House of Representatives convenes to discuss removing Trump
Edited by Robert Greenall
In the last few minutes, the House of Representatives has convened.
Democrats plan to introduce an article of impeachment against Trump today, accusing him of inciting insurrection and violence against the US government.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has said Democrats will attempt to impeach Trump for a second time - a first for any US president - if Vice-president Mike Pence and Trump's White House cabinet do not first evict him under the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution.
'Diplomatic vandalism': aid groups' fury as US puts Houthis on terror list
Trump administration’s 11th-hour decision greeted with dismay by aid agencies working in Yemen
The Trump administration has made an 11th-hour decision to designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organisation in a move that is likely to severely worsen the war-torn country’s humanitarian crisis.
The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, announced the decision late on Sunday, despite bipartisan opposition and months of warnings from UN officials and aid organisations that the designation – part of the White House’s “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran and its allies – would lead to shortages and delays for aid and commercial shipments and undermine the peace process.
Relief organisations greeted the news with dismay on Monday. David Miliband, the chief executive of the International Rescue Committee, called it “pure diplomatic vandalism”.
Coronavirus: Germany's stricter lockdown starts nationwide
The country is battling to get a second coronavirus wave under control. Officials hope that stricter rules will bring infection rates and the death toll down.
Harder coronavirus lockdown restrictions came into force across all of Germany's 16 federal states on Monday. Ten states, including the most populous of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, and Baden Württemberg, introduced the new rules as of Monday.
A number of restrictions were introduced on December 16 in a bid to curb a second COVID-19 infection wave. These were originally slated to remain in place until at least January 10 but have had only a moderate impact on caseloads. Some of the measures that were already in place have been extended, while other restrictions have been tightened.
Where does Africa stand in the Covid-19 vaccine race?
While many economically developed countries have rolled out Covid-19 jabs, African nations are preparing their vaccination campaigns amid logistical challenges and calls for Western countries to ensure that surplus jabs go to low- and middle-income states.
Western countries including France, the UK and the US – which have large elderly populations vulnerable to the coronavirus – have launched mass vaccination campaigns. At the same time, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus argued on January 8 that that low- and middle-income countries not getting Covid-19 vaccines presented a “clear problem”
The Lancet editor: UK ‘steadfastly refused to follow the science’
England was plunged into its third national lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic a week ago, with the whole of the UK now under strict social distancing controls as it struggles to contain a variant of COVID-19 that spreads faster.
The United Kingdom registered 59,940 confirmed cases and 563 deaths on Sunday, bringing the overall toll to more than 81,000.
Three-quarters of Wuhan patients hospitalized for Covid-19 still had symptoms 6 months later, Chinese study finds
Updated 1502 GMT (2302 HKT) January 11, 2021
Most patients who had been hospitalized with Covid-19 still suffered a variety of symptoms -- including fatigue and sleep difficulties -- six months after infection, a Chinese study has found.
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