A Boston statue depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling beneath President Abraham Lincoln was removed Tuesday morning, according to the mayor’s office.
Ghana president warns of health system overload as Covid cases soar
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Ghana's Covid-19 infection rates are skyrocketing and include new strains of the virus not before seen in the country, filling treatment centres and threatening to overwhelm the health system, President Nana Akufo-A...
Mexican president defends decision not to press charges against ex-minister who was arrested on drug charges in US
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Mexico's president on Friday defended his attorney general's exoneration of former defense minister Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, who was arrested in Los Angeles last October on drug trafficking charges that were...
Taxidermy and a Lincoln bust among departing White House effects
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A pheasant took flight from the White House Thursday afternoon. Toted by Debbie Meadows, wife of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, the taxidermy bird was moved out of Meadows' West Wing office, among other b...
Can you impeach and convict a former president? Maybe …
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The Senate vote on whether to remove President Donald Trump from office will not happen until he is no longer in office. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made that reality plain soon after the House voted to i...
South African President announces extension of Covid-19 restrictions, closes land borders
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Johannesburg South African President Cyril Ramaphosa extended coronavirus restrictions in the country Monday, citing a "massive increase" in Covid-19 cases driven by a variant discovered there last year. The current...
The last time America fired a president
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Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992 and served as a counselor to Clinton in the White House. The opinions ex...
US prosecutors say Honduras President helped send cocaine to Americans
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US federal prosecutors say Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández helped an alleged drug trafficker deliver thousands of kilos of cocaine to the United States in exchange for hefty bribes -- a claim the Honduran ...
Biden to tap Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as labor secretary
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President-elect Joe Biden is expected to tap Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as labor secretary, two sources familiar with the decision tell CNN. This story is breaking and will be updated.
The Boston Red Sox just hired Bianca Smith — the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball history
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The Boston Red Sox just made history by hiring Bianca Smith, the first Black woman to coach in the history of professional baseball. Smith will serve as a minor league coach within the organization, based at the cl...
Central African Republic President Touadera wins re-election
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Bangui President Faustin-Archange Touadera has won Central African Republic's December 27 presidential election by securing more than 53% of votes in the first round, according to provisional results announced by the...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte blocks Senate attempt to probe guards’ use of Covid-19 vaccine
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Manila, PhilippinesPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte directed the head of his military detail on Monday to ignore a legislative summons, foiling the Senate's attempt to probe his guards for inoculating themselves ...