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Pro-gun demonstration set for Virginia capital in wake of Capitol siege

Pro-gun demonstration set for Virginia capital in wake of Capitol siege

  • Gun rights activists will converge on the Virginia state capital on Monday for an annual demonstration that falls at an especially tense time this year, after the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol and two days before the presidential inauguration.
  • Nationwide pro-Trump demonstrations scheduled for Sunday largely fizzled after the FBI issued warnings and several states deployed the National Guard.
Updated 18 Jan, 2021 08:14pm
'It was a non-event': Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across U.S.
World

'It was a non-event': Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across U.S.

  • Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president’s false claim that he won the 2020 election turned out.
  • Some militias and extremist groups told followers to stay home, citing the increased security or the risk that the planned events were law-enforcement traps.
Published 18 Jan, 2021 12:26pm
Retired doctors and more syringes: Biden lays out plan to get America vaccinated
World

Retired doctors and more syringes: Biden lays out plan to get America vaccinated

  • Under Biden’s plan, federal disaster-relief workers would set up thousands of vaccination centers, where retired doctors would administer shots to teachers, grocery store workers, people over 65 years old and other groups who do not currently qualify.
  • Biden said his team has identified companies that are ready to be activated under the law, which enables the president to order businesses to produce items necessary for national defense.
Published 16 Jan, 2021 03:47pm
Taliban praise U.S troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
World

Taliban praise U.S troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

  • The Taliban welcomed the expedited withdrawal of U.S troops from Afghanistan, calling the continued reduction of American forces a "good advancement" even as fighting rages across the war-torn country.
  • The Taliban's statement came just a few hours after the Pentagon announced that it had reduced troop levels in Afghanistan down to 2500, the lowest after nearly two decades of fighting.
Updated 16 Jan, 2021 04:58pm
Biden picks Clinton adviser Rosenberger as White House China director
World

Biden picks Clinton adviser Rosenberger as White House China director

  • Laura Rosenberger, a State Department and White House veteran who was a foreign policy adviser to Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful 2016 presidential election campaign, will serve as senior director for China in Joe Biden’s White House.
  • Ties between the United States and China have plunged to the lowest level in decades in the last year of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Published 15 Jan, 2021 02:58pm
U.S. cancels U.N. envoy's trip to Taiwan, citing Biden transition
World

U.S. cancels U.N. envoy's trip to Taiwan, citing Biden transition

  • The U.S. State Department’s cancellation of all travel this week includes a planned visit to Taiwan by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft, a State Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that all travel this week had been canceled, including his own trip to Europe, as part of the transition to the incoming Biden administration.
Published 13 Jan, 2021 03:22pm
With some Republicans on board, U.S. House Democrats press forward on impeachment vote
World

With some Republicans on board, U.S. House Democrats press forward on impeachment vote

  • With at least five Republicans joining their push to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Democrats in the House of Representatives stood poised for a history-making vote to try to remove the president from office.
  • That would trigger a trial in the still Republican-controlled Senate, although it was unclear whether enough time or political appetite remained to expel Trump.
Published 13 Jan, 2021 12:20pm
Freezing temperatures push Asian gas prices to new records
Markets

Freezing temperatures push Asian gas prices to new records

  • If the cold weather abates, prices may be near a peak as demand for heating fuel diminishes, traders and analysts said. Temperatures are expected to rise to above-average in Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul and Shanghai over the next few weeks, weather data from Refinitiv Eikon showed.
Published 13 Jan, 2021 11:09am
Google, Facebook and Microsoft among other corporate giants to suspend political spending
World

Google, Facebook and Microsoft among other corporate giants to suspend political spending

  • In the aftermath of the violent attack on the Capitol Building last week, Facebook, Microsoft and Google have joined a growing list of corporations that are pausing their political spending.
  • As corporate responses have escalated, some companies have suspended donations to lawmakers who objected to the certification of the election, while many have halted all of their political donations for a few months.
Updated 12 Jan, 2021 04:34pm
Pentagon presses ahead with Afghanistan troop drawdown despite law barring it
World

Pentagon presses ahead with Afghanistan troop drawdown despite law barring it

  • The U.S. military has not halted a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, despite a new law prohibiting further reductions without the Pentagon sending Congress an assessment of the risks.
  • The Pentagon’s action will likely anger Republican and Democratic lawmakers opposed to further troop cuts and renew concerns about the outgoing Trump administration’s disdain for Congress, even in its waning days.
Updated 12 Jan, 2021 02:33pm
Disgruntled staffer changed the State Department's website to state Trump's term ended 9 days early: Sources
World

Disgruntled staffer changed the State Department's website to state Trump's term ended 9 days early: Sources

  • A disgruntled employee at the State Department changed the biographies of President Donald Trump and Vice President Pence, to state that their term was ending on Monday - nine days before the inauguration of President-elect Biden.
  • The changes to the State Department's website came only a few days after the President incited an insurrection of Trump supporters in the Capitol building.
Published 12 Jan, 2021 01:38pm
President-elect Biden nominates William Burns as CIA Director
World

President-elect Biden nominates William Burns as CIA Director

  • President-elect Joe Biden announced former Deputy Secretary of State William Burns as his nominee for Director of the CIA.
  • Burns, a career diplomat who served in the United States Foreign Service for over three decades, has served in numerous national security positions across five Democratic and Republican administrations.
Published 11 Jan, 2021 04:26pm
After Capitol siege, majority of Americans believe Trump should be removed from office before term: Poll
World

After Capitol siege, majority of Americans believe Trump should be removed from office before term: Poll

  • Over half of surveyed Americans in a new poll have indicated that they believe that President Trump should be removed from office, following the attack on the Capitol by his supporters.
  • 56 percent polled in favour of the removal of President Trump from office, while 67 percent polled that the outgoing President deserves a significant degree of the blame for the rioting that took place in the Capitol.
Published 11 Jan, 2021 04:02pm
U.S. plans to designate Yemen's Houthi movement as foreign terror group
World

U.S. plans to designate Yemen's Houthi movement as foreign terror group

  • The United States plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization,.
  • The Trump administration has been piling on sanctions related to Iran in recent weeks, prompting some Biden allies and outside analysts to conclude that Trump aides are seeking to make it harder for the incoming administration to re-engage with Iran.
Updated 11 Jan, 2021 02:24pm
Pelosi consults top general on curbing Trump’s military power, as House considers impeachment
World

Pelosi consults top general on curbing Trump’s military power, as House considers impeachment

  • Amidst mounting pressure for the removal of President Trump from office, House speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke to the nation's top military leader to curb the President's authority to take military action - at home and abroad.
  • In the aftermath of the chaotic events on Wednesday, in which the President urged thousands of his supporters to flock to the Capitol building, which resulted in an insurrection to repeal the results of the election; leaving five dead.
Published 09 Jan, 2021 01:06pm
China draws comparison between storming of U.S. Capitol, HK protests
World

China draws comparison between storming of U.S. Capitol, HK protests

  • China drew a comparison on Thursday between the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump and last year’s often-violent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
  • Around the world, leaders expressed shock and concern, condemning the attempted subversion of democracy.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 02:50pm
Pro-Trump protestors storm US Capitol building
World

Pro-Trump protestors storm US Capitol building

  • Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump addressed thousands of supporters, including members of far-right groups, at a rally in Washington.
  • A short walk from the rally, hundreds of Trump supporters overturned barricades and clashed with police on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol where Congress was meeting.
  • The Mayor of Washington DC has declared a citywide curfew starting at 6pm.
Updated 07 Jan, 2021 01:20am