RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite a shipment of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine amid broader delays to the vaccine’s arrival in Brazil, according to a letter yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today she has instructed the Rules Committee to be prepared to move forward on a motion to impeach U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. House Democrats are prepared to move forward with impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald Trump as early as next week following his supporters’ siege at the U.S.
(Reuters) – A U.S. Capitol Police officer, Brian Sicknick, has died of injuries suffered when supporters of President Donald Trump assaulted the legislative building, the force said, bringing to five the number dead from the riot.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s medical regulator today approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use, the health ministry said, adding that it had agreed to purchase an additional 10 million doses of the shot as it eyed a spring rollout of the shot.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The chief of the U.S. Capitol Police will resign, according to media reports yesterday, a day after the federal force charged with protecting Congress was unable to keep supporters of Republican President Donald Trump from storming the building.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll passed 200,000 yesterday, the health ministry said, as daily new cases accelerated to a record of 87,843 after year-end holidays in the country with the world’s second-deadliest outbreak.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – BP Plc has given the operator of a Caribbean refinery more time to fully restart and retain its crude oil supply agreement after the plant failed to hit operating targets last year, according to people familiar with the matter.
(Reuters) – The bloody chaos inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was overrun by a mob of Trump supporters in what law enforcement officials called a catastrophic failure to prepare.
CHENNAI, India, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A political party’s pledge to pay housewives a monthly wage in recognition of their toil has sparked debate in India, with some critics saying the proposal might end up confining even more women to domestic chores.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The head of a major U.S. business group that represents 14,000 companies including Exxon Mobil Corp, Pfizer Inc and Toyota Motor Corp urged senior U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The head of a major U.S. business group that represents 14,000 companies including Exxon Mobil Corp, Pfizer Inc and Toyota Motor Corp urged senior U.S.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China played down today World Health Organization (WHO) concern about a delay in authorisation for a visit by team of experts looking into the origins of the novel coronavirus, saying arrangements were being worked out.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested 53 people in dawn raids on democracy activists today in the biggest crackdown since China last year imposed a new security law which opponents say is aimed at quashing dissent in the former British colony.