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Gulf states splurged on Trump hotel rooms during Qatar blockade ‘lobbying blitz’

INTERNATIONAL Newly released documents reveal the extent of rival Gulf states' spending at Donald Trump's Washington DC hotel as they sought to influence the US president at the height of the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar. The documents are set to raise fresh questions about Trump's dealings with Gulf states, and whether he sought to profit from those relationships, as he announced on Tuesday that he would run again for the […]

17 November 2022

International News

US President elect Joe Biden delivers forceful rebuke on Trump

United States President-elect Joe Biden has accused President Donald Trump of an unprecedented assault on the country’s democracy during an address to the nation after the Electoral College confirmed his projected electoral win and formalized his five weeks old victory. Speaking from his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, this was as forceful a rebuke from the Democrat since efforts undertaken by Trump and his allies to overturn the election results […]

16 December 2020

International News

Jordanian and Palestinian leaders pin hopes on Biden reviving two-state solution

Jordan's King Abdullah on Sunday met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, with both leaders expressing high hopes that US President-elect Joe Biden would revive peace talks over a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, officials said. In a palace statement after meeting with Abbas in the Red Sea port of Aqaba, the monarch, who in recent months has said Israeli policies and US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan would […]

30 November 2020

International News

Biden, Trump jockey over climate as wildfires overtake campaigns

The wildfires sweeping the West Coast of the United States took centre stage in the US election campaign on Monday, with President Donald Trump visiting California and blaming the blazes on poor forest management while his Democratic challenger Joe Biden stressed the role of climate change. The Republican president, seeking re-election on November 3, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross military honour to seven California national guardsmen who braved wildfire flames […]

15 September 2020

International News

Facing ‘normalisation’ threat, Palestinians respond with unity

Prompted by Arab states normalising relations with Israel, fractured Palestinian political factions are working diligently in multilateral talks to restore unity and mend the division between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in negotiations far more promising than previous efforts. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain's foreign ministers will sign on Tuesday an agreement with Israel at the White House establishing full ties in violation of the Arab […]

15 September 2020

International News

Trump and Biden on the offensive as US general election kicks off

United States President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden took rhetorical swipes at each other on Monday as the presidential campaign entered its traditional homestretch on the US Labor Day holiday. Trump described Biden, whom he trails in national polls, as a threat to the economy and "stupid", while Biden took aim at Trump's reported disparaging of fallen troops. At a White House news conference, Trump said: "Biden and […]

8 September 2020

International News

Trump denies systemic racism, pushes ‘law and order’ in Kenosha

United States President Donald Trump decried violence at recent racial justice protests as "domestic terror" while denying there is systemic racism within US law enforcement during a visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin. On Tuesday, Trump arrived in the city, where protests have continued since police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back during an encounter on August 23. Local officials and members of Blake's family had requested that Trump stay […]

2 September 2020

International News

UN Security Council rejects US bid to extend Iran arms embargo

The United Nations Security Council has resoundingly rejected a bid by the United States to extend a global arms embargo on Iran. In the Security Council vote on Friday, Washington got support only from the Dominican Republic for its resolution to indefinitely extend the embargo, leaving it far short of the minimum nine "yes" votes required for adoption. Eleven members on the 15-member body, including France, Germany and the United […]

15 August 2020

International News

Trump hints at closure of more Chinese consulates as China fumes

US President Donald Trump has indicated that it was "always possible" he would order the closure of more Chinese consulates in the United States, after the US gave Beijing 72 hours to shut its consulate in Houston further souring ties between the two countries. Trump, at a White House news conference on Wednesday, noted that a fire had been spotted on the Houston consulate's grounds after the US Department of […]

23 July 2020

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