Tuesday, January 26, 2021

From sunny Florida, Trump casts shadow over Republican Party January 26, 2021 at 04:59PM

If many Americans -- perhaps discreetly including a number of senior Republicans -- wished Trump would just disappear at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, they're in for a sore disappointment.

Coronavirus: 100 million Covid-19 cases worldwide January 26, 2021 at 04:47PM

The United States, which passed 25 million confirmed cases last weekend, remains the country with the largest outbreak -- and the largest death toll of over 420,000.

Biden, in first call with Putin, presses on Navalny, treaty January 26, 2021 at 10:08AM

President Joe Biden had his first call with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, the White House and Kremlin said. US officials said Biden raised concerns about the arrest of opposition figure Alexei Navalny while pressing the Russian president on his nation's involvement in a massive cyberespionage campaign and bounties on American troops in Afghanistan.

UK crosses grim Covid-19 death toll of 100,000 January 26, 2021 at 08:34AM

The UK on Tuesday hit another grim Covid-19 milestone as the country's death toll from the deadly virus crossed 100,000 since the peak of the pandemic last year, with another 1,631 daily deaths.