Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMitch McConnell, who will decide the trial's terms, condemns the "unfair impeachment inquiry" US President Donald Trump has demanded an immediate impeachment trial in the Senate, amid an impasse among Democrats and Republicans over when it may start.On Wednesday, the House impeached Mr Trump on charges of…
But can you flip it open? — After the Galaxy Fold, Samsung's next foldable looks like an S10 that folds in half. Ron Amadeo - Dec 19, 2019 10:36 pm UTC The new folding Samsung phone. There's no logo, but you can clearly see this is the Samsung skin. It's a shame we can't make…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats on Thursday pressed the Republican-controlled Senate to call Donald Trump’s top lieutenants to testify in its trial of the impeached president, as they sought to focus attention on the trial ahead of the 2020 presidential election. A day after the U.S. House of Representatives impeached Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said…
Image copyright Reuters The accommodation-booking service Airbnb does not need an estate agent's licence to operate in France, Europe's top court has ruled.The French tourism association had complained that Airbnb did not comply with French property laws.It means the app's users avoid a threat of disruption to its service in the country. Had the court…
Skulls from central Java may come from the last surviving population of Homo erectus, suggests a new study dating the fossil bed and the surrounding landscape. The population's death roughly coincides with dramatic changes in the environment, which may have caused the species' extinction long before the first Homo sapiens reached Southeast Asia. The “last…
CLINTON, Iowa (Reuters) - Elizabeth Warren has recalibrated her rhetoric on Medicare for All, as concerns about her support for replacing private insurance with a government-run plan continue to buffet her once-surging Democratic presidential campaign. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivers a campaign economic speech at Saint…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Anger against a new citizenship law is growing India's Supreme Court has said it will take up a clutch of petitions against a new citizenship law next month, as anger against it grows.The court told the federal government to prepare a response to the petitions, but the law has not…
Enlarge / This Jacquard-driven loom, circa 1850, is considered an early predecessor of the first computers.Charles Babbage is widely recognized as a pioneer of the programable computer due to his ingenious designs for steam-driven calculating machines in the 19th century. But Babbage drew inspiration from a number of earlier inventions, including a device invented in…
ROCHESTER, Mich. (Reuters) - Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin, co-author of a column that helped launch the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, ended months of uncertainty on Monday by telling voters at a noisy town hall meeting that she will vote for impeachment. The cheers - along with chants of “Impeach Slotkin, keep Trump!” -…
Image copyright Reuters General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former military leader, has been sentenced to death at a special court hearing in Islamabad.The three-member court sentenced him over a high treason charge that has been pending since 2013. Gen Musharraf seized power in a military coup in 1999 and served as the country's president from 2001…
