US President Donald #Trump has granted clemency to former White House aide Steve #Bannon as part of a wave of #pardons and commutations he will issue during his final hours in office, a senior administration official...
UK sees record new Covid-19 deaths as virus variant identified in 60 countries
Britain on Tuesday registered another 1,610 fatalities from #coronavirus, a record high over 24 hours since the pandemic arrived in 2020, but the number of new cases fell.
Trump’s last speech as president – BBC News
In a farewell address at Joint Base Andrews, met with cheers from supporters, the president said people have “no idea how hard” his family had worked during his four years in office.
Pakistan: Two vaccines approved, mass trials for CanSinoBio | DW News
With coronavirus cases on the rise, Pakistan has just approved China’s Sinopharm COVID 19 vaccine for emergency use. The approval comes just days after authorities green lighted the Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccine...
Uganda accuses U.S. envoy of subversion for trying to visit Bobi Wine
In tonight’s edition: Lawyers for the Ugandan opposition leader who has been trapped at home surrounded by troops ever since he lost his election bid last week, file a court petition to try and bring his house...
Trump expected to issue dozens of pardons in last day as US president
Outgoing US President is expected to use his last full day in office to issue pardons and clemencies. Speculations that he could pardon himself have died down with analysts saying it would be an admission of guilt.
WHO warns of global ‘moral failure’ on Covid-19 vaccines but who is behind the agency?
The World Health Organization has warned countries of a catastrophic moral failure due to unequal Covid-19 vaccine policies. According to the agency’s director, it is unfair for healthy people from wealthy countries to...