Soccer-Transfers unlikely at Barcelona due to election delay, says Koeman

MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona are unlikely to make any changes to their squad during the January transfer window due to the club's presidential election being postponed, coach Ronald Koeman said on Saturday.

Explainer: Can Trump pardon himself? Would the courts reject the move?

(Reuters) - As he prepares to end a tumultuous four years as U.S. president facing potential legal jeopardy, Donald Trump has discussed the possibility of pardoning himself, according to a source familiar with the matter. But there are questions about whether a president's broad executive clemency powers under the U.S. Constitution would permit such action.

Malaysia not alone in launching Covid-19 emergency

Retailers brace for stricter measures to fight pandemic

Immediate financial assistance packages being sought

Barcelona club postpones presidential election over COVID-19 fears

BARCELONA (Reuters) - FC Barcelona has postponed its presidential election originally scheduled for Jan. 24 due to a spike in coronavirus cases in the region of Catalonia, the Catalan government said on Friday.

Inside Trump’s final days: Aides struggle to contain an angry, isolated president

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - “We are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue,” President Donald Trump exhorted his screaming supporters before they marched on the U.S. Capitol last week, saying he’d go with them. He did not – and what unfolded was a deadly breach of the citadel of American democracy that has left Trump's world crumbling in the final days of his presidency.

SRAM’s plans quashed again, players leave training camp

PETALING JAYA: It’s another gloomy start to the year for Malaysian squash as their plans have been thrown into disarray again because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Barca to discuss election plans with regional government amid restrictions

BARCELONA (Reuters) - FC Barcelona will hold talks with the regional Catalan government on Friday over whether or not to hold its upcoming election as planned, Catalan health chief Alba Verges said, after regional novel coronavirus restrictions were extended.

Bitter Senate impeachment trial of Trump could bog down Biden's first days

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second impeachment of President Donald Trump by the U.S. House of Representatives, for inciting last week's deadly rampage at the Capitol, could set off a bitter Senate fight that entangles the early days of President-elect Joe Biden's term.

Off-duty cops, other officials face reckoning after rallying for Trump in D.C

(Reuters) - As rioters scaled scaffolding outside the U.S. Capitol, Roxanne Mathai held up her cell phone to record the sea of supporters of President Donald Trump storming America’s bastion of democracy.