Day: January 22, 2021
A changed climate: US rejoins Paris pact
‘US seeks 5-year extension of nuclear pact with Russia’
Biden orders masks, travel clampdown in new war on Covid
President Joe Biden on Thursday tightened mask wearing rules and ordered quarantine for people flying into the United States, as he got to work
Saudi Arabia redefines role as world’s defender of Muslims
The Saudi world view is being shaped more by hard-nosed business calculations, shifting geopolitical realities and the emergence of clean energy as a competitor
Facebook’s oversight board to decide on Trump’s ban
Death toll from Covid in Germany surpasses 50k
‘Guterres saddened by loss of life in fire at Serum Institute’
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is saddened by the loss of life in a fire at the Serum Institute of India facility in Pune
‘Navalny planned protests to force Kremlin for release’
After Trump setbacks, Kim Jong Un starts over with Biden
Last year was a disaster for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He helplessly watched his country’s already battered economy decay further amid pandemic
Biden to sign order to increase pandemic-related food aid
Joe Biden, who has proposed a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, is using the two orders to try to ease the burden on people while
Bangladesh PM Hasina thanks PM Modi for Covid vaccine gift
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has thanked her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for sending over two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine as a gift
Yellen vote to test support for Biden economic plan
Iran’s supreme leader account posts warning to Trump
UK police break up lockdown-flouting wedding with 400 guests
Austin wins Senate confirmation as 1st Black Pentagon chief
: Lloyd J Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army’s elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41-year career,