US President Donald Trump has said he could declare a national emergency to build a US-Mexico border wall without the approval of Congress. It came after he met senior Democrats, who refused his requests for funding. The stand-off has seen…
Russia demands explanation over US snub to space chief (Guardian)
Russia’s space agency on Saturday demanded an explanation after NASA put off a planned visit to the United States by Russia’s controversial space chief. Dmitry Rogozin, a firebrand nationalist politician known for his anti-Western rhetoric, was set to visit the…
China mourns death of former women’s World Cup star at 43 (Vanguard)
Football communities in the US and China were on Monday mourning the death of former Chinese international Zhang Ouying who had been fighting cancer. She was 43. Zhang came agonisingly close with China to winning the 1999 World Cup final,…
Netanyahu to meet US secretary of state in Brussels (Guardian)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Brussels on Monday, his office said, for a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Netanyahu’s office said the meeting had been set last week, but provided few other details. “The…
US to give Saudis a pass even if Crown Prince behind murder (Guardian)
The gruesome murder of Khashoggi, who vanished after being lured into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, has hugely embarrassed Washington. The killing torpedoed a PR campaign led by the crown prince to show that the conservative Islamic…
First caravan migrants reach Mexico City (BBC)
The first migrants from a large convoy of people travelling through Mexico towards the United States have arrived in the capital, Mexico City. About 450 people, mostly men and boys, have been given temporary shelter at a sports stadium. The…
Cohen: Trump said ‘black people are too stupid’ to vote for him (CNN)
Michael Cohen claimed that President Donald Trump used racist language in several private conversations with him during the time he worked as Trump’s personal lawyer and “fixer.” In an interview with Vanity Fair that published Friday, Cohen recalled four times…
Trump: ‘I always try to tell the truth’ (BBC)
US President Donald Trump says he always tries to tell the truth when he can, despite how the media portrays him. “I do try,” he told ABC News in an interview aired on Thursday. “I always want to tell the…
Trump: Climate change scientists have ‘political agenda’ (BBC)
US President Donald Trump has accused climate change scientists of having a “political agenda” as he cast doubt on whether humans were responsible for the earth’s rising temperatures. But Mr Trump also said he no longer believed climate change was…
China doesn’t want me to win upcoming polls, Trump says (Punch)
US President Donald Trump accused China on Wednesday of working against his Republican Party in upcoming midterm polls, saying Beijing wanted to see him suffer an electoral blow because of his hard line on trade. “Regrettably we found that China…