In what promises to be a great precedent, two Yemeni men have appealed to a German court, saying that US drones, which took off from a German air-base operated by the US, killed their family members in Yemen, and that Germany should be held responsible to a large extent for this.
There is a good deal of premature enthusiasm in America because some of the pandemic responses are being lifted, despite concerns about viral variants and super-spreader events.
Two of the most prominent Indian-Americans nominated for high-level positions in the Biden Administration are facing some stiff headwinds against confirmation by the US Senate.
The Trump Impeachment trial begins in the US Senate next week. There is political theater being played in advance, including Trump’s approach to the trial
Biden basically used the Obama mantra of “Yes We Can” in different words, saying, “We have never, ever, ever failed in America when we have acted together. And so today, at this time and in this place, let us start afresh.
President Trump has created dubious history with less than a week to go before he is replaced by Joe Biden. He has a been impeached with a losing score of 232 to 197 in the House of Representatives.
The Trump Administration lost the US presidential election popular vote, the Electoral College vote, and then lost 59 court cases trying to overturn the defeat that signaled the end of a controversial president.