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January 14, 2021

Republicans prepare to impeach Joe Biden as ‘Chinese agent’

The division and acrimony that characterised Democrats’ dealing with the Trump presidency may continue now that they have their own man in office.

January 14, 2021

Biden tells U.S. Senate to finish Trump’s impeachment process

Senate Majority Leader rejected a request to treat Mr. Trump’s impeachment trial as an emergency.

Joe Biden
January 14, 2021

Trump social media ban divisive, dangerous: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

Mr. Dorsey reflects on widespread criticism about the power now being wielded by Internet giants over freedom of speech and association online.

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey
January 13, 2021

President Trump impeached again

Mr. Trump was accused without evidence of inciting the violence that broke out at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

U.S President Donald Trump. [CREDIT: Bloomberg]
January 13, 2021

Unlike Nigeria, U.S. Joint Chiefs restate commitment to Constitution, not the President

General Tukur Buratai, restated the loyalty of the Nigerian Army to Mr. Buhari at an Army training program in November.

Gen. Mark A. Milley and Gen. Tukur Buratai
January 13, 2021

Pence rejects calls to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Trump

Mr. Pence slammed Democratic efforts to pressure him.

U.S. Vice President, Mike Pence. [CREDIT:Twitter]
January 13, 2021

Facebook yanks Iran’s Press TV off platform “without explanation”

The U.S.-based internet corporation has come under widespread criticism for the increasing censorship of its users.

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg
January 12, 2021

Trump Ban: U.S. Internet company blocks Facebook, Twitter over censorship

“We have made this decision to block these two websites (Facebook and Twitter) from being accessed from our network,” it added.

Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey
January 12, 2021

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson dies at 87

Mr. Adelson had taken a leave of absence earlier this month to continue treating non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was 87.

Sheldon Adelson
January 12, 2021

Deutsche Bank cuts ties with Trump, forfeits $300 million debt

Deutsche Bank’s decision to cut business ties with Mr. Trump follows a similar move by New York-based commercial bank Signature.

U.S. President Donald Trump