WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump granted clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of pardons and commutations issued in his final hours in office, but did not pardon himself, members of his family or lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden yesterday led a national memorial observance on the eve of his inauguration to honor the 400,000 Americans who have perished from COVID-19 during the 11 months since the novel coronavirus claimed its first U.S.
CARACAS/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday sanctioned a network of oil trading firms, individuals and vessels that have helped Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA sell crude mainly to Asia despite Washington’s sanctions on the South American nation.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A candidate COVID-19 vaccine known as EpiVacCorona, Russia’s second to be registered, proved “100% effective” in early-stage trials, Russian consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has told local media.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A federal court yesterday struck down the administration of President Donald Trump’s scaled-down replacement for the Obama era’s signature climate change regulation for power plants, dealing a final blow to Trump’s environmental deregulatory agenda on his last day in office.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said yesterday that he will work to revitalize damaged American diplomacy and build a united front to counter the challenges posed by Russia, China and Iran.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A candidate COVID-19 vaccine known as EpiVacCorona, Russia’s second to be registered, proved “100% effective” in early-stage trials, Russian consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has told local media.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India, one of the world’s biggest drugmakers, will start exports of COVID-19 vaccines as early as Wednesday, government sources said, paving the way for many mid- and lower-income countries to secure supplies of the easy-to-store Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Uganda accused the U.S. ambassador today of seeking to subvert last week’s presidential election by trying to visit the main opposition candidate at his home, which has been surrounded by security forces since the vote.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The head of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) yesterday urged the Biden administration to keep pushing to neutralize Chinese export subsidies and help U.S.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny yesterday urged Russians to take to the streets in protest after a judge remanded him in pre-trial detention for 30 days despite calls from Western countries to free the opposition politician.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization is in advanced negotiations with Pfizer to include the firm’s COVID-19 shot in the body’s vaccine-sharing scheme, which would speed vaccine deliveries to poorer countries, a senior WHO official said yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The acting Pentagon chief said yesterday the FBI is assisting the U.S.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The world is on the brink of “catastrophic moral failure” in sharing COVID-19 vaccines, the head of the World Health Organization said today, urging countries and manufacturers to spread doses more fairly around the world.
LONDON, (Reuters) – More than 20 shellfish trucks parked on roads near British parliament and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Downing Street residence today to protest against post-Brexit bureaucracy that they say has stopped them exporting to the European Union.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – A South Korean court sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y.
(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the permit for the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts in office, and perhaps as soon as his first day, according to a source familiar with his thinking.
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Trump administration notified Huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel, that it is revoking certain licenses to sell to the Chinese company and intends to reject dozens of other applications to supply the telecommunications firm, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Police detained prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on arrival in Moscow yesterday after he flew home to Russia from Germany for the first time since he was poisoned last summer, triggering a political clash with the West.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England will launch the next phase of its COVID-19 vaccination programme today when it will start offering doses to people aged 70 and above and those who are considered clinically extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus.
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