Senate confirms Indian-American Seema Verma for top health care post in Donald Trump administration
President Donald Trump’s pick to run Medicare and Medicaid, Indian-American Seema Verma, won confirmation on Monday.
Mar 14, 2017, 12:02 PM IST
Donald Trump's swearing-in US' 58th presidential inauguration ceremony
Donald Trump's swearing-in on Friday was the 58th formal presidential inaugural ceremony since 1789, when US' first president George Washington was inaugurated.
Jan 20, 2017, 22:12 PM IST
Brazil's Senate strips Dilma Rousseff of presidency
Brazil's Dilma Rousseff was on Wednesday stripped of the country's presidency in a Senate impeachment vote ending 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest economy.
Aug 31, 2016, 23:09 PM IST
Australian PM almost certain victor in election but no celebration
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to retain power after a bruising national election.
Jul 08, 2016, 13:20 PM IST
Brazil president impeachment recommended in Senate
A senator selected as a fact-finder by a special Senate commission considering the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has recommended that she be put on trial for possible removal from office.
May 05, 2016, 03:20 AM IST
No intention of pushing for new war powers vote: Mitch McConnell
The Senate won't take up President Barack Obama's request for new war powers to fight the Islamic State group, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said today, to avoid tying the hands of the next president.
Jan 11, 2016, 02:24 AM IST
Hillary Clinton compares email attacks to White House controversies
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday again defended her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, comparing the multiple investigations to Republican-led probes into her husband's administration more than two decades ago.
Sep 27, 2015, 22:23 PM IST
Is another military takeover in Pakistan imminent?
Pakistan's Senate chief has warned that constitutional checks to prevent yet another military takeover have become redundant in the country which has seen Army rule for nearly half of its 68 years of independence.
Sep 16, 2015, 12:15 PM IST
Australian Greens to move notice of motion in Senate on Adani project
Australian Greens plans to move a notice of motion to the Senate, seeking a probe into the ownership structure of Indian mining giant Gautam Adani's 16 billion dollar coal development project in Queensland state.
Feb 11, 2015, 13:33 PM IST
