secretary of labour, will resign following controversy over his handling of a sex crimes case involving the financier, Jeffrey Epstei...

Trump drops census citizenship question

Trump drops census citizenship question

-- 2019-07-12 10:51:16

US President Donald Trump retreated on Thursday from adding a contentious question on citizenship to the 2020 census, but insisted he was not giving up his fight to count how many non-citizens are in...

Kidneys have special place in the heart: Trump

Kidneys have special place in the heart: Trump

-- 2019-07-11 21:37:45

US President Donald Trump has claimed that kidneys have 'a very special place in the heart. The comment came amid a rambling and sometimes incoherent speech about the human organs ahead of signing a...

Mass immigration roundups in US to start Sunday

Mass immigration roundups in US to start Sunday

-- 2019-07-11 13:56:20

Roundups of undocumented immigrant families will start Sunday in 10 US cities, fulfilling a hardline immigration stance from US President Donald Trump which will be a key issue in his 2020 re-election...

British ambassador to US resigns

British ambassador to US resigns

-- 2019-07-10 17:50:36

Britain’s ambassador to Washington resigned on Wednesday after Donald Trump labelled him “stupid” and “wacky” following the release of confidential memos from the envoy i...

US to enlist military allies in Gulf waters

US to enlist military allies in Gulf waters

-- 2019-07-10 11:35:23

A senior general has said the US wants to create an international military coalition to safeguard waters around Iran and Yemen. Marine General Joseph Dunford said he wanted to "ensure freedom of navi...

'Life-threatening' rains pound US capital

'Life-threatening' rains pound US capital

-- 2019-07-09 13:00:27

Driving rains flooded parts of Washington, DC, on Monday (local time), shattering a daily record in just an hour, forcing 15 swift-water rescues from stranded cars and causing an undeniable leak in th...

Mexico steps up raids on migrants

Mexico steps up raids on migrants

Reuters 2019-07-09 11:41:33

Mexican officials have captured more than 200 migrants hidden in trucks over the past two days, including dozens spotted by a large X-ray scanner huddled in secret compartments, as the country steps u...

US approves $2.2b arms sales to Taiwan despite Chinese ire

US approves $2.2b arms sales to Taiwan despite Chinese ire

-- 2019-07-09 10:50:36

The US State Department has approved a potential arms sales to Taiwan, estimated to be worth $2.2bn (£1.76bn), the Pentagon said. The deal is for 108 Abrams tanks, 250 Stinger missiles and rela...

Trump blasts UK ambassador over leaked emails

Trump blasts UK ambassador over leaked emails

-- 2019-07-08 12:46:43

US President Donald Trump has criticised the UK ambassador who said in leaked emails that his administration was "inept". Mr Trump said: "The ambassador has not served the UK well, I can tell you tha...

7.1 magnitude earthquake rattles California

7.1 magnitude earthquake rattles California

-- 2019-07-06 17:01:49

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake has rattled parts of Southern California, the biggest tremor to strike in 20 years. It struck at the shallow depth of 0.9km (0.6 miles) and its epicentre was near the city...

US, Taliban scramble to rewrite draft accord

US, Taliban scramble to rewrite draft accord

-- 2019-07-05 00:16:41

Taliban and US negotiators are scrambling to rewrite a draft agreement that will outline the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan and a verifiable Taliban guarantee to fight terrori...

Trump loses bid to lift bar on funds for border wall

Trump loses bid to lift bar on funds for border wall

-- 2019-07-04 14:34:33

A US federal appeals court on Wednesday (local time) refused to lift an injunction barring the Trump administration from using $2.5 billion intended for the fight against illegal narcotics to build a...

26 dead in Honduran boat capsize

26 dead in Honduran boat capsize

-- 2019-07-04 12:15:21

At least 26 people died after a lobster-fishing boat capsized off the Atlantic coast of Honduras during poor weather conditions, an armed forces spokesman said on Wednesday, in one of the country&rsqu...

Magnitude 6.5 quake jolts Canada’s Vancouver island

Magnitude 6.5 quake jolts Canada’s Vancouver island

-- 2019-07-04 11:06:47

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck northwest of Canada’s Vancouver island, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday. There was no tsunami warning or immediate reports of d...

Trump says Iran 'playing with fire' with uranium enrichment

Trump says Iran 'playing with fire' with uranium enrichment

-- 2019-07-02 10:58:08

Iran announced on Monday it had amassed more low-enriched uranium than permitted under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, drawing a warning from US President Donald Trump that Tehran was “...