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[Newsmaker] Vice President Harris: A new chapter opens in US politics

Jan 21, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath Wednesday to hold the nation’...
Biden takes office with pledge to repair alliance, US leadership

Jan 21, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, promising to repair the country's global leadership, as well as its relationship with allies. The former vice pre...
Biden says will 'repair alliance,' lead world by power of example

Jan 21, 2021

WASHINGTON -- US President Joe Biden promised efforts to repair his country's relationship with its allies on Wednesday, also promising to bolster its global leadership by the "power of example. Bid...
Biden takes office as 46th president of the US

Jan 21, 2021

Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that "democracy has prevailed," according to the AP. He swore the oath of office to take the helm of a deeply divided...
Biden arrives at US Capitol for inauguration as 46th president

Jan 21, 2021

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris arrived at the US Capitol on Wednesday for their official inauguration ceremony. Biden, 78, is to be sworn in at ...
Biden's top diplomat vows US will lead but restore alliances

Jan 19, 2021

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden's choice to be secretary of state, will vow Tuesday that the United States will "outcompete" a rising China while reviving frayed allianc...
[Newsmaker] Biden to be inaugurated amid pandemic, worst political turmoil

Jan 19, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden is set to be inaugurated as the next US president this week in probably a never-before-seen ceremony that will highlight the dangers from the worst pandemic and a political di...
2020 records one of three warmest years ever: WMO

Jan 15, 2021

World facing catastrophic temperature rises this century, UN chief says
First US federal execution of woman in decades

Jan 13, 2021

An American woman was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday, becoming the first female to be executed by US federal authorities in nearly seven decades. Lisa Montgomery's execution came in the ...
Astronomers find oldest, most distant quasar and black hole in universe

Jan 13, 2021

At more than 13 billion light-years away, quasar and black hole formed 670 million years after Big Bang
WHO rules out virus herd immunity in 2021 despite vaccines

Jan 12, 2021

International team’s visit to China not about ‘playing blame game’: WHO
Massive power outage leaves Pakistan in the dark

Jan 10, 2021

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A major technical fault in Pakistan's power generation and distribution system caused a massive power outage that plunged the country into darkness overnight, the energy minister sa...
Pompeo voids restrictions on diplomatic contacts with Taiwan

Jan 10, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Saturday that the State Department is voiding longstanding restrictions on how US diplomats and others have contact with their counterparts...
German virus deaths top 40,000 as Merkel warns of 'hardest weeks'

Jan 10, 2021

BERLIN (AFP) -- The total number of Germany's coronavirus deaths crossed 40,000 on Sunday, as Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the coming weeks would be "the hardest" yet. Germany recorded 465 d...
[Newsmaker] Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight

Jan 10, 2021

JAKARTA (AP) -- A jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on a domestic flight on Saturday, and debris found by fishermen wa...