Jan 12, 2021, 09:04 AM IST
WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Washington DC ahead of President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration on January 20. The declaration of emergency comes after riots broke out at the US Capitol where pro-Trump supporters wreaked havoc in US Capitol on January 6. At least five people died as a result of the chaos, including a US Capitol Police officer.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that armed protests are being planned in all 50 US state capitals, including the US Capitol building, in the final days leading up to President-elect Biden s inauguration, Sputnik reported.
Iran wants to remove a clause from a 2015 nuclear deal that allows for UN sanctions against it to be reinstated, a senior official has said, hinting Tehran would be open to negotiations on the issue.
WHO calls for new names for Covid variants to avoid country stigma
Countries that conduct a lot of genetic sequencing are more likely to find new strains, say experts
12 January 2021 • 6:40pm
New Covid variants have been detected all around the world
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The World Health Organization is planning a naming system for new Covid-19 variants to avoid stigmatising countries that discover new strains of the disease.
In the last few weeks new variants have been identified all over the world - including in the UK, South Africa, Brazil and Russia - that are now taking over the previous dominant strains.