UN envoy: Britain is 'gung ho' about world role after Brexit
Sunday, 10 January 2021, 08:06
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Britain’s new U.N. ambassador says the government is feeling “gung ho” about continuing its role as an important player on the world stage despite its exit from the European...
Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea
Sunday, 10 January 2021, 07:58
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of a Boeing 737-500 at a depth of 23 meters (75 feet) in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with 62 people onboard crashed shortly after...
Updated: Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight
Saturday, 9 January 2021, 14:28
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia's capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said. Indonesian...
A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets
Saturday, 9 January 2021, 10:51
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
@realDonaldTrump, the Twitter feed that grew from the random musings of a reality TV star into the cudgel of an American president, has died. It was not quite 12 years old. The provocative...
Biden calls Trump 'unfit' but doesn't endorse impeachment
Saturday, 9 January 2021, 09:11
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
President-elect Joe Biden says that President Donald Trump isn't “fit for the job,” but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls to impeach him a second time. House...
President Trump won't attend Joe Biden's inauguration
Friday, 8 January 2021, 18:51
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
President Donald Trump said Friday he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, undercutting his message a day earlier that he would work to ensure a “smooth,...
EU regulators OK increasing doses from virus vaccine vials
Friday, 8 January 2021, 15:33
Last update: about 7 years ago
The European Union's drug agency on Friday approved doctors drawing one more dose from each vial of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech, in a move that — combined with the purchase...
Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant
Friday, 8 January 2021, 13:26
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
New research suggests that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two highly contagious variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South...
Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US
Friday, 8 January 2021, 08:21
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
President-elect Joe Biden has denounced the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorists” and he blamed President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation's...