Americas

USA

Trump administration oversees unprecedented number of executions

The outgoing US president has overseen 13 federal executions since July, more than any president for 120 years.

16/01/2021

USA

Bus left dangling from bridge after crash in New York

The bus plunged 15 metres from a motorway bridge in the Bronx neighbourhood of New York City on Thursday evening.

15/01/2021

USA

Joe Biden unveils $1.9 trillion coronavirus economic relief package

The incoming US president unveiled the American Rescue Plan, which aims to speed up the vaccination campaign and deliver economic aid in the country with the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths.

15/01/2021

USA

Donald Trump has been impeached for a second time: Now what?

The House of Representatives has voted to impeach the president. Now it is over to the Senate.

14/01/2021

USA

US carries out its first execution of female inmate since 1953

A Kansas woman was executed on Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri, the first time in nearly seven decades that the US government has put to death a female inmate.

13/01/2021

USA

Donald Trump impeachment: What happens next?

Democrats and some Republicans could vote to impeach the U.S. president this week, with just days left before Joe Biden takes office.

13/01/2021

USA

U.S. requires all arriving air passengers to show negative COVID t

The order does not take effect for two weeks.

13/01/2021

USA

Watch: House votes to impeach Donald Trump for second time

Ten Republican lawmakers broke ranks making Trump the first president to have been impeached twice and charged the US president with inciting violence against the government.

12/01/2021

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