Americas

Brazil

'We're super tired of this war': Life on Brazil's COVID-19 frontline

Euronews was given access to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, the city with the highest per capita coronavirus death rate in the country.

12/01/2021

Green News

Manatee with ‘Trump’ carved on its back prompts criminal investigation

Environmental groups say the act was "politically motivated".

12/01/2021

USA

Eight gorillas at a U.S. zoo have tested positive for coronavirus

It is believed to be the first time the virus has been transmitted from humans to primates.

12/01/2021

USA

Democrats step up Trump impeachment plan as FBI warns of more protests

As the House of Representatives forges ahead with plans to oust the president from office, the FBI has warned that Trump loyalists are planning more armed protests.

11/01/2021

Europe Decoded

Trump loyalists 'driven deeper into internet' after social media bans

Twitter and Facebook have both frozen Donald Trump out, while Amazon, Google, and Apple cut access to right-wing app Parler.

11/01/2021

Europe Decoded

Donald Trump's bans from social media fire freedom of speech debate

"This precedent will be exploited by the enemies of freedom of speech around the world," said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

11/01/2021

World

Private clinics start ordering COVID-19 jabs in Brazil

Brazil’s health ministry has yet to deliver details of its national vaccination plan. The central government has tasked state governors, research institutes, and private clinics with acquiring the jabs. Our International correspondent Anelise Borges is in Rio de Janeiro.

11/01/2021

USA

Arnie's warning highlights danger of US 'spinning out of control'

Scott Lucas is Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham. He says there are echoes between the events Schwarzenegger is describing and what's happening now in America.

11/01/2021

USA

US Capitol police overrun by Trump supporters despite warnings

Many have criticised the police response, questioning how officers were so quickly overrun by rioters who stormed the US Capitol.

11/01/2021

USA

Golf championship pulled from Trump hotel over Capitol Hill riot

A US golf championship will not be held at Donald Trump's Bedminster club after the US president incited his supporters to storm the Capitol.

11/01/2021

USA

Democrats introduce bill to impeach Trump over Washington DC violence

After failing to push Vice President Mike Pence and Republicans to back removing Donald Trump with the 25th Amendment, Democrats have introduced articles of impeachment.

11/01/2021

World News

Pro-Trump supporters who stormed Capitol Hill arrested and charged

Police in the US have detained and charged a number of pro-Trump supporters who took part in the Capitol Hill riots.

10/01/2021

USA

What is Parler, the 'free-speech' platform tech giants are shunning?

Here's what you need to know about the platform and why it is facing bans from the top app stores.

10/01/2021

USA

US scraps longstanding restrictions on contact with Taiwan

“Today’s statement recognizes that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

10/01/2021

World News

Trump suspended from Twitter for 'incitement of violence'

Twitter has highlighted two posts by the incumbent president for the permanent move saying they were in violation of the platform's Glorification of Violence Policy.

09/01/2021

USA

Democrats want nuclear codes taken away from 'unhinged' Trump

US House Leader Nancy Pelosi revealed on Friday that she had discussed with top military officials to prevent Trump from launching a military attack or nuclear strike during his last few days in office.

08/01/2021

USA

US Capitol riot shows disparity of police attitude to protesters' race

Wallace Ford is a professor of Public Administration at Medgar Evers College in New York. He says the police response in Washington DC highlights the disparity between the way black and white people in the US are treated by law enforcement.

08/01/2021

USA

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appears to protect against UK mutation

The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine appears to protect against a mutation that has been found in two highly contagious variants of coronavirus which were discovered in the UK and South Africa.

08/01/2021

USA

US Capitol riots: Police officer dead, bringing fatality toll to five

Democratic leaders of the House Appropriations Committee called the officer's deatg a “tragic loss”.

08/01/2021

USA

Remove Donald Trump from office, leading Democrat Nancy Pelosi says

House of Representatives speaker says Congress may be 'compelled' to impeach the US president if the 25th amendment is not invoked to remove him

07/01/2021

USA

How Trump's house of cards has tumbled in his final days as president

Trump has furiously clung on to hope of overturning the election - but Wednesday night's mob may have been the final straw.

07/01/2021

USA

'This was four years in the making': Trump blamed for US violence

Political scientists say US President Trump's incendiary rhetoric has riled up right-wing voters in a way that will deeply affect the Republican Party for years.

07/01/2021

No Comment

US election protests and the storming of Capitol Hill

Watch what happened as several thousand people gathered outside the U.S. Capitol to protest the electoral vote and cheer President Donald Trump and his baseless claims of election fraud.

07/01/2021

Green News

Why Trump’s final attempt to drill Arctic oil was an ‘epic failure’

Parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have just been auctioned off for oil drilling.

07/01/2021

USA

In pictures: Guns drawn as lawmakers scramble amid US Capitol breach

Pictures captured some of the most jarring scenes ever to unfold in a seat of American political power.

07/01/2021

USA

US Congress certifies Joe Biden win after Capitol 'insurrection'

The largely routine and ceremonial certification was set to last hours after a group of Republicans in the House and Senate said they would issue objections in certain battleground states.

07/01/2021