People
March-24-2021
- Biden urges Senate to pass gun reform bills
- U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he was "devastated" by the shooting a day earlier at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, that killed 10 people, urging the Senate to immediately pass the bills on gun reform recently approved by the House.
March-23-2021
- Putin to receive COVID-19 vaccination on Tuesday
- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he planned to receive one of the country's three registered vaccines on Tuesday.
March-11-2021
- US Senate confirms Merrick Garland as attorney general
- The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Merrick Garland as attorney general to lead the Justice Department.
March-9-2021
- Higher risk of virus transmission 'inevitable' as schools reopen in England: UK PM
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that the increased risk of coronavirus transmission is "inevitable" as schools reopened and millions of children returned to classrooms across England.
March-4-2021
- Biden calls lifting mask mandates by 2 red states 'Neanderthal thinking'
- U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday criticized Republican governors in southern states of Texas and Mississippi over their decisions to reverse mask mandates and other COVID-19 safety policies, calling these actions "Neanderthal thinking."
March-2-2021
- French ex-president Sarkozy sentenced to 3 years
- A French court on Monday convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of corruption and influence peddling and handed him three-year prison sentence, including two years suspended.
February-25-2021
- Human rights must not only be available to privileged few: UN chief
- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that human rights must not only be available to the privileged few and joint efforts must be made to deliver them.
February-22-2021
- Chinese FM calls for mutual respect, cooperation to restore China-US ties
- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday called for mutual respect, enhanced dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation in order to bring China-U.S. relations back to the right track.
February-9-2021
- 2021 'crucial year' for climate change, UN chief tells member states
- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday told the member states that 2021 is a "crucial year" for climate change.
February-5-2021
- US freezes troop withdrawal from Germany
- U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the United States is freezing troop withdrawal from Germany and ending its support for offensive operations in the Yemen conflict.
