President-elect Joe #Biden pointedly criticized President Donald #Trump on Monday for threatening core principles of #democracy even as he told #Americans that their form of self-government ultimately “prevailed.”
‘Spectacular!’: Thousands watch solar eclipse in Chile, Argentina
Thousands of people turned their heads to the sky to watch a #solar #eclipse that lasted around two minutes on Monday as southern #Chile and #Argentina were plunged into darkness.
Coronavirus pandemic in France: Police cracking down on clandestine parties
French #police had to crack down on #illegal #parties that violate #coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Over the week-end police broke up gatherings in Marseille, Nantes and Strasbourg.
NYC nurse first in US to be vaccinated for Covid-19 as death toll passes 300,000
A New York City intensive care unit #nurse on Monday became the first person in the United States to receive a #coronavirus #vaccine, saying she felt “healing is coming,” as the nation’s Covid-19 death...
US Electoral College confirms Joe Biden’s victory over Trump
President-elect Joe #Biden delivered a forceful rebuke on Monday to President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of his #victory, hours after winning the state-by-state #ElectoralCollege vote that officially...
Nigeria school attack: Kidnapping ‘fits into Boko Haram’s style of operations’
#BokoHaram on Tuesday claimed the #abduction of hundreds of #students in northwestern #Nigeria, in what would be its first attack in the region since it launched a jihadist uprising more than a decade ago. FRANCE 24...
Dutch leader announces tough new nationwide virus lockdown
#Dutch Prime Minister Mark #Rutte imposed a tough new five-week nationwide #lockdown Monday, saying schools, nonessential shops, museums and gyms will close down at midnight until Jan. 19.