(Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Myanmar for a ninth day of anti-coup demonstrations today, as the new army rulers grappled to contain a strike by government workers that could cripple their ability to run the country.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate acquitted Donald Trump yesterday in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president’s role in the deadly assault by his supporters on the U.S.
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called Donald Trump “practically and morally responsible” for his supporters’ deadly attack on the Capitol, only moments after voting to acquit the Republican former president on an impeachment charge of inciting the melee.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House yesterday called on China to make available data from the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak, saying it has “deep concerns” about the way the findings of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 report were communicated.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday released 12 Pemon indigenous people who had been detained more than a year ago for an assault on a remote military post on the country’s southern border with Brazil, the leader of a nongovernmental human rights organization said.
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered over 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of yesterday morning and delivered about 69.9 million doses.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate acquitted Donald Trump today in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president’s role in the deadly assault by his supporters on the U.S.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – All hypotheses are still open in the World Health Organization’s search for the origins of COVID-19, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing yesterday, after Washington said it wants to review data from a WHO-led mission to China.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The UK Supreme Court yesterday allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and groundwater.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The UK Supreme Court today allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and groundwater.
(Reuters) – Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police today as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the junta’s call to halt mass gatherings.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first phone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues, even as Xi warned that confrontation would be a “disaster” for both nations.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Five alleged members of the far-right Proud Boys group have been charged with criminal conspiracy in last month’s deadly attack on the U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell vowed to eliminate net carbon emissions by 2050, raising its ambition from previous targets, as its oil output declines from a 2019 peak.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is a concern because it could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing COVID-19, the head of the UK’s genetic surveillance programme said.
(Reuters) – Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S.
(Reuters) – A close aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in a new wave of arrests following last week’s military coup, a party official said today, as Washington moved a step closer to imposing sanctions on the junta.