US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned 73 people, including his former aide Steve Bannon, the White House said, just before he was due to leave office. “President Donald J. Trump granted pardons to 73 individuals and commuted the sentences of an additional 70 individuals,” his administration said in a …
Read More »Trump stops deportation of Venezuelans for 18 months
Washington (United States), 19/01/2021.- A frame grab from a handout video released by the White House shows US President Donald J. Trump address the nation from the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, issued 19 January 2021, on Trump’s last day in office. (Estados Unidos) EFE/EPA/WHITE …
Read More »A-Ibom: Suspected militants attack shipping facility, demand 20m settlement
Suspected militants have attacked facilities at the new Norfin Offshore Shipyard located in the boundary shoreline of Ikot Ukpong in the Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The inauguration of the shipyard initially billed for January 23, 2021 has been shifted to January 30 by Governor Udom …
Read More »Meet the Bidens: America’s new ‘first family’
President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill will become the new White House residents when he takes office on Wednesday. Biden has made his family a major focus throughout his career, and his 2020 presidential campaign thrust them fully into the spotlight — with some members causing controversy but others …
Read More »Three dead, 24 wounded in Indonesia earthquake
The National Disaster Management Agency says three people were killed and 24 others wounded after a 6.2-magnitude quake jolted Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province early Friday. The quake forced about 2,000 residences in Mamuju city and Majene district to flee home and take shelters at safer grounds, said Raditya Jati, spokesman …
Read More »Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez to perform at Biden inauguration
Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will take the stage at US President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony in Washington next week alongside others in what his transition team said would showcase a diverse America. The two will perform at the January 20 event for the incoming 46th US president, which will …
Read More »US: VP Pence declines call to invoke 25th Amendment, says it’s misplaced
Mike Pence US Vice President Mike Pence has refused to invoke the 25th Amendment, describing the call as misplaced and saying it was designed to “address presidential incapacity or disability,” not as a “means of punishment or usurpation.” “With just eight days left in the President’s term, you and the …
Read More »US executes first woman in decades over fetal abduction
Lisa Montgomery An American woman who murdered a pregnant dog breeder in order to steal her baby was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday, becoming the first female to be executed by US federal authorities in nearly seven decades. The US Justice Department said Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced …
Read More »U.S. House Democrats move to impeach Trump
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced an article of impeachment against outgoing President Donald Trump on Monday, as Republicans blocked a measure calling on Vice President Pence to remove his boss from office. The single impeachment article charges Trump with incitement of insurrection. It accuses him of stoking violence against the U.S. …
Read More »US: Democrats introduce article of impeachment against Trump
Democrats in the US House of Representatives introduced an article of impeachment against outgoing President Donald Trump on Monday, as Republicans blocked a measure calling on Vice President Pence to remove his boss from office. The single impeachment article charges Trump with incitement of insurrection. It accuses him of stoking …
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