President Donald Trump has just nine days left in his post, with president-elect Joe Biden due to be inaugurated on January 20, 2021. As expected, President Trump has not accepted defeat willingly and his denial of the 2020 election results resulted in the violent “stop the steal” rally last week. Now […]
The world’s vital insect kingdom is undergoing “death by a thousand cuts,” the world’s top bug experts said. Climate change, insecticides, herbicides, light pollution, invasive species and changes in agriculture and land use are causing Earth to lose probably 1 percent to 2 percent of its insects each year, said […]
Michelle Ballantyne left the Scottish Tories last year An MSP who stood last year to be the Scottish Tory leader will head Nigel Farage’s lockdown-skeptic party at next year’s Holyrood elections. Michelle Ballantyne, who was defeated by Jackson Carlaw last year and later quit the Conservatives due to disagreements with […]
(CNN) — One of the most famous avenues in Paris, the Champs-Élysées, is set for a facelift that will see it transformed into a green, pedestrian-friendly space, after Mayor Anne Hidalgo gave the go-ahead for a major renovation project. The thoroughfare, one of the world’s most famous shopping streets, accommodates […]
A second wrestler is set to be executed by Iran only months after they hanged another champion competitor, Navid Afkari, despite international pleas. Mehdi Ali Hosseini, 29, from Andimeshk, Khuzestan, was arrested in 2015 and charged with murder following a group brawl. The wrestler’s execution is imminent because the victim’s […]
Facebook, Google and Microsoft announced Monday they won’t be giving out any political donations on the heels of the capitol siege, while a growing number of businesses said they will cut off campaign contributions to Republicans who voted to challenge the Electoral College count. HALLPAC, Hallmark’s political action committee, told […]
Good morning, this is Tamara Howie bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Tuesday 12 January. Top stories The Democrats have formally introduced an article of impeachment against Donald Trump, charging him with “incitement to insurrection” in connection to the violent riot at the Capitol last week. The article […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Support for abortion rose sharply in Mexico in 2020, according to a poll published on Monday, as attitudes towards the issue shift across Latin America. In Mexico, a majority Roman Catholic nation, elective abortion is allowed only in the capital and the state of Oaxaca, but […]
“The president’s threat to America is urgent, and so too will be our action.” Thousands of supporters of Mr Trump stormed the Capitol last week, forcing lawmakers who were certifying Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory into hiding in a harrowing assault which left five dead. The violence came after Mr Trump urged supporters […]
The FBI has sent a memo to law enforcement agencies across the country warning of possible armed protests at all 50 state Capitols starting Jan. 16, and also says an armed group has threatened to travel to Washington, D.C., the same day and stage an uprising if Congress removes President […]
NEWARK, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden received his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, three weeks after getting his first one with television cameras rolling in an attempt to reassure the American public that the inoculations are safe. Biden took off his sport jacket and said, “Ready, […]
From left, Richard Barnett, Eric Munchel and Adam Johnson. Washington Co. Sheriff’s Office, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Nashville Police Twenty federal criminal defendants related to last week’s deadly pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol have been rounded up across the country since the insurrection, with the allegations showing the danger […]