The 50,000-year-old female mammoth has been nicknamed 'Yana' after the river in whose basin it was discovered this summer
world2 days ago
US president-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct his Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty to protect Americans from "violent rapists, murderers, and monsters" when he takes power on January 20.
Trump's statement on his social media platform Truth Social was in response to President Joe Biden's announcement on Monday that he had commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole.
"As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters," Trump said.
Trump restarted federal executions during his first term in office from 2017 to 2021 after a nearly 20-year pause.
Biden, who ran for president opposing the death penalty, put federal executions on hold when he took office in January 2021.
Unlike executive orders, clemency decisions cannot be reversed by a president's successor, although the death penalty can be sought more aggressively in future cases.
The Trump transition team on Monday had denounced Biden's decision, calling it abhorrent and favouring convicts who are "among the worst killers in the world."
The 50,000-year-old female mammoth has been nicknamed 'Yana' after the river in whose basin it was discovered this summer
world2 days ago
The aid group raises an alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged Palestinian territory
world2 days ago
Jordanian foreign minister says HTS leader Al Sharaa realises threat of Daesh; Qatar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs also arrives in Damascus
world2 days ago
Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his two-day official visit to Kuwait on Sunday
world3 days ago
Modi is on a two-day visit to Kuwait, the first by an Indian Prime Minister to the Gulf nation in 43 years
world3 days ago
The quake struck at a depth of 10 km
world3 days ago
The accident, which took place in Minas Gerais state, is the worst on Brazil's federal highways since 2007
world3 days ago
The findings, yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, have attracted both global attention and scepticism
world4 days ago