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Euroviews. GOP's constitutional objection to impeachment is objectively false — and alarming ǀ View

Some Republican lawmakers and pundits claim the president should be allowed to confront the intelligence community whistleblower whose complaint set off the current firestorm over Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. This argument is utterly preposterous.

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Euroviews. Trump rages about the impeachment process. But the GOP created those rules ǀ View

If Trump is unhappy with how the impeachment process is unfolding, he has mostly Republicans to blame. After all, they are the ones who have written the rules that impeachment investigations follow.

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Democrats announce second week of impeachment public hearings

The week will feature testimony from several key witnesses.

USA

Euroviews. Trump staffers have a choice: Loyalty and maybe prison, or betrayal and derision ǀ View

The emerging strategy of House Republicans to argue that WH advisers went rogue — without the authorization of Donald Trump — to press Ukraine to provide dirt on a political opponent puts Mick Mulvaney, John Eisenberg, Rudy Giuliani and others in a precarious and even life-changing dilemma.

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Madonna is frequently hours late for concerts, a fan says. He's suing.

The singer has a "long history of arriving and starting her concerts late" and to accommodate her tardiness a show was rescheduled to start at 10:30 p.m., the suit says.

USA

Bloomberg faces big challenges if he leaps into 2020 White House race

The billionaire media mogul has the money and name recognition to shake up the Democratic presidential race, but he will face huge hurdles to the nomination if he makes the leap to become a formal candidate.

Saudi Arabia

Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics: US prosecutors

A complaint unsealed in a U.S. court detailed a coordinated effort by Saudi officials to recruit Twitter employees to look up users' private data.

USA

Euroviews. Why White House lawyers might not be covering for Trump after all ǀ View

As events surrounding the impeachment inquiry unfold quickly — and occasionally too quickly to digest fully — there is a tendency to assume things we do not yet know and to color things we think we know.

Iran

'Death to America': Iran marks 40 years since US embassy attack

Rallies have marked 40 years since the 1979 storming of the US Embassy in Tehran, highlighting ongoing diplomatic tensions between the nations.

World News

Watch: Pentagon video of raid that killed ISIS leader

The Pentagon released dramatic video and images showing the raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's compound after US President Trump announced last week that the leader of the so-called Islamic State had died.

USA

Watch: 'Greta' and 'Melania' spotted among high heel race competitors

Also competing were referees depicting whistleblowers and one tribute to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

World

Fight against terrorism far from over despite al-Baghdadi death

European leaders are warning that the fight against terrorism is far from being over following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The world's most wanted terrorist, and leader of the so-called Islamic State group killed himself during a US military operation in Idlib, northern Syria

USA

Trump showered with boos, chants of 'lock him up' at baseball

The president, who was there with first lady Melania Trump, stood smiling and clapping throughout.

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Don't look down! New 345-metre-high NYC observation deck set to open

It is anchored on two sides of a skyscraper.

USA

US Republicans storm impeachment hearing room

US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry devolved into chaos on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers stormed into a high-security hearing room and delayed testimony by a witness.

Lebanon

Lebanon ex-minister urges election to 'get rid' of government

Walid Jumblatt's call came as the U.S. gave its support to protesters who have filled the streets for several days.

USA

Trump's lawyers argue he can't be charged while in office — even if he shoots someone

"That's your position?" asked federal appeals court Judge Denny Chin. "That is correct," the president's lawyer responded.

USA

Euroviews. Mitt Romney's Trump criticism and House's Syria rebuke show growing cracks in the GOP ǀ View

It’s long been an open secret in Washington that many of the career Republicans who fawn over President Donald Trump in public have nothing good to say about him in private.

USA

New 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' trailer arrives on Carrie Fisher's birthday

The latest film in the blockbuster Disney franchise, set for release in December, will feature the last footage Fisher filmed before her death in 2016.

United Kingdom

Julian Assange appears in London court for extradition hearing

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a London court on Monday for a hearing on whether he should be extradited to the United States to face spying charges.