NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

US House impeaches President Donald Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’ at Capitol

1:24 pm January 14, 2021

Washington: US President Donald Trump has been impeached for a historic second time, just days before leaving office by the House of Representatives for inciting last week’s deadly Capitol Hill riot. The House on Wednesday impeached Trump by 232 to 197 votes. Ten Republican Congressmen also joined the Democrats to vote in favour of an article of impeachment that charged Trump with a count of ”incitement of insurrection” for his actions […]

Old couple found dead at home in UP's Banda

Study: In pandemic era, older adults isolated but resilient

11:17 pm January 13, 2021

Washington: Since the pandemic’s descent, they have generally been viewed as among those at higher risk — older Americans, some of them medically vulnerable, figuring out how to navigate life in a COVID-saturated, increasingly isolated world. That’s one type of health — physical. When it comes to mental and emotional health, older adults in the United States are […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

US House passes resolution asking Pence to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office

3:24 pm January 13, 2021

Washington : The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives, which is rushing ahead towards impeaching Donald Trump over the unprecedented Capitol Hill attack, has passed a resolution urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke 25th Amendment to remove the president from office. The resolution was voted by 223 to 205 votes on Tuesday night. The voting was mostly on party lines, with one Republican voting in favour of […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus

3:10 pm January 13, 2021

Washington : This time the fury enveloping the U.S. Capitol comes not from an insurgent mob but from within. The anger on display is searing — Democrat against Republican; Republican against Republican; legislators of both parties against the catastrophic security failure that left top leaders of the government vulnerable to last week’s violence as well as to the coronavirus in their ranks. […]

Chuck Norris denies being at Capitol attack after lookalike’s image goes viral

3:03 pm January 13, 2021

Los Angeles: Veteran action star Chuck Norris has denied that he was part of the mob that attacked the Capitol Hill last week. The 80-year-old actor’s name was trending through Tuesday after a picture was uploaded to Twitter, showing a Donald Trump supporter next to a man with a likeness to Norris, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Norris, however, denied that he was the man in […]