By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Dozens of Republicans in former President George W. Bush’s administration are leaving the party, dismayed by a failure of many elected Republicans to disown Donald Trump after his false claims of election fraud sparked a deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol last month. These officials, some who served in the highest […]
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) -Tehran will not accept U.S. demands that it reverse an acceleration of its nuclear programme before Washington lifts sanctions, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday. The demand “is not practical and will not happen”, he said at a joint news conference in Istanbul with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. The […]
By Rami Ayyub, Matt Spetalnick JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to work to reopen the Palestinians’ diplomatic mission in Washington could be held up over a law that exposes Palestinian officials to U.S. anti-terror lawsuits, officials and advisers to the Palestinians say. The Biden administration hopes to repair relations with the Palestinians after a […]
By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden called on Russian President Vladimir to release jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny during their phone call this week, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday. Biden pressed Putin on a number of issues, including alleged election interference in the 2020 election, Ukraine sovereignty, […]
Anthony Zurcher North America reporter Impeachment of Donald Trump Donald Trump left Washington DC almost a week ago, but he continues to cast a long shadow over the Republican Party in Congress. In the first on-the-record test of support for conviction on impeachment charges that Trump incited his supporters to mount an insurrection at the […]
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about administration plans to strengthen American manufacturing during a brief appearance in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for the first […]
By Costas Pitas 3 MIN READ LONDON (Reuters) – The death toll in Britain from the coronavirus pandemic passed 100,000 people on Tuesday as the government battled to speed up vaccination delivery and keep variants of the virus at bay. the U.K. than World War Two Many more deaths would follow before a vaccination programme […]
Coronavirus pandemic More than 25 million cases of coronavirus have now been confirmed across the United States. Experts say the true number is likely to be higher. More than 417,500 in the US have died with the virus. The daily number of deaths has exceeded 4,000 in recent weeks – including on Wednesday when Joe […]
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. intelligence officer for North Korea warned on Friday the country sees diplomacy only as a means to advance its nuclear weapons development, even as the new Biden administration says it will look for ways to bring Pyongyang back to talks. President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary […]
Impeachment of Donald Trump Former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial over his role in the deadly US Capitol riot is set to begin next week in the Senate, Democrats say. On Monday, the House of Representatives will deliver the impeachment charge to the Senate, triggering the trial process in the 100-member chamber. Republicans had argued […]
