WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of US Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday surpassed the country’s toll of military fatalities in World War II, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University. As of the evening, the tracker showed that 405,400 people have died from the disease caused by…

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization warned that hospital resources in parts of North and South America are being severely stretched by climbing Coronavirus infection numbers.“Throughout our region, especially in North and South America, many hospitals are operating at or very close to capacity,” said Clarissa Etienne, director of…

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Instead of cheering masses, Joe Biden’s welcome to the White House on Wednesday was miles of metal barriers, masked security forces and a dystopian-looking Washington that would normally be primed to party on Inauguration Day. The lockdown meant the contingent of roughly 25,000 National Guard…

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, ending the tumultuous four-year term in the White House of Republican Donald Trump. Biden, 78, took the oath of office from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at a…

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Jan 20. Trump is en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Donald Trump has left the White House for the final time as president. He emerged from the…

Steve Bannon WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Outgoing US President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted pardon to 73 people, including his former White House adviser Steve Bannon, in his last day in office, the White House said. Bannon, 67, was charged last year with defrauding Trump supporters of hundreds of…