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Anti-vaccine protesters temporarily shut down US vaccination site

Anti-vaccine protesters temporarily shut down US vaccination site

AP 2021-01-31 10:13:04

One of the largest vaccination sites in the USA temporarily shut down Saturday because dozen of protesters blocked the entrance, stalling hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours,&...

New York City indoor restaurant dining to resume mid-February

New York City indoor restaurant dining to resume mid-February

-- 2021-01-30 13:22:37

New York City’s famed restaurant scene will re-open for indoor dining on Valentine’s Day, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday, the latest announcement by a U.S. state to ease pub...

Almost 700 migrants stranded in Caribbean region

Almost 700 migrants stranded in Caribbean region

-- 2021-01-30 12:20:33

Some 700 migrants bound for the United States are stranded on a Caribbean beach in Colombia because the South American country’s borders remain closed to curb the spread of coronavirus, the migr...

US likely to impose costs on China for actions against Ughur Muslims: Biden adviser

US likely to impose costs on China for actions against Ughur Muslims: Biden adviser

-- 2021-01-30 12:11:44

US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, has said that the United States must be prepared to impose costs on China for its actions against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, i...

Pro-Trump lawyer puts license in jeopardy by refusing mental health evaluation

Pro-Trump lawyer puts license in jeopardy by refusing mental health evaluation

-- 2021-01-30 11:49:03

Atlanta attorney L. Lin Wood, a lawyer who played a role in former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his election defeat, put his law license in jeopardy on Friday by saying on socia...

UN chief hopes for 'reset' in US, China relations

UN chief hopes for 'reset' in US, China relations

-- 2021-01-29 10:35:38

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hopes there will be a “reset” in US-China relations, acknowledging that while the countries had “different views” on h...

US Congress Republicans face puzzling situation over controversies around Cheney, Greene

US Congress Republicans face puzzling situation over controversies around Cheney, Greene

-- 2021-01-28 18:12:49

The deep divisions roiling the US Republican Party came into clear focus this week in controversies about Representatives Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene - two politicians with little in common...

US reviewing China genocide ruling

US reviewing China genocide ruling

-- 2021-01-28 14:55:02

The US State Department is reviewing a Trump administration determination that China has committed genocide by repressing Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region to make sure that it sticks, President J...

US to rebuild diplomacy worldwide: Blinken says on first day

US to rebuild diplomacy worldwide: Blinken says on first day

-- 2021-01-28 14:05:07

Antony Blinken began his first full day as US secretary of state on Wednesday promising to repair ties with global partners and show the world that America can lead, while tackling climate change, the...

Why Trump's post-presidency perks safe for the rest of his life

Why Trump's post-presidency perks safe for the rest of his life

-- 2021-01-28 12:35:11

The impeachment proceeding against Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol has fuelled speculation online that he could lose some of the benefits extended to former pr...

US faces heightened domestic terrorism threat

US faces heightened domestic terrorism threat

Reuters 2021-01-28 10:46:49

The United States could face a heightened threat of domestic extremist violence for weeks from people angry at Donald Trump’s election defeat and inspired by the deadly storming of the US Capito...

Internet outage hits US East Coast

Internet outage hits US East Coast

-- 2021-01-27 12:22:55

Thousands of users across the US East Coast faced widespread internet outage from providers including Verizon Communications Inc on Tuesday, disrupting services offered by Google, Amazon, Zoom, Slack,...

Global coronavirus cases surpass 100 million mark

Global coronavirus cases surpass 100 million mark

-- 2021-01-27 11:56:05

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls. Almost 1.3 per cent o...

Antony Blinken confirmed by US Senate as secretary of state

Antony Blinken confirmed by US Senate as secretary of state

-- 2021-01-27 11:45:30

The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee, veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, to serve as secretary of state. The 100-member Senate backed Blinken 78-22, meaning he could b...

Yellen gets Senate confirmation as first woman to lead US Treasury

Yellen gets Senate confirmation as first woman to lead US Treasury

-- 2021-01-26 17:34:28

Janet Yellen won overwhelming Senate confirmation as the first woman to lead the US Treasury on Monday, setting her quickly to work with Congress on coronavirus relief, reviewing US sanctions policy a...

Trump impeachment trial aggravates Republicans rift

Trump impeachment trial aggravates Republicans rift

-- 2021-01-25 14:16:27

The coming second impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly storming of the Capitol has aggravated a rift among his fellow Republicans that was on full d...

How Trump’s second impeachment trial could be different from first

How Trump’s second impeachment trial could be different from first

Hindustan Times 2021-01-24 16:58:08

Former US President Donald Trump is set to face a historic second impeachment trial in Senate next month after Democrats and Republicans agreed to delay the schedule by two weeks. Senate majority lead...

Biden, Trudeau to meet next month

Biden, Trudeau to meet next month

Reuters 2021-01-24 13:56:43

Canada’s Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden agreed to meet next month, the prime minister’s office said on Friday, following a call between the two leaders in which they vowed to jo...

Biden to reverse Trump's 'draconian' immigration policies

Biden to reverse Trump's 'draconian' immigration policies

REUTERS 2021-01-24 09:36:47

The United States plans to reverse the Trump administration’s “draconian” immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes of migration, President Joe Biden told...

Iconic TV host Larry King dead at 87

Iconic TV host Larry King dead at 87

AP 2021-01-23 19:44:41

Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was...

Biden apologises over troops sleeping in car park

Biden apologises over troops sleeping in car park

BBC 2021-01-23 18:44:47

US President Joe Biden has apologised after some members of the National Guard stationed at the Capitol were pictured sleeping in a car park. More than 25,000 troops were deployed to Washington DC fo...

Over 150 security personnel of Biden's inauguration contract COVID-19

Over 150 security personnel of Biden's inauguration contract COVID-19

-- 2021-01-23 16:51:54

Between 150 and 200 National Guard deployed to Washington, DC, to provide security for US President Joe Biden's inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a US official said on Friday. Th...

Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau to meet next month

Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau to meet next month

-- 2021-01-23 16:30:59

Canada's Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden agreed to meet next month, the prime minister's office said on Friday, following a call between the two leaders in which they vowed to join forces to...

US Senate puts off Trump impeachment trial until early February

US Senate puts off Trump impeachment trial until early February

REUTERS 2021-01-23 09:40:29

The leaders of the US Senate agreed on Friday to push back former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by two weeks, giving the chamber more time to focus on President Joe Biden’s le...

Anti-Biden protesters vandalise Democrat party office in Portland, Seattle

Anti-Biden protesters vandalise Democrat party office in Portland, Seattle

-- 2021-01-22 20:06:47

Anti-government and anti-fascist protesters in Portland and Seattle vandalised a Democratic Party office and other buildings and scuffled with police on Wednesday, protesting against US President Joe...

Biden seeks five-year extension of arms treaty with Russia

Biden seeks five-year extension of arms treaty with Russia

-- 2021-01-22 17:01:48

US President Joe Biden will seek a five-year extension to the New START arms control treaty with Russia, the White House said on Thursday, in one of the first major foreign policy decisions of the new...

India lodges criminal case against Cambridge Analytica for data theft

India lodges criminal case against Cambridge Analytica for data theft

-- 2021-01-22 16:24:50

India's top federal probe agency on Friday lodged a criminal case against Cambridge Analytica for illegally collecting personal data of some 560,000 Facebook users in the country, more than two years...

Biden will order masks on planes and trains, increase disaster funds to fight coronavirus

Biden will order masks on planes and trains, increase disaster funds to fight coronavirus

Reuters 2021-01-21 16:55:09

President Joe Biden will sign 10 executive orders on Thursday to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including directing that disaster funds be used to help reopen schools and requiring that people wear m...

Biden faces a China that is now more confident after US disarray

Biden faces a China that is now more confident after US disarray

AP 2021-01-21 15:43:42

As a new US president takes office, he faces a determined Chinese leadership that could be further emboldened by America’s troubles at home. The disarray in America, from the rampant Covid-19 p...

‘No time to waste’: Biden reverses Trump policies on wall, climate, health, Muslims

‘No time to waste’: Biden reverses Trump policies on wall, climate, health, Muslims

REUTERS 2021-01-21 11:19:26

US President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday, undoing policies put in place by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and making his first moves on the...