The U.S. House of Representatives has failed to override President Donald Trump’s veto on an earlier House and Senate measure to overturn Mr. Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Tuesday’s House vote, 248-181 in favour of overriding Mr. Trump’s veto, failed to meet the two-third majority mark […]
South Korea Sunday began two days of war games to practise defending disputed islands off its east coast against an unlikely attack from Japan, further stoking tensions between the Asian neighbours. The annual drills come just days after Seoul terminated a military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo, with the countries at loggerheads over Japan’s use of […]
Prominent rights lawyer Amal Clooney has said she will join the legal team defending Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose news site has repeatedly clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa, who was named a Time Magazine “Person of the Year” in 2018 for her journalism, faces several criminal charges along with her website Rappler, in what […]
