Category: News


Trump administration drops deportation plans


US President Donald Trump’s government has dropped its plans to deport international students whose courses move fully online because of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53410285

Biden sets out $2tn plan for carbon-free electricity by 2035


Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden has set out an ambitious $2tn (£1.6tn) green energy plan to create carbon-free electricity by 2035.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53411506

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court oldest justice treated for possible infection


US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been taken to hospital in Maryland “for treatment of a possible infection”, the court has said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53412407

Should US firms be worried about Hong Kong sanctions?


The future of American companies in Hong Kong has been thrown into doubt after Donald Trump signed an order to end the city’s preferential treatment.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53413971

Michigan face mask row ends in fatal police shooting


Police say the incident began in a convenience store near Lansing, where the suspect – named as Sean Ruis – attacked a 77-year-old man who had challenged him for not wearing a mask.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53411850