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10 infants killed in India hospital fire

10 infants killed in India hospital fire

Reuters 2021-01-09 13:28:06

Ten newborns were killed on Saturday in a massive fire at a hospital in Maharashtra, India’s richest state, a doctor said, as leading politicians expressed grief at the loss of life. “The...

Most Americans seek Trump removal after Capitol violence: Poll

Most Americans seek Trump removal after Capitol violence: Poll

REUTERS 2021-01-09 12:52:39

Fifty-seven per cent of Americans want Republican President Donald Trump to be immediately removed from office after he encouraged a protest this week that escalated into a deadly riot inside the US C...

WHO tells rich countries to stop cutting the vaccines queue

WHO tells rich countries to stop cutting the vaccines queue

-- 2021-01-09 11:28:30

The head of the World Health Organization said on Friday there is a “clear problem” that low- and middle-income countries are not yet receiving supplies of Covid-19 vaccines and urged coun...

Pelosi office laptop stolen during Capitol intrusion

Pelosi office laptop stolen during Capitol intrusion

-- 2021-01-09 11:10:41

A laptop was stolen from the office of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday, one of her aides said on Friday. Drew Hammill, an aide to D...

Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account

Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account

Reuters 2021-01-09 09:06:15

Twitter said on Friday that it has permanently suspended US President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesd...

EU says it has secured nearly half of Pfizer's 2021 global output of COVID-19 shots

EU says it has secured nearly half of Pfizer's 2021 global output of COVID-19 shots

Reuters 2021-01-08 22:33:14

The European Union reached a deal with Pfizer and BioNTech for 300 million additional doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, the head of the European Commission said on Friday, in a move that would give the...

Indian government, farmers fail to break deadlock on controversial laws

Indian government, farmers fail to break deadlock on controversial laws

Reuters 2021-01-08 22:25:00

The Indian government and representatives of protesting farmers failed to reach an agreement on contentious new agriculture laws on Friday and said they will meet again in a week’s time. Tens o...

Trump says he will not attend Biden's inauguration

Trump says he will not attend Biden's inauguration

-- 2021-01-08 22:02:02

US President Donald Trump has said will not attend the inauguration of his successor, Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, later this month. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be goin...

Wuhan COVID-19 infections three times higher than official figure, China study says

Wuhan COVID-19 infections three times higher than official figure, China study says

-- 2021-01-08 21:50:20

The number of people who have been infected with COVID-19 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus was first identified, could be around three times the official figure, according to a study by C...

Police officer's death intensifies Capitol siege questions

Police officer's death intensifies Capitol siege questions

AP 2021-01-08 18:51:53

A police officer has died from injuries sustained as President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, a violent siege that is forcing hard questions about the defeated president's remaining da...

UAE to reopen all entry points with Qatar

UAE to reopen all entry points with Qatar

-- 2021-01-08 17:49:48

The United Arab Emirates will reopen all its land, sea and air entry points with Qatar starting Saturday, state news agency WAM reported on Friday. Saudi Arabia announced a breakthrough in ending a d...

Indonesian clerics declare Sinovac's vaccine halal

Indonesian clerics declare Sinovac's vaccine halal

-- 2021-01-08 17:10:48

A COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech is deemed halal, or permissible under Islam, Indonesia's Ulema Council said on Friday, days before the country is scheduled to start its inoculation prog...

Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine 78pc effective in late-stage trial in Brazil

Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine 78pc effective in late-stage trial in Brazil

Reuters 2021-01-08 16:50:57

A COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech was 78 per cent effective in a late-stage Brazilian trial and entirely prevented severe cases, a source said on Thursday, boosting Chinese effor...

Democrats mull impeaching Trump after Capitol siege

Democrats mull impeaching Trump after Capitol siege

REUTERS 2021-01-08 16:12:59

Congressional Democrats on Friday weighed impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time, two days after his false claims of election fraud helped encourage a mob that stormed the US Capitol. De...

Iran’s Khamenei bans imports of US, British Covid vaccines

Iran’s Khamenei bans imports of US, British Covid vaccines

REUTERS 2021-01-08 15:37:13

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday banned the government from importing new coronavirus vaccines from the United States and Britain. “Imports of US and British vaccine...

Biden offered chance for climate steps thru thin Democratic control of Senate

Biden offered chance for climate steps thru thin Democratic control of Senate

REUTERS 2021-01-08 10:55:01

Democratic control of the Senate offers President-elect Joe Biden an opportunity to advance parts of his climate agenda, but the paper-thin majority likely puts sweeping global warming legislation bey...

Trump now faces calls for removal, staff exodus

Trump now faces calls for removal, staff exodus

Reuters 2021-01-08 09:04:49

US President Donald Trump faced the threat on Thursday of a second impeachment, a day after his supporters breached the US Capitol in a stunning assault on American democracy as Congress was certifyin...

How security failures enabled Trump mob to storm US Capitol

How security failures enabled Trump mob to storm US Capitol

Reuters 2021-01-07 18:59:55

The bloody chaos inside the US Capitol on Wednesday came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was overrun by a mob of Trump supporters in what law enforcement officials called...

Japan announces state of emergency for Tokyo area as COVID-19 cases rise

Japan announces state of emergency for Tokyo area as COVID-19 cases rise

-- 2021-01-07 17:26:28

Japan declared a limited state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and three neighbouring prefectures on Thursday to stem the spread of the coronavirus, hoping that less-stringent curbs than imposed e...

US House of Representatives rejects second objection to presidential election results

US House of Representatives rejects second objection to presidential election results

Reuters 2021-01-07 16:27:19

A majority of the US House of Representatives on Thursday morning voted down a move by allies of President Donald Trump to reject Pennsylvania's electoral votes for Democrat Joe Biden, a last-ditch at...

US congress certifies Biden’s election victory hours after Capitol violence

US congress certifies Biden’s election victory hours after Capitol violence

-- 2021-01-07 15:19:10

Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy, a shaken Congress on Thursday formally certified Democrat Joe Bid...

Global coronavirus cases crosses 87 million

Global coronavirus cases crosses 87 million

-- 2021-01-07 15:18:20

The number of fresh COVID cases is rising across the world with each passing day -- now surpassing the 87 million mark. According to Johns Hopkins University, the overall death toll from coronavirus...

Farmers occupy expressway near Indian capital

Farmers occupy expressway near Indian capital

-- 2021-01-07 14:45:07

Tens of thousands of farmers on tractors occupied a stretch of an expressway on the periphery of the Indian capital New Delhi on Thursday in one of the biggest shows of strength since they began a sit...

Twitter, Facebook lock Trump accounts

Twitter, Facebook lock Trump accounts

Reuters 2021-01-07 12:02:59

Twitter, Facebook and Snap temporarily locked the accounts of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as tech giants scrambled to crack down on his baseless claims about the US presidential election a...

WikiLeaks' Assange denied bail by London court

WikiLeaks' Assange denied bail by London court

Reuters 2021-01-07 11:09:48

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail on Wednesday by a British judge who said he might flee justice while the United States tries again to secure his extradition, a decade after he enraged...

US Capitol rioting by Trump supporters leads to four deaths, 52 arrests

US Capitol rioting by Trump supporters leads to four deaths, 52 arrests

-- 2021-01-07 11:04:31

Four people died on the US Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said Wednesday evening, after supporters of President Donal...

Two top White House officials quit after US Capitol violence

Two top White House officials quit after US Capitol violence

-- 2021-01-07 10:53:27

Two top aides to first lady Melania Trump resigned on Wednesday in the wake of violence on Capitol Hill, and more top White House officials were considering resigning, including national security advi...

Ex-Goldman banker Sharp named BBC chairman

Ex-Goldman banker Sharp named BBC chairman

-- 2021-01-07 10:24:21

Britain named former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp as the next chairman of the BBC, tasked with agreeing a long-term funding model for the broadcaster at a time of increasing competition and poli...

China informs neighbours about diverting Mekong waters

China informs neighbours about diverting Mekong waters

-- 2021-01-07 10:17:35

China has notified downstream neighbours it is holding back the Mekong River flow at a hydropower dam on the waterway’s upper reaches for 20 days, as part of a new data-sharing pact, the Mekong...

Pro-Trump protesters storm Capitol as Congress certifies Biden's victory

Pro-Trump protesters storm Capitol as Congress certifies Biden's victory

-- 2021-01-07 10:03:31

Hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday in a bid to overturn his election defeat, occupying the symbol of American democracy and forcing Congress to s...