Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi had voted in favour of impeaching Trump in the House of Representatives, so did the three other Indian-American lawmakers — Ami Bera, Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal. Indian-American lawmakers on Wednesday supported the impeachment of former president Donald Trump for inciting his supporters for violence […]
Day: February 10, 2021
Mexico’s vaccination drive has gotten off to a slow start, and officials in Latin America’s second-largest economy are hoping to source millions of doses from China to boost their efforts amid global vaccines shortages and delays. Mexico has authorized emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac and CanSino COVID-19 vaccines, Mexico’s […]
The officer, Derek Chauvin, believed that the case against him was so devastating that he agreed to plead guilty to third-degree murder. But at the last minute the deal fell apart after William Barr, the attorney general at the time, rejected the arrangement. It was three days after George Floyd […]
SINGAPORE: More than 52,000 workers across the transport sector have already received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) announced on Thursday (Feb 11). These include 39,000 frontline staff in the aviation and maritime sectors or about 90 per cent of the 43,000 expected to […]
SEVILLE: Sevilla defender Jules Kounde scored an extraordinary solo goal and Ivan Rakitic struck against his old side in a 2-0 win over Barcelona in a Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on Wednesday. French centre back Kounde opened the scoring in the 25th minute, dribbling from his own area […]
BRUSSELS: EU countries on Wednesday agreed to take a joint position in forthcoming negotiations with EU lawmakers and the European Commission on planned privacy rules governing Facebook’s WhatsApp and Microsoft’s Skype, ending a three-year impasse. The European Commission proposed its ePrivacy Regulation in 2017, which would subject WhatsApp and Skype […]
This avatar of the Joker will be seen in the Snyder Cut of Justice League premiering on HBO Max on March 18. Zack Snyder has finally debuted his version of the DC villain Joker. In a black-and-white image released by the filmmaker via Vanity Fair, Hollywood star Jared Leto is […]
Macquarie, the world’s largest infrastructure investor, has raised 1.6 billion euros (US$1.93 billion) for its second global renewables fund, driven by strong demand from institutional investors in Britain and Germany. LONDON: Macquarie, the world’s largest infrastructure investor, has raised 1.6 billion euros (US$1.93 billion) for its second global renewables fund, […]
The United States and United Nations condemned the use of force against protesters who are demanding the reversal of the Feb. 1 coup and the release of Suu Kyi and other detained leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) and activists. Protests spread across Myanmar on Wednesday after the […]
BANGKOK: Thailand today reported 157 new coronavirus cases, taking its total infections to 23,903. One additional death was reported, taking fatalities to 80 recorded overall, the coronavirus taskforce said. Thailand’s daily cases so far this week are among the lowest numbers reported since its latest and biggest outbreak emerged in […]