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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRoger Stone speaks to reporters reacting to Trump’s decision to grant clemency Former US special counsel Robert Mueller has made a rare public intervention to defend his indictment of former Trump adviser Roger Stone. Stone was found guilty on charges linked to an investigation led by Mr […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPresident Trump: “I’ve never been against masks but I do believe they have a time and a place” US President Donald Trump has worn a mask in public for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The president was visiting the Walter Reed military […]
US President Donald Trump has been seen wearing a face mask for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking before his visit to Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, he told reporters he would “probably” wear a mask and that he had “never been against” them – they just had “a […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Bachchan has been a star for five decades Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s best known film actors, has tested positive for Covid-19, he told his millions of Twitter followers. “I have tested Covid positive, shifted to hospital, hospital informing authorities, family and staff undergone tests, results awaited,” he wrote. His […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fox said Tucker Carlson would address the topic in his show on Monday A top writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlson has resigned after posting racist and sexist comments online. Blake Neff, who joined Tucker Carlson Tonight in 2017, resigned on Friday after a CNN investigation. It found […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption There are growing calls for President Keita to resign Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm unrest that saw four people killed in street protests on Friday. The president said he would not tolerate such violence. The court has […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRoger Stone speaks to reporters reacting to Trump’s decision to grant clemency Leading Democrats have condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision to commute the prison sentence of his former adviser and friend Roger Stone. Presidential contender Joe Biden’s spokesman accused Mr Trump of abuse of power and […]
President Trump has commuted his former adviser’s prison term, which had been due to begin next week. Roger Stone was convicted of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering. Speaking to reporters, he said he would appeal his conviction and expressed concerns about Covid-19 cases in the prison he had been assigned to. Source link
A couple from Dublin has left city life behind to take up residence on one of Ireland’s most remote Islands. The Great Blasket Island is off the cost of County Kerry and is the most westerly point in Europe. In recent years a number of the houses have been restored and tourists have been welcomed […]
Image copyright Getty Images These are tense times for Huawei and the UK’s telecoms providers. The prime minister will shortly review use of the Chinese company’s equipment, with MPs set to be informed of his decision on Tuesday. It seems likely that Boris Johnson will set a deadline by which time the firm should stop […]
Image copyright Tendayi Gwata A 44-year-old woman in Zimbabwe, Tendayi Gwata, is battling to avoid a mastectomy after her breast cancer treatment abruptly ended when the only radiotherapy machine in the capital, Harare, stopped working. Ms Gwata, a marketing consultant, had already lost all her hair during chemotherapy. Then she was told that because the […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Despite political divisions and an economic crisis Argentina has kept cases comparatively low South America is the new epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic, but the region’s leaders have responded to the crisis very differently. A great deal has been said about poverty in this part of the world, […]