About 50 top officials who have been working in outgoing US President Barack Obama’s administration will continue serving in those positions for Donald Trump’s incoming government, future White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Thursday. Spicer said that Trump is aware of the importance of “guaranteeing continuity” in the government and, therefore, he has asked […]
The Pentagon announced that four more inmates were transferred out of the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, marking the final such transfer under President Barack Obama and leaving the facility’s population at 41. Thursday’s transfer concludes the Obama administration’s final push to empty the facility as much as possible prior to President-elect Donald Trump’s […]
A Supreme Court Justice presiding over Brazils biggest corruption case has died after the plane carrying him crashed into the sea off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, according to local authorities. The body of Justice Teori Zavascki was recovered from the wreckage near the coastal town of Paraty, state firefighters said, CNN reported on […]
Five terror suspects involved in fatal armed attacks on police and soldiers in Myanmar’s Rakhine have been arrested, a local media reported on Tuesday. The five suspects were captured by the security forces during a two-day combing operation in Rakhine that started on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported. The suspects have confessed to their part […]
French President Francois Hollande has that the European Union (EU) “does not need external advice” to tell it what it has to do, a media report said on Tuesday. Hollande’s remarks came on Monday in response to US President-elect Donald Trump’s comments on topics such as the EU and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). […]
The Canadian stock market was down on the first day of the week following US President-elect Donald Trump’s claims to impose a tax on foreign-automotive companies. on Monday, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s benchmark Standard and Poor’s/TSX Composite moved down 17.99 points, or 0.12 per cent, to close the day at 15,479.29 points. Six of the […]
Democratic leaders joined hundreds of protesters in Los Angeles in rejecting the plan of President-elect Donald Trump and Republican congressmen to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), calling upon the public to take action to prevent that move. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told EFE news on Monday that everyone will pay the price of […]
Former leader of South Korea’s biggest opposition party beat former UN chief in a recent presidential poll though the latter’s return to his home country boosted hopes among conservative voters, a local survey showed on Monday. Moon Jae-in, former chief of Minjoo Party, won an approval rating of 26.1 per cent last week, according to […]
Former President and Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has left for Dubai from where he will fly to Washington to attend the inauguration ceremony of US president-elect Donald Trump. He left for Dubai on Sunday evening after returning to Pakistan last month following 18 months in a self-imposed exile, Dawn news reported. Besides […]
CIA Director John Brennan implored US President-elect Donald Trump to put his confidence in the intelligence community and develop an “appreciation” for national security. The Central Intelligence Agency chief defended his agency and said in a Sunday interview that the CIA was not trying to harm the incoming president or his team, CNN reported. “There […]