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'A slap': US Ukrainians stunned by Trump-Zelensky showdown
AFP, Published on 04/03/2025
» ALLENTOWN, United States - The parishioners of St Mary's Ukrainian church in Allentown, Pennsylvania were still in shock at Sunday mass following US President Donald Trump's stunning "slap" of Ukraine's president.
'Cool drink' is code for cash in graft-ridden S.Africa
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - Casually leaning into the side-window of a car stopped at a routine checkpoint on a congested Johannesburg road, a South African policeman tells the driver he needs "a cool drink".
45 years after Nixon, another US president faces impeachment
AFP, Published on 23/11/2019
» WASHINGTON - On August 7, 1974, a trio of top Republican leaders went to the White House and told President Richard Nixon that party support was eroding and impeachment was inevitable.
Trump rallies Republicans as impeachment probe goes public
AFP, Published on 31/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump called on Republicans to rally behind him Thursday as Democrats in Congress prepared to move the impeachment investigation against him into higher gear with public hearings.
Aides claim Trump the true 'whistleblower' in Ukraine scandal
AFP, Published on 30/09/2019
» WASHINGTON - Top aides to Donald Trump sought Sunday to turn the tables on Democrats pushing for his impeachment, insisting the president was the true "whistleblower" in pushing Ukraine to investigate the son of rival Joe Biden for corruption.
Embattled Trump leaves New York angry, bitter
AFP, Published on 27/09/2019
» NEW YORK - From his New York skyscraper, President Donald Trump should have felt on top of the world. Instead, scandal over his alleged shakedown of Ukraine's president for dirt on an opponent has brought him to the lowest point of his presidency -- and at risk of crashing further.
White House sought to bury Trump-Ukraine call: whistleblower
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» WASHINGTON - The White House moved to "lock down" all records of Donald Trump's phone call seeking Ukraine's interference in the 2020 US election, a whistleblower's complaint released Thursday alleges, in the latest explosive episode in the rapidly unfolding impeachment drama.
Lawyer Avenatti arrested, accused of fraud and of extorting Nike
AFP, Published on 26/03/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Michael Avenatti, who shot to fame as the lawyer of adult film star Stormy Daniels, was arrested on Monday on charges of trying to extort more than $20 million from Nike and for embezzling from a client.
Syria workers say French firm abandoned them
AFP, Published on 21/03/2018
» AIN ISSA, Syria: Syrian mechanic Yassin Ismail appeared to have an ideal job earning good money as a supervisor for French cement giant Lafarge at the company's remote plant in the deserts of his homeland.