Update: D.C. police say 4 people died at the Capitol on Wednesday

U.S. Capitol Police with guns drawn watch as protesters try to break into the House Chamber WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people died during the violent protest at the Capitol, according to Metro D.C. police. One woman was shot by police, and three others died as a result of…

Update: Twitter suspends Pres Trump after Capitol violence

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twitter blocked Donald Trump on Wednesday and threatened a permanent ban for breaking platform rules as social media scrambled to respond to violence in the US capital blamed on the outgoing president’s repeated claims of election fraud. In a rapidly evolving sequence of events,…

Update: World leaders condemn ‘assault on democracy’ at US Capitol

PARIS, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World leaders and governments expressed shock and outrage at the storming of the US Capitol in Washington by supporters of President Donald Trump. BRITAIN: Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Twitter condemned the “disgraceful scenes in U.S. Congress. The United States stands for democracy around the…

Covid-19: Quebec premier orders Canada’s first pandemic curfew

MONTREAL, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Quebec premier Francois Legault ordered the first pandemic curfew in Canada as part of new lockdown measures to slow the spread of a second wave of Covid-19. The lockdown and 8:00 pm to 5:00 am (0100 to 1000 GMT) curfew will take effect starting Saturday…

Update US election demo: Woman shot in Capitol Hill unrest dies – police

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A woman who was shot as President Donald Trump’s supporters invaded the US Capitol on Wednesday has died, a Washington police spokeswoman said. Alaina Gertz offered no details on who the woman was or the circumstances of the shooting, which is now under investigation by…

Covid-19: Bolivia extends ban on flights from Europe as Brazil sees 1,242 deaths in 24 hours

LA PAZ/BRASILIA, Jan 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — BOLIVIA will extend a ban on flights from Europe until mid-February as a preventive measure against the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus disease, President Luis Arce announced. “To protect the health of the Bolivian population … we are extending the suspension…

Update: US Congress reconvenes hours after protesters breach Capitol with one fatality

Members of the D.C. National Guard are deployed outside of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday evening WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The U.S. Congress reconvened on Wednesday night for proceedings certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, hours after protesters supporting outgoing President Donald Trump breached the Capitol.…

New Venezuela parliament sworn in, US continue to back ‘out-of-job’ Guaido

CARACAS, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A new Venezuelan parliament was sworn in Tuesday with President Nicolas Maduro’s party in firm control and opposition leader Juan Guaido officially without a job, but with foreign backing to keep up a parallel legislature. The new assembly was denounced as “a fraudulently elected body”…

Covid-19: Slow vaccine rollouts globally fuel worry as US logs record daily Covid death toll

LONDON, Jan 6, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – England went back into full lockdown as Europe battled Wednesday to stem a rising tide of coronavirus cases, and the United States logged its worst daily death toll of the pandemic. The Covid-19 crisis has shown no signs of slowing, with known infections nearing…

US elections: Democrats Win the Senate as its candidates defeated Republican rivals in Georgia runoff

Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock campaigning in Atlanta. Both defeated their Republican opponents, assuring that the balance of power in the Senate will shift WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democrats took control of the Senate on Wednesday with a pair of historic victories in Georgia’s runoff elections, assuring…
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