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Twitter’s chief executive Jack Dorsey on Wednesday defended the platform’s decision to suspend U.S. President Donald Trump’s account indefinitely, but also said it sets a dangerous precedent.Twitter banned the outgoing…

At least 13 people died and about 250 were injured as record snowfall blanketed regions along the Sea of Japan coast,  the Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency said on Tuesday.According to the agency and local media reports,…

There will be no public access to the Capitol grounds during Joe Biden’s inauguration as U.S. president on Jan. 20, acting Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman said.Pittman took over the leadership from Steven Sund after he…

A unit of the Tunisian navy on Monday rescued 50 illegal migrants of different African nationalities, including four Tunisians, a statement issued by the ministry of Defence in Tunis said.Among the rescued migrants were 11 women and a…

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun says the government is working to purchase additional Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines of a different platform to better ensure safe inoculation of the public.Chung said this on Tuesday during an interagency…

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…

China’s Ministry of Commerce, on Saturday, published new rules for countering “unjustified” laws and restrictions imposed by foreign countries on Chinese companies and citizens.This is as economic relations between…

Twitter on Friday evening wielded the big stick against outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump, suspending his account permanently.Announcing this in a blog post, the company said it took the decision “due to the risk of…

London declared a major incident on Friday because its hospitals were at risk of being overwhelmed by a highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus racing “out of control” across the UK. Britain has the world’s fifth…

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering pardoning himself in the final days of his administration, according to the New York Times. The paper cited two anonymous sources said to be privy to Trump discussing the subject with his…

Stephanie Grisham, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff, says she is resigning effective immediately.A longtime associate of Mrs Trump, Grisham was also a former White House spokeswoman.She said it…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday joined other leaders in condemning the scenes of violence in the United States (U.S.)“Disgraceful scenes in U.S. Congress.“The United States stands for democracy around the…

US President-Elect, Joe Biden blasted Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the November 3 election results during a rally in Atlanta."This administration has gotten off to a God-awful start," Biden said of Trump's handling of the…

The Libyan navy said on Monday that it rescued 82 illegal immigrants off the coast of Khoms city, some 120 km east of the capital Tripoli.The Libyan navy disclosed this in a statement.“A rubber boat was successfully…

Nancy Pelosi has been reelected as Speaker of the House despite a slim margin of victory, CNN reports.Of the 216 votes that Nancy Pelosi received, one notable name who stayed in her corner was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been…

U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris described outgoing president Donald Trump’s efforts to have election results in the state of Georgia overturned, a “bald-faced, bold abuse of power”.In his latest effort to challenge…

President Donald Trump, on Sunday, said the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States was exaggerated. In a tweet, Trump blamed the alleged exaggeration on the “ridiculous method of determination” by the…

A group of 11 Republican senators and senators-elect on Saturday said that they intend to appeal the upcoming certification of the results of the presidential election.The group, led by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, in a…

Local jails and state prison systems around the U.S. on Saturday commenced shutting down completely and transferring their inmates elsewhere, due to the ravaging wave of coronavirus infections and deaths in prisons.The New…

China has unveiled her foreign policy focus for 2021, Chinese state councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi disclosed in an interview with official Xinhua News Agency and China Media Group in Beijing.Noting that the year 2021…

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the friendship between China and Africa emerged still stronger from the challenge posed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 2020.Wang made the remarks in an interview with…

With the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) resurging in and around South Korea’s capital, authorities on Saturday decided to maintain current restrictions on public life until Jan. 17, the Yonhap news agency reported.…

The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to override U.S. President Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA), a major national security bill worth 740 billion dollars.The vote marked the first…

Scores of flights were cancelled as heavy snowfall hit several areas of Japan on Thursday, while New Year’s Eve celebrations were curtailed as the country tackles a third wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.Japanese…

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania changed their schedule to spend New Year’s Eve in Washington unexpectedly, bailing on a planned party in Florida.The two were to leave Florida on Thursday morning according to…

The joint United Nations-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (UNAMID) will officially end operations on Thursday when the government of Sudan will take over responsibility for the protection of civilians in the…

U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time edged out former President Barack Obama as the most admired man in America, a new Gallup poll showed on Tuesday.“Trump tied former President Barack Obama for the honour last…