JULY 3, 2020
In an unannounced move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Leh on Friday morning and interacted with Indian soldiers posted there. The move caught most by surprise as it came at a time when India and China are embroiled in a months-long standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. PM Modi's visit came...
JULY 3, 2020
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
OTTAWA, CANADA — Justin Trudeau is pointing to the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs and the coronavirus pandemic as reasons why he might skip a meeting in Washington next week with President Donald Trump and Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador to mark the new continental trade deal.
The Canadian prime...
JULY 3, 2020
FILE PHOTO: A rainbow flag flies in support of the LGBT community at the British Embassy in Moscow. - Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked the U.S. embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights, suggesting it reflected the sexual orientation of its staff.
His comments followed a nationwide...
JULY 3, 2020
A man waves a Trump flag at Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota on Thursday. - Tannen Maury/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
President Trump heads to Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota on Friday night for a celebration of America’s independence as cases of the novel coronavirus surge across the United States.
South Dakota Gov. Krisi Noem (R) confirmed...
JULY 2, 2020
President Trump swings a bat made by Texas Timber Wood Bat Co. as he tours the Spirit of America Showcase of goods manufactured in the United States at the White House on Thursday. - Jonathan Newton/TWP
President Trump will celebrate American independence Friday in his signature self-aggrandizing style, staging a fireworks show that frames him before a granite...
JULY 2, 2020
President Trump’s most prominent Silicon Valley supporter, billionaire Peter Thiel, has told friends and associates that he plans to sit out this year’s presidential campaign because he thinks re-election is increasingly a long shot, people familiar with the matter say.
Mr. Thiel, a venture capitalist and co-founder of PayPal Holdings Inc., spoke at the Republican National Convention in...
JULY 2, 2020
President Trump said his niece had a confidentiality agreement after a court settlement over his father’s estate. - Erin Schaff/NY Times
A New York appellate judge ruled on Wednesday that the publisher Simon & Schuster could go ahead with its plans to release a tell-all book by Mary L. Trump, the niece of President Trump, reversing a...
JULY 2, 2020
Court documents say the Duchess of Sussex felt "silenced" amid "false" stories.
Meghan Markle said she felt "unprotected" and "silenced" by the monarchy amid "false" tabloid stories about her, according to court documents filed as part of her lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday.
Newsweek reports that court documents say the Duchess of Sussex faced "false and damaging"...
JULY 1, 2020
President Trump continued to insist Wednesday that reports that Russia was offering bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan were “fake news” as his national security adviser disclosed that options had been drawn up to present to Trump on how to respond if the allegations were corroborated.
National security adviser Robert C. O’Brien reiterated...
JULY 1, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Biden speaks at campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware. - Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden, people involved in the effort said, the latest Republican-led group coming out to oppose the re-election...
