A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the northwestern coast of Sulawesi island in Indonesia early Friday, killing at least 35 people, destroying houses, flattening a hospital and setting off landslides, disaster officials said. Rescuers were searching for people trapped in the rubble. More than 600 people were reported to have been injured in the quake, which struck […]Read More
The incoming President of the United States of America, Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo into his cabinet days before the inauguration of his government. Badejo’s appointment was announced on Thursday when Biden named an additional 20 members of the office of the White House counsel which advises the president, the executive office […]Read More
Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday temporarily suspended President Donald Trump’s channel and removed a video for violating its policy against inciting violence. “In light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to Donald J. Trump’s channel for violating our policies,” YouTube said in a statement. The channel is now “temporarily prevented from uploading […]Read More
US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday said he did not support invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump just a week before the end of his term, saying such a move was not in the country’s “best interest” or consistent with the constitution in a decision likely to lead to Trump’s impeachment. […]Read More
The U.S. Congress early Thursday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Democrat Joe Biden his presidential victory — after a day in Washington that was marred by pro-Trump protesters storming the U.S. Capitol. Vice President Mike Pence, who had announced he would not overturn the will of voters, confirmed the Biden victory at 3:41 a.m. ET. Lawmakers had […]Read More
US intelligence agencies have said they believe Russia was behind the “serious” cyber compromise revealed in December. President Trump had previously suggested China might have been behind the hack, although other members of his administration had pointed the finger at Moscow. In a joint statement, the intelligence bodies say they currently believe fewer than 10 […]Read More
England’s third national lockdown has legally come into force, with MPs set to vote retrospectively on it later. The measures, which include a stay-at-home order and the closure of schools to most pupils, were announced by the prime minister on Monday. All of the UK is now under strict virus curbs, with Wales, Northern Ireland and […]Read More
The US state of Georgia is going to the polls in a vote that will decide whether President-elect Joe Biden’s Democrats control the Senate. Victory in the two runoff elections would give Mr Biden control over the whole of Congress and with it the power to push forward his progressive agenda. Mr Biden said Georgians […]Read More
People in all of England and most of Scotland must now stay at home except for a handful of permitted reasons, as new lockdowns begin in both nations. Schools have closed to most pupils in England, Scotland and Wales, while Northern Ireland will have an “extended period of remote learning”. England’s rules will be reviewed on […]Read More
A Colorado man has the variant of the coronavirus from the United Kingdom that health officials say is more transmissible than other strains of the virus, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. It is first known case of the UK coronavirus variant in United States. The man, who is in his 20s and in isolation in Elbert […]Read More
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