Gunshots have been heard inside the Senate of the Philippines as tensions escalate over a planned arrest of a top senator. Witnesses reported multiple shots on Wednesday, sending journalists and others scrambling for cover as armed personnel moved through the building. What happened at the Senate?
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"Good things take time," as the old saying goes. After postponing his trip in March after launching the war with Iran, US President Donald Trump is set to visit China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing at the end of the week.
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday that he will not resign and said he will challenge the impeachment proceedings against him in court over the cash heist scandal.
A 31-year-old man who was charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump at the annual White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner has pleaded not guilty on Monday. Cole A. appeared before Judge Trevor McFadden in a federal district court in Washington D.C.
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The Philippine lower house of parliament on Monday voted to advance impeachment proceedings against the vice president. Under the constitution, the case now proceeds to a Senate trial.
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