Category: America

US President Donald Trump has a Chinese bank account and spent years pursuing business projects in the country, the New York Times has reported. The account is controlled by Trump International Hotels Management and paid local taxes between 2013 and 2015. It was set up “to explore the potential for hotel deals in Asia”, according… Continue reading Donald Trump Maintains Bank Account in China-NY Times by FranciscaOgar

President Donald Trump on Monday threw into doubt a deal to restructure ownership of the popular video app TikTok, vowing to block any deal that allows its Chinese parent firm to retain any control. The comments raised fresh concerns over a weekend deal that appeared to avert a US-ordered ban of TikTok, which the Trump… Continue reading Trump Vows to Block any TikTok Deal that Allows Chinese Control by Raphael Bichene

‌ ‌ William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist who was the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at 94. Gates died Monday at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced Tuesday, CBS News reports. In an obituary, the family credited the patriarch with a “deep commitment… Continue reading Bill Gates Father Dies by Raphael Bichene

President Donald Trump Tuesday took his tough law-and-order message to Kenosha, the latest US city roiled by the police shooting of a black man, as he branded recent anti-racism protests acts of “domestic terror” by violent mobs. Trump has been hoping for months to shift the election battle against Democrat Joe Biden from a referendum… Continue reading Trump Calls Kenosha Anti_Racism Protest ‘ Domestic Terror’ by Raphael Bichene

Joe Biden has formally accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, describing in a televised speech to a virtual convention his vision for a new United States that is facing multiple crises at once. “It is an America we can rebuild together,” Biden said, pledging to make control of the coronavirus outbreak his first act if… Continue reading Biden Accepts Democratic Party Nomination by Raphael Bichene

Robert S. Trump, the younger brother of President Trump, died on Saturday night at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. He was 71. The White House did not provide a cause of death. “He was not just my brother, he was my best friend,” the president said in a statement late Saturday night. “He will be greatly… Continue reading Trump’s Brother Robert Dies at 71 by Rapheal Bichene

US President Donald Trump on Friday visited his younger brother Robert at a hospital in New York, where he is being treated for an undisclosed illness. The US leader, who was wearing a face mask upon arriving at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, entered through a back door and stayed about 45 minutes, according to an AFP… Continue reading Trump Visits Ill Brother in Hospital by Raphael Bichene

US President Donald Trump was escorted out of a news conference after Secret Service agents shot and wounded a man who claimed to be armed outside the White House. The Secret Service said the incident happened one block from the compound, when an officer fired on the suspect who had run “aggressively” towards him. An… Continue reading Trump Escorted Out of Briefing as Man Shoots Near White House by Raphael Bichene

.An MP has called for a “system change” after she was stopped by police while travelling in a car in east London. Former shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler accused the Met Police of racial profiling after the stop on Sunday. Labour MP Ms Butler told BBC Breakfast she had agreed to meet local police commanders… Continue reading Dawn Butler: MP Calls For System Change After Police Stop by Raphael Bichene