US President Joe Biden has revoked a proclamation issued under the Trump administration that blocked many green card applicants from entering the United States.
Read More »US flags at half staff as COVID-19 deaths surpass 500K
President Joe Biden will order that U.S. flags on federal property be lowered to half staff for five days, as the country crossed the grim milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths.
Read More »Trump comes fighting as Supreme Court opens door to ex-president’s tax records
“Governor Andrew Cuomo is my enemy”, former US President Trump said on Monday hours after the Supreme Court declined to block the Manhattan district attorney from obtaining his financial records.
Read More »Police arrest El Chapo’s wife for alleged drug trafficking in US
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the beauty-queen wife of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been arrested at Dulles International Airport on trafficking charges.
Read More »U.S. orders extra Boeing 777s inspection after United incident, Japan suspends aircraft
U.S. regulators announced extra inspections on Boeing Co 777 jets using the same type of engine that shed debris over Denver on Saturday, while Japan went further and suspended their use while it considers what action to take.
Read More »COVID-19: South Africa variant now dominant in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe says the coronavirus variant first discovered in neighbouring South Africa now makes up more than 60% of cases within its borders.
Read More »Germany partially shuts borders with Czech Republic, Austria
Germany partially closed its borders with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol on Sunday over a troubling surge in coronavirus mutations, earning a swift rebuke from the European Union.
Read More »Again, Republican senators vote to acquit Trump in impeachment trial
The U.S. 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 his supporters on the U.S
Read More »WHO announces 17% global drop in COVID-19 cases
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has continued to see a decline in COVID-19 cases globally, with a 17 per cent drop compared with last week.
Read More »Former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump party
Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a centre-right breakaway party, four people
Read More »Trump lawyers fail to stop impeachment trial
Lawyers to former US President Donald Trump failed on Tuesday to stop his second impeachment trial, the first ever in the country’s history.
Read More »UAE becomes first Arab country to reach planet Mars
The United Arab Emirates has made history as the first Arab country to reach Mars.
Read More »US Senate sets speedy timeline for Trump impeachment trial
Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Senate have agreed to a timeline for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump beginning on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced
Read More »China: No evidence COVID-19 virus originated from Wuhan – WHO expert
A Russian expert on Saturday said Wuhan’s Huanan seafood market may have made it possible for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to spread, but it does not mean the virus originated there.
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