Celebrities took to social media on Wednesday as they reacted to the stirring speeches made by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on...
A key conservative doctors’ group pushing misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines faces growing fire from medical experts about its woeful scientific grounding, while its leader,...
Washington: The Biden administration believes that the WHO is vital to controlling the spread of COVID-19 and building back better global health and pandemic...
On President Joe Biden’s first full day as Commander-in-Chief, he made a number of changes through executive orders and directives. He also announced that...
Geneva — In a dramatic turnaround, the Biden administration thanked the World Health Organization Thursday for leading the global pandemic response and vowed to...
US01:11 GMT 22.01.2021Get short URLUS President Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus proposal calls on Congress to raise the supplemental unemployment benefit...
BERLIN: German chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday there was far more common ground with Washington now that Joe Biden has replaced Donald Trump in...
The ad industry reacts to the reversal of Trump’s much-maligned executive order which threatened to punish agencies that offered diversity training that he deemed...
Like 8,000 flying trapeze artists passing in midair, the Biden and Trump administrations swapped out senior leadership of the federal government on the fly...
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Trump leaves White House, skipping Biden inauguration
Wednesday January 20 2021
Outgoing US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One at the White House...
Capping four years of bucking norms, Trump is the first US president in more than 150 years to skip successor’s inauguration.United States President Donald...
Follow along for the latest updates on the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. For more news on Biden and outgoing President Donald Trump,...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday to return to a 2015 nuclear deal and lift crippling sanctions on the...
There are concerns in Britain that Boris Johnson’s friendship with Donald Trump will undermine his relationship with the new US President Joe Biden. But...
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to pardon his former strategist and far-right figurehead Steve Bannon, according to multiple reports.The decision, reported by CNN,...
The Chinese Communist Party has been accused of committing “genocide and crimes against humanity” in its repression of Uighur Muslims. In a final parting...
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign dozens of executive orders and...
WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to...
BEIJING: China on Monday vented out its anger against outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling him "Mr. Liar" and dismissed as "conspiracies...
In a bipartisan vote Wednesday afternoon which saw 10 House Republicans join their Democrat counterparts, outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached for a...
Moscow — Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday that the country was withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty, an arms control accord signed by dozens of...
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The project, which was rejected by the Obama administration for contravening climate change goals, was approved by Trump.US President-elect Joe Biden is planning to...
WASHINGTON: Ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Wednesday, the American capital over the weekend was literally...
Truth caught up with Donald Trump after years of giving chase.The twice-impeached president painted a fantasy world in office, starring himself. In this world,...
Donald Trump's officials are spending the final days of his presidency ramping up accusations China covered up the existence of Covid-19. His administration claims...
SEOUL: North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament was scheduled to convene Sunday to pass decisions made by a major ruling party meeting where leader Kim Jong-un...
State media says Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has conducted a drill using anti-warship ballistic missiles in the Indian OceanByThe Associated PressJanuary 16, 2021, 9:26...
The outgoing US president will leave town the morning of Inauguration Day after considering leaving the day before.United States President Donald Trump now plans...
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US capital locks down as security threats mount
Friday January 15 2021
Members of the Virginia National Guard carry weapons outside the US Capitol on January...
Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week’s siege of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters on Thursday, saying in...
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WASHINGTON: The US Commerce Department on Thursday added China's state oil giant CNOOC to its blacklist over what it called "belligerent" actions in the...
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Trump is impeached (again), what's next?
Thursday January 14 2021
US President Donald Trump walks by supporters outside the White House on January 12, 2021 in...
San Francisco: Image-centric social network Snapchat on Wednesday said it has permanently banned US President Donald Trump from the platform, as voices are raised...
WASHINGTON: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pointedly did not rule out Wednesday that he might eventually vote to convict the now twice-impeached President Donald...
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump has been impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for a second time.Members of the lower chamber of Congress...
US19:27 GMT 13.01.2021Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.pngSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/us/202101131081756987-situation-outside-us-capitol-as-house-of-representatives-prepares-to-vote-on-trump-impeachment/Earlier today, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told the staff of Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer...
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GENEVA: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden should bring "fundamental change" to U.S. policy on human rights and allow criminal investigations of President Donald Trump to...
Prominent lawyers who helped fuel Donald Trump’s baseless charges of election fraud to try and thwart Joe Biden’s win, are now facing potentially serious...
Mike Pence says move not in country’s ‘best interest’ in decision likely to lead to Trump’s impeachment.US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday said...
The FBI warned law enforcement agencies ahead of last week’s breach of the U.S. Capitol about the potential for extremist-driven violence, U.S. officials said...
To imagine that Trump will fade away after January 20 requires the denial of everything Americans know about the president’s massive ego, his aversion...
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WASHINGTON: The decision by tech companies to clamp down on President Donald Trump's ability to speak to followers through mainstream social media may force...
IBM announced Tuesday that the former Trump advisor and Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn will join the New York-based tech giant as Vice Chairman.
In...
In a highly unusual move, American diplomats have drafted two cables condemning President Donald Trump’s incitement of the deadly assault on the Capitol and...
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Police charged more Capitol rioters on Saturday as more graphic details of the insurrection emerged, revealing the violence and brutality of the mob that...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Saturday that the State Department is voiding longstanding restrictions on how US diplomats and others have contact with...
DUBAI: Iran will expel United Nations nuclear watchdog inspectors, unless US sanctions are lifted by a Feb 21 deadline set by the hardline-dominated parliament,...
Articles of Impeachment seeking to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office for “inciting an insurrection at the Capitol” has just reached 180 co-sponsors,...
President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in November was tempered by concerns that he would face Republican opposition in the Senate that could stymie him at...
United States President Donald Trump lashed out at Twitter after the social media platform suspended his personal account indefinitely. Following the suspension of the...
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will introduce an immigration legislation "immediately" after taking office, reversing the Trump administration's policies. Biden will...
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Donald Trump's extraordinary crusade to overturn the presidential election will come to a head on Wednesday as Congress meets to certify Joe Biden's Electoral...
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Maureen Groppe
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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has changed his Donald Trump-inspired social media profile after the storming of the US Capitol building in Washington D.C.Prime...
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It was months after a disputed election and charges of an “illegitimate” president were dominating an era of deep political divisions that were growing...
Peaceful demonstrators for racial justice were tear-gassed in Lafayette Square last June so U.S. President Donald Trump could take photos at a nearby church...
For European Union nations, Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration as the next U.S. president cannot come fast enoughBy RAF CASERT Associated PressJanuary 7, 2021,...
America's adversaries revelled and allies shook their heads in dismay at the assault on the heart of U.S. democracy on Wednesday. Many foreign leaders...
American politicians tend to paint themselves as being powerful, influential and never vulnerable and such ideas about masculinity could explain people's love for President...
Pictures from inside the US Capitol revealed unprecedented scenes of guns drawn in the House of Representatives and hand-to-hand combat with police after protesters...
Officials say separate attacks in southern Afghanistan have left at least 11 civilians and security forces deadByThe Associated PressJanuary 7, 2021, 8:39 AM• 2...
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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for the impeachment of Donald Trump, echoing some other progressive lawmakers after today’s violence at the Capitol.
The New York...
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Hundreds of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump descended on the nation’s capital Tuesday to cheer his baseless claims of election fraud a day...
President Donald Trump was in Georgia on Monday evening, ahead of two high stakes runoffs which will determine control of the US Senate.If Republicans...
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden has blasted Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the November 3 election results, saying the outgoing president spends most...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as U.S. President-elect Joe...
President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia"s election chief to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that...
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<!-- -->Mohammad Javad Zarif urged US President Donald Trump not to be "trapped" by an alleged Israeli plan.Dubai: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif...
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when...
A coalition of 11 Republican senators announced Saturday it will challenge the outcome of the presidential election by voting to reject electors from some...
TEHRAN: The top commander of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Friday that his country was fully prepared to respond to any US military pressure...
President Trump on Thursday extended a pandemic-era suspension of certain immigrant and work visas, ensuring that his sweeping limits on legal immigration will remain...
US President Donald Trump"s push for bigger $2,000 (€1,600) COVID-19 relief checks stalled out in the Senate as Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed...
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to override US President Donald Trump’s veto of a defence policy bill, setting the stage for...
For the first time in his presidency, Republican legislators are set to join Democrats in a rebuke of Trump.The United States House of Representatives...