#firing

1:31pm, 2nd August, 2019

Firing recommended for NY police officer who killed Eric Garner with chokehold

A white New York City police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a banned chokehold in 2014 should be fired, a police judge recommended on Friday in a case that stoked the Black Lives Matter movement and reverberated in the U.S. presidential...

North Korea's test firing verified combat effectiveness of new rocket system: KCNA

8:07pm, 31st July, 2019

World

North Korea's test firing verified combat effectiveness of new rocket system: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday oversaw the first test firing of a "new-type large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system", North Korean state media reported on Thursday.

Trump orders firing of Secret Service chief: CNN

12:56pm, 8th April, 2019

Politics

Trump orders firing of Secret Service chief: CNN

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the firing of the U.S. Secret Service director, CNN reported on Monday, one day after the resignation of another top national security official, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

Trump's firing of FBI head Comey triggered probe: ex-official McCabe

1:46pm, 14th February, 2019

Politics

Trump's firing of FBI head Comey triggered probe: ex-official McCabe

Former top FBI official Andrew McCabe said he began an obstruction of justice and counterintelligence investigation involving U.S. President Donald Trump and his ties to Russia after Trump fired bureau Director James Comey in May 2017, CBS News repor...

Ex-acting FBI chief says probe of Trump began after Comey firing: CBS

11:41am, 14th February, 2019

Politics

Ex-acting FBI chief says probe of Trump began after Comey firing: CBS

Former top FBI official Andrew McCabe said he began an obstruction of justice and counterintelligence investigation involving U.S. President Donald Trump and his ties to Russia after Trump fired bureau Director James Comey in May 2017, CBS News repor...

Sri Lankan president suspends parliament after firing prime minister

12:53pm, 27th October, 2018

World

Sri Lankan president suspends parliament after firing prime minister

A constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka deepened on Saturday as President Maithripala Sirisena temporarily suspended parliament a day after sacking the prime minister and replacing him with a former leader seen as being close to China.

KKK figure sentenced to eight years for firing gun at Virginia rally

7:35pm, 21st August, 2018

US

KKK figure sentenced to eight years for firing gun at Virginia rally

A Maryland man who identified himself as a leader of the Ku Klux Klan was sentenced on Tuesday to eight years in prison, four of which were suspended, for firing a pistol during last summer's deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Vi...

Ex-Trump aide Omarosa releases recording of White House firing

10:58am, 12th August, 2018

Politics

Ex-Trump aide Omarosa releases recording of White House firing

Former White House aide and reality television participant Omarosa Manigault Newman played a recording in a TV interview on Sunday of her dismissal and indicated she had other recordings from her time in the Trump administration.

Trump eases firing of federal workers, cracks down on unions

5:30pm, 25th May, 2018

Politics

Trump eases firing of federal workers, cracks down on unions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday signed three executive orders designed to make it easier to fire federal government workers and to crack down on the unions that represent them, drawing immediate criticism from a group represen...