At least three people from the campaign team of Donald Trump allegedly played a key role in organising the rally in Washington that culminated in a deadly assault on the US Capitol building, belying the campaign’s claim that they did “organise, operate or finance” the event ...The siege left five people dead. . Read more ... SIGN UP ... SIGN UP ... ....
Read full article. Mairead McArdleJanuary 18, 2021, 3.38 PM. A senior Biden transition official is warning migrants hoping to cross the southern border into the U.S. during the early days of the new administration that “now is not the time” to come ... rather than new migrants arriving at the border, the official said ... ....
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WASHINGTON — White House officials are planning a farewell ceremony for Donald Trump as he leaves Washington on Wednesday morning for the last time as president, according to a copy … Click to Continue » ... ....
BERLIN. Chancellor 's conservative CDU party picked her ally as its next leader on Saturday, in a vote for "continuity" as Europe's biggest economy heads into a key election year with the deadly coronavirus pandemic still raging ... A third hopeful, foreign affairs expert Norbert Roettgen, was knocked out of the race ... Download ... ....
Guatemalan security forces on Monday began removing hundreds of mostly Honduran migrants from a road where they had been camped out after authorities halted their trek to the United States...Migration authorities confirmed the removal ... “We just want to pass freely to the United States.” ... Humane approach ... Nearly100 were returned to El Salvador ... ....
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus kicked off WHO’s week-long executive board meeting — virtually from its headquarters in Geneva — by lamenting that one poor country received a mere 25 vaccine doses while over 39 million doses have been administered in nearly 50 richer nations ... I need to be blunt ... Dr ... (Story continued below...) ... ___ ... __ ... ....
Britain’s vaccine rollout is limited by a “lumpy” manufacturing process with production changes by Pfizer and a delay by AstraZeneca that could lead to brief supply disruption, Vaccine Deployment MinisterNadhim Zahawi said on Monday ...The United Kingdom has vaccinated 3,857,266 people with a first dose and 449,736 with a second dose ... Vaccine hopes ... ....
Late Saturday the Washington Post reported that Donald Trump has been telling donors that he is seeking $2 billion to build his presidential library after he leaves office on Wednesday ... You can see some responses below. ... — Purity For TheeBut Not For Me💃🏻⚖️ (@Purity For Thee But Not For Me💃🏻⚖️)1610847423.0. Trump's $2B Presidential library itemized ... ....
SEOUL. South Korea's president on Monday urged the incoming Biden administration to build upon the achievements and learn from the failures of President 's diplomatic engagement with North Korea... Biden has accused Trump of chasing the spectacle of summits rather than meaningful curbs on the North's nuclear capabilities ... Download ... ....
China on Monday likened outgoing Secretary of StateMike Pompeo to a "praying mantis" in a colourful condemnation of the latest US sanctions sparked by the mass arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists ... "People like Pompeo are nothing but laughable praying mantises who are trying in vain to stop the rolling wheels of history." ... Topics .. ....
As Bob Dylan once sang, “The times they are a-changing.”.Years ago, it would have been impossible to consider; now, marijuana is legal in Canada and some U.S. states and decriminalized in a handful of European and Latin and South American countries. The discussion for the possible legalization of marijuana in more countries is underway ... states ... ....