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Cold snap leaves one dead, over 4.0m without power in Texas

Reuters 2021-02-16 18:02:56

At least one person was dead and more than 4.0 million were without power in Texas after a rare deep freeze forced the state’s electric grid operator to impose rotating blackouts because of high...

Nearly 8m customers without power as Texas, Mexico freeze

-- 2021-02-16 11:15:50

A rare deep freeze in Texas that raised demand for power forced the state’s electric grid operator on Monday to impose rotating blackouts, leaving 4.0 million customers without power even as tem...

Flamboyant former Argentine leader Menem dies

-- 2021-02-15 11:12:47

Flamboyant Argentine ex-President Carlos Menem died on Sunday at age 90 after battling long-term health problems, the country’s current President Alberto Fernandez announced in a tweet. Menem l...

Peru's foreign minister resigns over vaccine scandal

Reuters 2021-02-15 11:12:23

Peruvian Foreign Minister Elizabeth Astete said on Sunday night that she resigned after acknowledging she received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine from China’s Sinopharm, outside of clinical t...

Washington grapples with divisions with Trump impeachment trial over

-- 2021-02-15 10:34:27

Former President Donald Trump’s acquittal on charges of inciting a deadly attack on the US Capitol left Democrats and Republicans deeply divided on Sunday even as his Democratic successor, Joe B...

'Democracy is fragile': Biden reflects on Trump's acquittal

REUTERS 2021-02-14 14:09:37

US President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the Senate’s acquittal of former President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection was a reminder that democracy was fragile, and every American ha...

Most Americans think Trump partially responsible for Capitol attack

REUTERS 2021-02-14 10:35:38

Seventy-one percent of American adults, including nearly half of all Republicans, believe former President Donald Trump was at least partially responsible for starting the deadly Jan 06 assault on the...

Valentine's day to see more snow, ice, rain across much of US

-- 2021-02-14 10:10:33

Snow, ice and teeth-chattering temperatures will sock much of the United States on Valentine’s Day through early next week, with more than 100 million Americans under winter-related watches and...

Trump acquitted even though some GOP senators find him morally responsible for Capitol riot

REUTERS 2021-02-14 09:34:42

The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president’s role in the deadly assault by...

US schools, under pressure to reopen in pandemic, to receive new CDC guidance

-- 2021-02-13 11:33:18

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued new guidance for US schools to reopen, recommending universal mask-wearing and physical distancing as key Covid-19 mitigation strateg...

Trump's defence lawyers portray impeachment trial as Democratic score-settling

Reuters 2021-02-13 10:23:26

Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Friday Democrats had provided no evidence the former president incited last month’s deadly US Capitol riot and had used his second impeachment trial to settl...

China will 'eat our lunch,' Biden warns

Reuters 2021-02-12 10:54:50

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first phone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues, even as Xi warned that confrontation would be a “disaste...

Trump impeachment: Graphic video shown as past president called 'inciter in chief'

BBC 2021-02-11 18:42:07

Senators at Donald Trump's second impeachment trial have been shown new dramatic and graphic video of the day his supporters stormed the US Congress. The footage showed police engaging in hand-to-han...

Dozens of former Republicans in talks to form anti-Trump third party

Reuters 2021-02-11 12:29:57

Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine US democracy, are in talks to form a center-right brea...

US Senators vote to proceed with Trump's impeachment trial, but conviction looks unattainable

Reuters 2021-02-10 10:15:17

A divided US Senate voted largely along party lines on Tuesday (local time) to move ahead with Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on a charge of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol, but con...

US may weigh baby steps to revive Iran nuclear deal

-- 2021-02-09 09:39:24

The United States is weighing a wide array of ideas on how to revive the Iranian nuclear deal, including an option where both sides would take small steps short of full compliance to buy time, said th...

Former US Secretary of State George Shultz dies at age 100

REUTERS 2021-02-08 11:40:51

George Shultz, the US secretary of state who survived bitter infighting in President Ronald Reagan’s administration to help forge a new era in American-Soviet relations and bring on the end of t...

Cuba opens door to most fields for small business initiatives

Reuters 2021-02-06 20:40:03

In a major reform of the state-dominated economy, the Cuban government will allow small private businesses to operate in most fields, eliminating its limited list of activities, state-run media repo...

US senators move to make social media platforms more accountable

-- 2021-02-06 10:26:23

Three Democratic US senators introduced a bill that would limit Section 230, a law that shields online companies from liability over content posted by users, and make the companies more accountable wh...

Trump resigns from US actors union facing expulsion

-- 2021-02-05 20:30:57

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday resigned his membership in the American actors union before it met to decide whether to expel the former TV reality star from its ranks. SAG-AFTRA, which rep...

NY money manager charged in $1.8b Ponzi-like fraud

-- 2021-02-05 14:15:01

The founder of a New York money manager and two associates were criminally charged on Thursday with running a $1.8 billion Ponzi-like fraud where thousands of victims were falsely promised steady retu...

US to build up capacity to accept refugees

-- 2021-02-05 13:59:50

US President Joe Biden has said that he plans to raise annual refugee admissions to 125,000 in the coming fiscal year, a more than eight-fold increase after former President Donald Trump slashed level...

US extends nuclear arms control treaty with Russia for five years

Reuters 2021-02-04 18:18:28

The United States on Wednesday extended the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia for five years, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. "Extending the New START Treaty ensu...

Minority-owned businesses struggle to access credit during Covid: Survey

-- 2021-02-04 11:10:04

The vast majority of US small businesses took a hit to their revenue last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, with minority-owned businesses struggling the most and worrying more about accessing...

Canada first to list Proud Boys terror group dubbed neo-fascist

-- 2021-02-04 10:27:31

Canada named the far-right Proud Boys a terrorist entity on Wednesday, saying it posed an active security threat and played a “pivotal role” in last month’s attack on the US Capitol...

Biden brings baby crib to White House

AP 2021-02-03 18:53:29

There's a crib in President Joe Biden's White House. Upstairs in the family residence, the bed is set for the president's youngest grandchild, Beau Biden Jr. The baby was born last year to Biden's on...

Trump's legal team challenges legitimacy of impeachment trial

Reuters 2021-02-03 12:51:29

Former US President Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Tuesday that the Senate lacks the authority to conduct his impeachment trial now that he has left office, while the Democratic lawmakers due to...

'Patriot Party' Trump supporter groups grow rapidly on Facebook

-- 2021-02-03 12:02:46

Far-right backers of Donald Trump are drumming up support on social media for the idea of a “Patriot Party,” using references to militia groups and promoting a mix of conspiracy theories,...

CDC reports over 470 cases of coronavirus variants

Xinhua 2021-02-02 15:10:11

Over 470 infection cases of coronavirus variants have been reported in at least 32 US states as of Sunday, according to the latest data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The...

Life-threatening winter storm batters US Northeast

-- 2021-02-02 11:18:09

A powerful winter storm engulfed the US Northeast on Monday, blanketing much of the region in heavy snow, blasting coastal areas with high winds and bringing New York City and other major urban centre...