Bill Gates invests in developing vaccines for deadly pandemic. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has launched a new coalition with world leaders to prevent pandemics developing. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was introduced earlier this week and they are working to develop new vaccines. Mr…
Women’s ‘Inauguration Day’ March. For the past ten weeks, hundreds of thousands of women worldwide have planned a march to take place on the weekend following the inauguration of Donald Trump. The march was not only to protest about the presidential election but to also remind the country…
Earthquakes devastate central Italy. A series of four strong earthquakes that triggered devastating avalanches affected Italy this week. Italy’s central Abruzzo region experienced its greatest snow fall within the last fifty years. The head of Italy’s Civil Protection Authority, Fabrizio Curcio, says that authorities are confronting two exceptional…
Donald Trump helps bring in the Chinese New Year. The city of Taiyuan in China has constructed a sculpture of a giant rooster as the locals prepare to bring in the Chinese New Year. The giant rooster stands three stories high and many people think that it bears…
Michelle Obama’s fond farewell. As the Obama family prepare to leave the White House, Mrs Obama enjoyed one last stroll around the place that has been home for the past eight years. Posting a video on twitter earlier this week, accompanied by the family dogs Bo and Sunny,…
Countdown is almost over for Donald Trump! Today, Donald Trump will take the Oath of Office on the steps of Capitol Building, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts. Mr Trump will give a speech expected to last 20 minutes (or so) and then he is officially President. The time…
What is Ivanka Trump ’s new role? Millionaire businesswoman Ivanka Trump is used to being in the spotlight alongside the rest of the Trump clan, but since father Donald decided to go for the ‘top job’ she has faced an unprecedented level of scrutin and passed with flying…
Mr and Mrs Trump have arrived! The Trump family has jetted into Washington ready for the inauguration ceremony with high expectations and a very full diary, not too full for the controversial Mr Trump to tweet: ‘the American people, I have no doubt that we will, together, MAKE…
Ivana Trump out to support Donald. Joining her three children and eight grandchildren, Ivana Trump will be present at the inauguration ceremony to support ex-husband Donald. Although their 1977 fairy tale marriage ended in divorce and although despite both remarrying (twice) the former couple have remained good friends.…
Loretta Lynch makes her final speech. Loretta Lynch addressed the congregation at Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church for her final speech as U.S. Attorney General. Harvard graduate Ms Lynch was nominated for this post by President Barack Obama on November 8, 2014. All Democrats and three Republicans were…