Category: POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL
Democrats and Republicans have blocked each other’s attempts to amend a vital $900bn (£665bn) stimulus package after President Donald Trump sent it back to Congress demanding changes. The coronavirus economic relief, which comes with...
The mutated coronavirus strain that’s been spreading in the U.K. appears to be more contagious and will likely lead to higher levels of hospitalizations and deaths next year, a new study showed. The variant...
Viruses mutate all the time, including the novel coronavirus that’s caused the global pandemic. But a variant that emerged in southeast England in September is causing particular concern, leading to an emergency lockdown in...
Special forces were sent to the scene after the shooting, according to a mayor of a nearby town. Three police officers have been killed by a gunman who had taken his partner hostage in...
More parts of England will move into the toughest tier four restrictions from Boxing Day, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced. Tighter measures have also been introduced in other parts of England, to curb...
Hong Kong (CNN) – Taiwan has recorded its first locally-transmitted case of coronavirus since April. The island has had one of the most successful pandemic responses in the world, and the new infection ends...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a flurry of pardons and commutations to a slew of controversial figures with ties to his administration, in a move that further cements his legacy of exercising his...
Working together with the president-elect, bipartisan groups in the Senate and House helped push feuding leaders to compromise. It could be a template for the future. Delivering it was an unbearable, tedious undertaking...
Problems have increased for the attempt to secure a trade deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom before a Brexit transition period ends on New Year’s Day. BRUSSELS — Problems increased Monday...
Afghan and NATO officials in Afghanistan say five rockets have been fired at a major U.S. base. KABUL, Afghanistan – Five rockets were terminated at a significant U.S. base in Afghanistan on Saturday, however...