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Three wounded as hundreds of thousands of protesters defy Myanmar junta

Published On: February 12, 2021 04:42 PM NPT By: Reuters

MYANMAR, Feb 12: Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the junta’s call to halt mass gatherings.

BBC World News barred in mainland China, dropped by HK public broadcaster

Published On: February 12, 2021 01:59 PM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, Feb 12: China barred Britain’s BBC World News from airing on Friday and Hong Kong’s public broadcaster said it was dropping the channel, a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked Chinese state television’s UK broadcast licence.

After Democrats’ visceral presentation, Trump team on stage

Published On: February 12, 2021 11:48 AM NPT By: Republica

WASHINGTON, Feb 12: After a prosecution case rooted in emotive, violent images from the Capitol siege, Donald Trump’s impeachment trial shifts on Friday to defense lawyers prepared to make a fundamental concession: The violence was every bit as traumatic, unacceptable and illegal as Democrats say.

Biden says Trump 'did not do his job' on coronavirus vaccination program, urges patience

Published On: February 12, 2021 08:35 AM NPT By: Reuters

BETHESDA, Md., Feb 12: U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said the coronavirus vaccination program he inherited from Donald Trump was in “much worse shape” than he had expected, while urging patience and also announcing the government has bought 200 million more doses.

Tokyo Olympics chief set to quit over sexist remarks in another blow to the Games

Published On: February 12, 2021 08:15 AM NPT By: Reuters

TOKYO, Feb 12: Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is expected to resign on Friday over his sexist comments, with the mayor of the Olympic village Saburo Kawabuchi saying Mori had asked him to take over.

Six die in icy Texas pileup as frigid weather blankets much of U.S

Published On: February 12, 2021 08:11 AM NPT By: Reuters

USA, Feb 12: Winter weather battered the United States from coast to coast on Thursday as a series of storms expected to last for days mixed with an Arctic air mass to bring snow and freezing rain as far south as Texas, where six people died in a multi-vehicle pileup.

If Senate does not convict Trump, 'he can do this again,' Democrats warn

Published On: February 12, 2021 07:55 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Feb 12: Democratic prosecutors making the case that Donald Trump incited a deadly insurrection by encouraging his supporters to march on the U.S. Capitol warned the Senate on Thursday that if it fails to convict the former president, “he can do this again.”

If Senate does not convict Trump, 'he can do this again,' Democrats warn

Published On: February 12, 2021 07:12 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Feb 12: - Democratic prosecutors making the case that Donald Trump incited a deadly insurrection by encouraging his supporters to march on the U.S. Capitol warned the Senate on Thursday that if it fails to convict the former president, “he can do this again.”

Chilling video footage becomes key exhibit in Trump trial

Published On: February 11, 2021 08:44 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Feb 11: Chilling security video of last month’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, including of rioters searching menacingly for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence, has become a key exhibit in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as lawmakers prosecuting the case wrap up their opening arguments for why Trump should be convicted of inciting the siege.

Ethnic minorities protest Myanmar coup, as opposition grows

Published On: February 11, 2021 07:46 PM NPT By: Republica

YANGON, MYANMAR, Feb 11: Members of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities marched through streets in traditional dress and floated on wooden long boats in a scenic lake Thursday to protest last week’s coup, a sign of the broad and growing resistance to the military takeover.