JANUARY 6, 2021
Rev. Raphael Warnock makes history as he becomes the first Black senator to be elected from Georgia. - Jessica McGowan/Getty Images
The Rev. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in one of Georgia's close Senate runoff elections that took place on Tuesday — giving the Democratic Party one more seat in Congress.
Early Wednesday morning, Warnock...
JANUARY 5, 2021
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday a new COVID-19 strain that was detected in the state after it was first identified in the United Kingdom last month "could be a game changer." He called it "highly problematic."
"This is a virus we have to be extra careful with," the governor said at a press conference.
The state's first...
JANUARY 5, 2021
The ‘dead voters’ claims are without substance, as election officials across the state where Trump tried to challenge the results have pointed out.
What is a banana republic? If Donald Trump had his way, the US would have been one. It would have been hyperbole maybe a few weeks back, despite Trump's relentless undermining of the...
JANUARY 5, 2021
Badrinath shrine in Chamoli district covered in snow on Tuesday. (HT PHOTO.)
With a fresh spell of snowfall, the Char Dham shrines and hilly areas of Uttarakhand were covered in a white blanket of snow on Tuesday.
The Badrinath shrine in Chamoli district witnessed snowfall for almost the entire day on Tuesday with over one feet of snow being...
JANUARY 5, 2021
Washington: Former US president Barack Obama has warned of threats to the fundamental principles of America's democracy, a day after the emergence of the leaked audio in which President Donald Trump was heard telling Georgia's top election official to find over 11,000 votes to reverse President-elect Joe Biden's win in the 3 November poll.
Obama’s remarks came on...
JANUARY 5, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump disparaged Senate Republicans who aren’t backing further challenges to Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory, further roiling a party that has split over whether to support Mr. Trump’s attempts to stay in power or accept the reality of the election results.
Ahead of a joint session of Congress to certify Mr. Biden’s 306-232 Electoral...
JANUARY 5, 2021
Best Of U.S. President Donald Trump 2017 - 2020: U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a round table meeting on education in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. - FILE: Bloomberg
President Donald Trump failed again to invalidate his Georgia election loss and allow the state’s Republican-led legislature to declare him the winner -- his...
JANUARY 5, 2021
A group of U.S. intelligence agencies on Tuesday formally accused Russia of being linked to the recently discovered hack of IT group SolarWinds that compromised much of the federal government.
The FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) attributed the effort to...
JANUARY 5, 2021
A dramatic spike in temperatures is occurring at high altitudes above the North Pole, where the air is thin and typically frigid. Known as a sudden stratospheric warming event, experts say it’s likely to have potentially significant repercussions for winter weather across the Northern Hemisphere for weeks to possibly months.
This unusually strong event may have profound influences...
JANUARY 4, 2021
Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has not commented on a Washington Post op-ed signed by 10 former defense secretaries asserting that the Pentagon has no role in electoral disputes. - Chip Somodevilla, AFP via Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned of "bloodshed and riots" after President Donald Trump's latest attempt to overturn...
