by Rajan Philips Just after 5:00 PM local time on Thursday, a jury of 12 New Yorkers, seven men and five women, found the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, guilty on all 34 counts that he had been charged with for falsifying business records to influence the outcome of […]

For nearly four weeks, Donald Trump has sat quietly in a New York courtroom while state prosecutors laid out the first-ever criminal case against a former US president. Lawyers from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office have called on a cast of blockbuster witnesses and produced dozens of surreptitiously recorded conversations and documents to help corroborate […]

To be sure, not all has gone well for Northern Ireland since the coming into being of the British province’s Good Friday Agreement on April 10th 1998. For instance, it has been without a ruling executive since January 2017, when the province’s power-sharing government’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness resigned in protest over what has […]

By Ayushi Agarwal Following a decision by the Taliban regime to ban women from working at non-governmental organisations, four major international aid groups suspended their operations in Afghanistan on Sunday. Neil Turner, country director, Norwegian Refugee Council for Afghanistan, while calling the ban ‘temporary’, said it “can, unfortunately, have a high impact”. He als...

Mayor, union president have much to lose (or gain) if walkout happens MondayIf Chicago teachers go on strike Monday, the walkout would set up a political minefield for both Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, adding the explosive element of a blame game to contract negotiations that already are highly combustible.

Reuters: Thai Hua Rubber Pcl, Thailand’s third-largest rubber producer, plans to invest in Myanmar, aiming to produce rubber and export it following political and economic reforms there, the company’s chief executive said. “We have already met Myanmar’s agriculture minister and he said our investment is welcomed,” Chief Executive Luckchai Kittipol told Reuters. The co...

By Dr. Laksiri Fernando Asian Tribune: I am here not talking about Karen Connelly’s popular love story by the name of ‘Burmese Lessons,’ but rather Aung San Suu Kyi’s entry into Parliament as the Leader of the Opposition in Myanmar (or Burma) with 42 other members who were elected early April in a by-election from ...

Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board says enough evidence to 'consider' requesting intervention; final ruling to come in DecemberAs the political fight over a longer school day heats up, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis is asking a state labor relations board to take the issue to court, which could block more schools from extending their days and perhaps cancel longer days for sc...

Broadview arrangement clouds campaign disclosure reportsU.S. Rep. Danny Davis, state Rep. Karen Yarbrough and a township Democratic organization operated for years out of a village-owned building in near-west suburban Broadview.

By Bandu de Silva It looks as if all Pundits have spoken their mind on the recent performance of the Foreign Service and there is nothing more left to be said. But as an old Foreign Service hand, now watching...

Karen Kubly says the LAPD should have opened a theft investigation after Rudy Martinez — then a department volunteer, now a candidate for L.A. City Council — was found in possession of her brother's badge. The sister of a slain police officer whose badge has become an issue in a bruising political campaign criticized the Los Angeles Police Department on Monday, saying it should have pu...

The proxy party of Myanmar’s military junta has swept the polls winning 187 seats of the 219 seats counted by Thursday, the Times of India reported. Observers believe that more than 80 per cent of seats in the new parliament will be under the control of the pro-junta Union Solidarity and Development Party. There was ...

S.C. Republican Party chairman Karen Floyd will not seek a second term, according to Republican sources.Floyd has called an afternoon press conference.During Floyd’s two-year term Republicans captured all nine statewide constitutional offices, won a Congressional seat held by Democrats for two decades and built the largest Republican majority in the history of the S.C. House of Representative...

Tamils of a different stripe by Gordon Weiss The Tigers are history and Sri Lanka’s ethnic minority remains under the government’s thumb. Think about it – who wants to portray the boat people as a security threat?...

A political blogger has filed an ethics complaint against Republican gubernatorial hopeful Karen Handel, alleging she illegally paid staffers from her old secretary of state campaign fund.

by Ann Powers There are so many ways to say “I love you,” and if you’re singing, it can be hard to say anything else. Pop stars are our love machines, expressing desires people are otherwise too uptight or disconnected...

Two open congressional seats are almost sure to go to Democrat Karen Bass and Republican Jeff Denham. An Assembly race in the Central Valley features a political family feud. The California legislative and congressional district races on this week's primary ballot fell mostly into two categories: those whose...

State Sen. Jake Knotts, R-Lexington, used the word, "raghead" to describe Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Rep. Nikki Haley, also of Lexington County, and President Barack Obama during an online political talk show Thursday evening. Haley is of Indian descent. Obama, who is bi-racial, has an African father and white mother. Knotts, who supports Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer in the Republican primary ba...