Washington( CNN) Members of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are in wide agreement that former President Donald Trump committed a crime when he pushed a conspiracy to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.... Thompson's off-the-cuff remarks sparked an immediate response from several of his fellow committee members who rushed to knock down the notion they would not be pursuing criminal charges.... " The January 6th Select Committee has not

stabilised, as the two Asian neighbours searched for ways to ease simmering military tensions along their

As tensions with Russia simmer, European Union leaders met Wednesday with their counterparts from

French President Emmanuel Macron, front second right, speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, front right, during a group photo of EU leaders and Eastern Partnership countries at an Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels, on Dec.... A Belarus flag was left at the summit table where he would have sat.... " There was an empty chair in the room, and I hope that this chair will soon be filled by a legitimate, democratically elected Belarusian leader," European Commission President Urs

At a regularly scheduled news conference on Monday, Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, emphasized that the two sides were holding military talks.... Modi for staying silent on the matter.... “ China is expanding its occupation into Indian territory, ” Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the party, Indian National Congress, said on Twitter. Chinese officials don’t deny that there are new villages in the area....

Indonesia's ban on palm oil exports has pushed prices to record highs and forced top importers to look for replacements.... STORY: Palm oil is by far the most produced and traded globallySo an Indonesian ban on exports is sparking alarmPalm oil goes into products from cookies to detergentsAround 77 million tonnes were expected this year60% from Indonesia, and 25% from MalaysiaSoybean oil is number two with around 59 million tonnes this yearPrices soared to a record high following Indonesia's ba

Join our Whatsapp channel Bearish sentiment continued on the trade floor at the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Thursday with shares plunging more than 1, 000 points, a day after India announced a slew of diplomatic measures targeting Pakistan following a deadly attack in occupied Kashmir that resulted in the deaths of over two dozen tourists. The benchmark KSE-100 index declined by 1, 086.51, or 0.93 per cent, to stand at 116, 139.63 from the previous close at 11: 13am. Yousuf M. Farooq, director re

BUENOS AIRES( Reuters)-Argentina is facing a billion-dollar trip wire of debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund( IMF) coming due with uncertainty over whether the South American country will pay amid tense talks to revamp around$ 40 billion in loans. The grains-producing country, which has been battling currency and debt crises for years, is due to pay back$ 730 million to the IMF on Friday and another$ 365 million on Tuesday next week, though officials have not confirmed plans to pa

Wall Street’s losses mounted Wednesday as world leaders waited to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin orders troops deeper into Ukraine. The Standard Poor’s 500 fell 1.8% to an eight-month low, deepening the benchmark index’s correction, or a loss of 10% from its recent peak.... More than 85% of stocks in the SP 500 fell, with technology companies weighing down the index most. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite lost 2.6%, led by steep drops by Apple and Microsoft.... But that doesn’t me

The death toll from the accident soared to 90 in little over a week as authorities pieced through the rubble, identifying the charred remains of many still missing following the massive blast.... Others have since died in the hospital.... Instead, the truck exploded, engulfing them and neighborhood homes in flames, officials said....