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Days after impeachment, Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of the Union
It's not yet clear exactly when that will start, but it is expected to begin early next year. Cavuto also suggested that the trial process was for the Senate to decide. "I'm not sure what leverage there is in refraining from sending us something we do not want", McConnell responded on the Senate floor. "The prosecutors appear to have developed cold feet", he said on Thursday. [Full Article...]
Queen Elizabeth II vows to finish European Union exit in speech to Parliament
Sky's deputy political editor Sam Coates reports. A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking in the House of Commons in London on 14 October 2019, during a debate on the Queen's Speech. [Full Article...]
Tesco shuts down the production at Chinese factory after alleged "forced" labour
According to The Sunday Times , the note was discovered by a 6-year-old girl from Tooting, Southwest London, after she bought the charity cards from a Tesco store. A message by foreign prisoners in China begging for help has been found in a charity Christmas card sold by tye supermarket. Her father said he felt "incredulity" when he read the message and thought it was a prankwhen h. [Full Article...]
1,200 detained in India amid ban on citizenship law protests
The copies of memorandum have also been marked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde. More protests are planned in several parts of the country, including in the northeastern state of Assam. In a tweet earlier in the day, Delhi police said: "Permission has not been granted for the protest march to be held by communist party from Mandi House to JantarManta... [Full Article...]
Šefčovič: Ukraine, Russia make preliminary deal on gas transit
He declined to elaborate further. The EU has been mediating the talks to secure a new agreement. Ukrainian Energy Minister Oleksiy Orzhel said on Saturday that under the new deal both parties had an option to extend the five-year term by another 10 years. [Full Article...]
Christmas travel in France likely to be disrupted as strikes continue
He acknowledged that given lengthening life expectancy and the high cost of France's pension system, "yes, we will have to work a bit longer" - but said if the government doesn't abandon the idea of a fixed new retirement age of 64 by January, his union will continue to protest. [Full Article...]
Australia: 'Catastrophic' conditions fan major bushfires
Cooler conditions provided desperately needed relief Friday, but scorching temperatures are forecast at the weekend with Sydney's western suburbs tipped to reach 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit). "I deeply regret any offence caused to any of the many Australians affected by the bad bushfires by my taking leave with family at this time". It was their deaths that prompted Mr Morrison to on ... [Full Article...]
Thousands held in clampdown on protests against India's new citizenship law
The Delhi-Haryana border was sealed for eight hours, hitting road traffic and delaying flights. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has defended the government's new citizenship law, despite the major ongoing protests against it. Across the country, protesters were detained - some even as they barely reached the protest venue - and taken away in buses. In New Delhi , about 10,000 demonstr... [Full Article...]