AP FACT CHECK: Distortions in Trump's legal defense

startribune Monday, January 20, 2020 10:05:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trump through his lawyers assails Democrats for trying to upend the results of an election, which is precisely the point of impeachment in the Constitution. The case asserts Trump committed no crime, a benchmark for impeachment that the Constitution's authors avoided adopting in a well-documented debate....

Thousands descend on Virginia Capitol hours before pro-gun rally begins

newsnow-co-uk Monday, January 20, 2020 9:13:00 PM CET | info [other]

Early Monday morning, thousands have descended on Virginia’s capital city for a pro-gun rally intended to protest the state Democratic leadership’s plans to pass gun-control legislation. According to the Associated Press Monday morning, several thousand activists appeared hours before the 11 a.m. rally was scheduled to begin....

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s US extradition trial gets under way

businessday Monday, January 20, 2020 9:33:00 PM CET | info [other]

Vancouver — Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou arrived in a Vancouver court on Monday for the start of a trial to decide whether she can be extradited to the US, as China repeated its call for Canada to release her. The US has charged Meng with bank fraud, and accused her of misleading HSBC Holdings about Huawei Technologies’s business in Iran....

DAVOS-Majority of CEOs expect global economy to cool in PwC survey

news-yahoo Monday, January 20, 2020 8:03:00 PM CET | info [other]

By Greg Roumeliotis. DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Reuters) - More than half of chief executives in an annual survey by PwC expect a slowdown in global economic growth this year, in marked contrast to the confidence that has lifted stock markets. The survey, published on Monday ahead of the World.......

Boris Johnson's Brexit bill hits last-minute hiccup

wsoctv Monday, January 20, 2020 7:26:00 PM CET | info [other]

The House of Lords is debating the government’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which sets the terms of Britain’s departure from the 28-nation EU. It must be passed by both houses of Parliament before Jan. 31 if the U.K. is to leave the EU on schedule and become the first nation ever to quit the bloc....

Xi vows China will combat virus outbreak

dailytelegraph Monday, January 20, 2020 9:02:00 PM CET | info [other]

Chinese President Xi Jinping said it was "extremely crucial" to take every possible measure to combat a new coronavirus that has infected 217 people in the country. His remarks, cited by state broadcaster CCTV on Monday, came the same day that the country reported a sharp rise in the number of.......

Trump heads to Switzerland with Senate trial to reconvene

startribune Monday, January 20, 2020 8:04:00 PM CET | info [other]

He'll be thousands of miles away at the Davos economic forum in the Swiss Alps, trying to charm global CEOs over dinner. Trump's participation in the annual World Economic Forum will provide a conspicuous split-screen moment in a presidency familiar with them....

Police: 2 dead, 5 injured after shooting in San Antonio club

siouxcityjournal Monday, January 20, 2020 9:50:00 PM CET | info [other]

It was not the only shooting at an entertainment venue Sunday night. Two people were shot and killed and at least 15 were injured in a shooting outside a bar in Kansas City, Missouri, just before midnight. Police believe the shooter is one of the two who was killed....

Spacewalking astronauts wrap up battery improvements

siouxcityjournal Monday, January 20, 2020 7:55:00 PM CET | info [other]

NASA's Jessica Meir and Christina Koch installed the last new battery in a set of six launched to the orbiting lab in September. They also removed two old batteries in their second spacewalk in under a week to upgrade the station's solar power grid. This marked the women's third spacewalk together....

Boris Johnson's Brexit deal suffers three defeats in one day in House of Lords

itv Monday, January 20, 2020 9:29:00 PM CET | info [other]

The Government has suffered a defeat in the Lords over the right of EU citizens lawfully residing in the UK after Brexit to have physical proof of their status. ’s Brexit deal has suffered three defeats in just one day in the House of Lords. The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill took a.......