Drs. Birx, Fauci take questions at White House coronavirus briefing
Authorities said that there is no imminent danger and that people should not panic. Iceland has declared a state of emergency and evacuated a coastal town, saying there is a “significant likelihood” of a volcanic eruption in the coming days. The Icelandic Meteorological Office reported intense earthquake swarms in the southwestern part of the country in recent weeks, likely…
Chinese-owned social media app TikTok has been banned from government devices in the United Kingdom, it was announced on Thursday. The ban is effective immediately and includes phones used by government ministers and civil servants, according to a statement given to the UK’s House of Commons by Oliver Dowden, the Secretary of State in the…
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s soon-to-be chancellor, has announced a strategy to exempt defence spending from limits on government borrowing. The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to loosen the country’s constitutional restrictions on borrowing, enabling €1 trillion or more in spending on defence and infrastructure. It’s a major change in…
STILFONTEIN, South Africa, Jan 15 (Reuters) – At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific” crackdown on desperate people trying to eke out a living. A total of 246 survivors,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea to a red carpet welcome on Tuesday night at the start of his first visit to the totalitarian state in 24 years. Mr Putin was met on the tarmac by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and – flanked by a military guard of honour – the…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire from midnight (22:00 GMT) on Monday. It is at least the third ceasefire to be announced since violence erupted this month but none have held. Mr Blinken said agreement had been reached between the army and the paramilitary…