Section: Africa&ME
Global Covid-19 cases surpass 100 million as nations tackle vaccine shortages
Shaina Ahluwalia and Roshan AbrahamGlobal coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls.Almost 1.3% of the world’s population has now been infected with Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and more...
US Senate Republicans unite behind failed efforts to halt Trump impeachment trial
Forty-five :Impeachment trial of former US President Trump to begin Feb. 8: SchumerSupporters’ words may haunt Trump at impeachment trialTrump impeachment article formally delivered to US Senate …read more Source:: Al...
Russia’s Putin tells US President Biden he supports ‘normalization’ of relations
:Russia’s President Putin ready for dialogue if US willing: KremlinRussia welcomes Biden’s proposal to extend nuclear armsKremlin dismisses calls to free Russian opposition leader Navalny …read more Source:: Al...
Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny being used by West to destabilize Russia, says Putin ally
: Explainer: Who is arrested Putin critic Alexei Navalny?EU ministers debate response to Navalny crackdownPolice detain 3,454 people at rallies across Russia in support of Navalny …read more Source:: Al...
House Sends Trump Impeachment Article To Senate, Triggering Trial
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 25: (L-R) The impeachment managers Representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stacey Plaskett (D-US Virgin Islands AT-Large), Joe Neguse (D-CO), and Madeleine Dean (D-PA) leave the Senate floor after delivering the article of impeachment on Capitol Hill on January 25, 2021 in Washington DC. Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images/AFP The US...
House Democrats Trump deliver impeachment charge to Senate
The US House of Representatives delivered to the Senate on Monday a charge that former President Donald Trump incited insurrection in a speech to supporters before the deadly attack on the Capitol, setting in motion his second impeachment trial. Nine House Democrats who will serve as prosecutors in Trump’s trial, accompanied by the clerk of...
Crimea’s Deputy Prime Minister: Trade cooperation with Syria developing
Moscow, SANA- Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Georgy Muradov said that the trade cooperation with Syria is developing. In a statement to TASS Agency on Monday, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to the President of the Russian Federation, Muradov said” the prospects of trade exchange with Syria are very broad, and this will be...
EU ministers debate response to Navalny crackdown
EU foreign ministers met on Monday to debate their response to Russia’s arrest of : Kremlin says planned pro-Navalny nationwide protests illegal, work of ‘provocateurs’The diplomats from the 27 nations are meeting in Brussels for a busy day of talks ranging from Europe’s relations with new US President Joe Biden to efforts to...
President Russia’s President Putin ready for dialogue if US willing: Kremlin
Russia is ready to set up a dialogue with the new Biden administration in which differences are expected to be aired, a Kremlin spokesman said on Sunday, adding that President Vladimir Putin would respond in kind to US willingness to talk.Relations between Moscow and Washington have been at their lowest since the end of the Cold War, with the two...
Supporters’ words may haunt Trump at impeachment trial
The words of Donald Trump supporters who are accused of participating in the : Opinion: US Capitol riots – what happened to America?Woman arrested in US Capitol attack: ‘I listen to my president’FBI says US Capitol rioter allegedly hoped to sell Pelosi laptop to Russia …read more Source:: Al...
