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 citizenship
Day: January 19, 2021
Melania Trump says be passionate, but not violent
In a formal, six-minute speech recorded on video, Melania Trump made only a fleeting reference to her husband as she paid tribute to military
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Taiwan military stages drill aimed at repelling China attack
Taiwanese troops using tanks, mortars and small arms staged a drill Tuesday aimed at repelling an attack from China, which has increased its threats
Biden team says US will not lift travel bans
US President-elect Joe Biden’s spokeswoman quickly dismissed Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that a Covid-19 ban on travelers arriving from much of Europe and Brazil
Pak approves Chinese Covid vaccine for emergency use
The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) on Monday approved Chinese state-owned firm Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the second vaccine to be
California becomes first state to top 3m virus cases
California has become the first state to record more than 3 million known coronavirus infections. That’s according to a tally Monday by Johns Hopkins
Trump mulling pardons on last full day in power
Trump is also set to announce a dramatic shift away from Trump’s “America First” ideology, taking the United States back to its traditions of
Thail court gives record 43-yr sentence for insulting king
The Bangkok Criminal Court found the woman guilty on 29 counts of violating the country’s lese majeste law for posting audio clips to Facebook
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Dubai, party haven amid pandemic, faces its biggest surge
With peak tourism season in full swing, coronavirus infections are surging to unprecedented heights. Daily case counts have nearly tripled in the past month,
Tunisia rocked by fourth night of street riots
More than 600 people had been arrested by Monday over the disturbances in which teenagers and adolescents have hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at
Turkey hits Twitter, Pinterest with advertising bans
The social media legislation passed last year meant networks with over a million users had to appoint an envoy to handle court orders to
Pentagon ramps up efforts to root out far-right extremism
Kremlin dismisses calls to free Navalny, warns against protests
The Kremlin on Tuesday dismissed Western demands to free top opposition politician Alexei Navalny and said his calls to stage mass protests were troubling.
China’s Covid outbreak worst since March 2020
China is battling the worst outbreak of Covid-19 since March 2020, with one province posting a record daily rise in cases, as an independent
Chinese president Xi Jinping to address World Economic Forum
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the Davos Agenda of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and deliver a speech via video link on January
EU warns Iran nuclear deal at ‘critical juncture’
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned the Iran nuclear deal is at a “critical juncture”, as Tehran’s moves to breach it threaten
Denmark makes homeless a priority in vaccine rollout
Denmark on Tuesday announced it would include homeless people among those given priority for Covid-19 vaccines, after calls from charities and officials to care