January 2020

Live Updates as Legal Teams Argue Over New Evidence

The Senate temporarily recessed as leadership appeared to be negotiating an agreement over the next steps of President Trump’s impeachment trial. Colleagues milled around the floor — Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat of Arizona, could be spotted chatting with Senator Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah, while Representative Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California and one of the

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In Talks on Taxing Tech Companies, It’s America vs. the World

PARIS — The Trump administration and leaders of other wealthy nations remain at odds over how to tax technology companies and other businesses that operate online, negotiators confirmed on Friday, an impasse that threatens to inflame global trade tensions if not resolved by year’s end. Some 130 countries are engaged in the discussions, through the

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China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed

BEIJING — Carrying permits demanding “fast passage,” truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the center of a vast effort to contain a new viral disease. Outside the metropolis in central China, the cargo was shifted to local trucks with drivers

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Imelda Staunton Will Play Queen Elizabeth In Final Season Of ‘The Crown’

Netflix’s “The Crown” will end after season five with Imelda Staunton to step in as the series’ final queen. On Friday, creator and writer Peter Morgan revealed the news in a statement to The Guardian: “I’m absolutely thrilled to confirm Imelda Staunton as Her Majesty the Queen for the fifth and final season, taking The

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Trump Administration Adds Six More Countries to Travel Ban

After the death of Iran’s powerful commander, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, who was killed in an attack ordered by President Trump, Customs and Border Protection officers at American borders stepped up vetting of travelers of Iranian descent, including American citizens and legal permanent residents, who have a constitutional right to enter the United States. Two

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West Suffolk Hospital staff ‘feared raising concerns’, says CQC

Image copyright WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL Image caption West Suffolk Hospital has gone from being rated as outstanding to requiring improvement in two years Staff at a hospital accused of conducting a “witch-hunt” to identify a whistleblower felt a lack of “freedom to speak up”, a report has said. The husband of Susan Warby, who died

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