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    • What Fauci thought of Trump's bleach suggestion

      What Fauci thought of Trump's bleach suggestion

      The nation’s leading infectious diseases expert finally opened up on Monday about one of the most infamous claims about COVID-19 made by the former president.

      'Oh, my goodness gracious' »
      • Driver strikes pedestrians across 15-block stretch

        Driver strikes pedestrians across 15-block stretch

      • Woman, 62, defies severe case of COVID-19

        Woman, 62, defies severe case of COVID-19

      • Trump tries to remain a force; targets emerge

        Trump tries to remain a force; targets emerge

      • Twitter banishes My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell

        Twitter banishes My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell

      • Volcanic rock looks just like 'Sesame Street' character

        Volcanic rock looks just like 'Sesame Street' character

    • Probe begins into thwarted Justice Department 'coup' to keep Trump in power
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      Probe begins into thwarted Justice Department 'coup' to keep Trump in power

      The Justice Department's inspector general announced Monday that he had started an investigation into whether current or former officials in the department had engaged in an “improper attempt” to overturn the 2020 presidential election to keep Donald Trump in power. Michael Horowitz, the DOJ inspector general, released a statement announcing the decision. The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is initiating an investigation into whether any former or current DOJ official engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election.

      • Watchdog probes if Department of Justice officials tried to overturn election
        Watchdog probes if Department of Justice officials tried to overturn election
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      • DOJ to probe if its officials tried to alter vote
        DOJ to probe if its officials tried to alter vote
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    • UN group says Sri Lanka virus cremation rule violates rights
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      Associated Press

      UN group says Sri Lanka virus cremation rule violates rights

      A group of U.N experts has criticized Sri Lanka's requirement that those who die of COVID-19 be cremated, even it goes against a family's religious beliefs, and warned that decisions based on “discrimination and aggressive nationalism” could incite hatred and violence. The experts, who are part of the Special Procedures of the U.N Human Rights Council, said in a statement Monday that rule amounts to a human rights violation. “We deplore the implementation of such public health decisions based on discrimination, aggressive nationalism and ethnocentrism amounting to persecution of Muslims and other minorities in the country,” the experts said.

    • Biden extends Europe, Brazil travel restrictions, adds South Africa
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      Reuters

      Biden extends Europe, Brazil travel restrictions, adds South Africa

      U.S. President Joe Biden signed an order on Monday barring most non-U.S. citizens who have recently been in South Africa from entering the United States, effective Saturday. Biden's order also reimposes an entry ban, set to expire on Tuesday, on nearly all non-U.S. travelers who have been in Brazil, the United Kingdom, Ireland and 26 countries in Europe that allow travel across open borders. Last week, then-U.S. President Donald Trump revoked those restrictions which were imposed last year effective Tuesday.

      • Biden To Reinstate Restrictions On Travel From Brazil, Most European Countries
        Biden To Reinstate Restrictions On Travel From Brazil, Most European Countries
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      • Biden orders COVID-19 travel restrictions, adds South Africa
        Biden orders COVID-19 travel restrictions, adds South Africa
        Associated Press
    • New threats of a second attack on the US Capitol loom over lawmakers ahead of Trump’s second impeachment trial
      U.S.
      The Independent

      New threats of a second attack on the US Capitol loom over lawmakers ahead of Trump’s second impeachment trial

      A surge in threats against lawmakers and the US Capitol have forced National Guard troops to remain in Washington ahead of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial. The troops will remain on Capitol Hill as the US Senate trial begins on 8 February, marking the first time in American history in which a former president has faced an impeachment trial after leaving office. The House voted to impeach Mr Trump for fomenting a deadly insurrection at the Capitol as Congress convened to certify his electoral defeat in the 2020 elections, citing his speech held just before the deadly attacks and conduct during the riots, which left at least five people dead, including United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick.

      • Can A Former President Be Impeached? The Precedent For Trump's Senate Trial
        Can A Former President Be Impeached? The Precedent For Trump's Senate Trial
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      • House delivers article of impeachment against Trump to Senate. Here's what happens next.
        House delivers article of impeachment against Trump to Senate. Here's what happens next.
        Yahoo News
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      Guatemalan families think massacre victims were migrants

      Relatives of migrants from Guatemala said Monday they believe that 13 of the 19 charred corpses found in a northern Mexico border state could be their loved ones and the country's Foreign Ministry said it was collecting DNA samples from a dozen relatives to see if there was a match with any of the bodies. If true, the killings would revive memories of the 2010 massacre of 72 migrants in the same gang-ridden state of Tamaulipas. Ramiro Coronado told The Associated Press by telephone that he had a relative among a group of 13 migrants who left the province of San Marcos and were travelling together before family members lost contact with them on Thursday.

    • Britain says it will work with EU to avoid vaccine disruption
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      Reuters

      Britain says it will work with EU to avoid vaccine disruption

      Britain will be able to work with the European Union to ensure there is no disruption to vaccine supplies, Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Tuesday, arguing protectionism was not right during a pandemic. German Health Minister Jens Spahn earlier said he backed proposals to restrict vaccines leaving the EU, saying Europe should have its "fair share". The European Commission later said it had no plans to impose an export ban, explaining its proposal would require firms to register vaccine exports.

      • UK government 'confident' in Pfizer jabs supply despite EU threat to block COVID vaccine exports
        UK government 'confident' in Pfizer jabs supply despite EU threat to block COVID vaccine exports
        Yahoo News UK
      • Germany backs EU export restrictions on vaccine after supply cuts
        Germany backs EU export restrictions on vaccine after supply cuts
        Reuters
    • Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state
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      Associated Press

      Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state

      Blinken, 58, served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration. He has pledged to be a leading force in the administration's bid to reframe the U.S. relationship with the rest of the world after four years in which President Donald Trump questioned longtime alliances. He is expected to start work on Wednesday after being sworn in, according to State Department officials.

      • U.S. Senate confirms Biden nominee Blinken as secretary of state
        U.S. Senate confirms Biden nominee Blinken as secretary of state
        Reuters
      • Senate confirms Antony Blinken as secretary of state
        Senate confirms Antony Blinken as secretary of state
        Axios
    • No word from pirates who seized sailors off Nigeria, Turkey says
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      Reuters

      No word from pirates who seized sailors off Nigeria, Turkey says

      Pirates who seized 15 sailors when they stormed a Turkish-crewed container ship in the Gulf of Guinea two days ago have not yet made contact with authorities, Turkey's foreign minister said on Monday. "We have not yet received word from the pirates," foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara. Turkey was in contact with officials in Gabon, where he said the Liberian-flagged container ship Mozart had docked with its remaining crew, and with authorities in neighbouring countries.

    • EU's coronavirus jabs 'may have ended up' in Britain
      World
      The Telegraph

      EU's coronavirus jabs 'may have ended up' in Britain

      AstraZeneca vaccines meant for and paid for by the EU could have ended up in Britain, diplomatic sources in Brussels claimed today. The suspicion is that the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company supplied the UK from the EU vaccine stock because Britain paid a higher price for the dose and approved it sooner. On Monday, Brussels threatened to block EU vaccine exports to non-EU countries, after AstraZeneca revealed that it would not be able to fulfil its contractual obligations as originally hoped.

      • UK government 'confident' in Pfizer jabs supply despite EU threat to block COVID vaccine exports
        UK government 'confident' in Pfizer jabs supply despite EU threat to block COVID vaccine exports
        Yahoo News UK
      • Exclusive: Astra offers small concession, EU pleads for UK-made shots amid vaccine row - sources
        Exclusive: Astra offers small concession, EU pleads for UK-made shots amid vaccine row - sources
        Reuters
    • US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions
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      Associated Press

      US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions

      The U.S. military is exploring the possibility of using a Red Sea port in Saudi Arabia and an additional two airfields in the kingdom amid heightened tensions with Iran, the military said Tuesday. While describing the work as "contingency" planning, the U.S. military said it already has tested unloading and shipping cargo overland from Saudi Arabia's port at Yanbu, a crucial terminal for oil pipelines in the kingdom. Using Yanbu, as well as air bases at Tabuk and Taif along the Red Sea, would give the American military more options along a crucial waterway that has come under increased attack from suspected mine and drone boat attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

    • Boycott 'wildcat' Scottish independence vote, says Scottish Conservative leader
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      Reuters

      Boycott 'wildcat' Scottish independence vote, says Scottish Conservative leader

      Backers of the union of the United Kingdom's four nations should boycott any "wildcat" independence referendum for Scotland, the leader of the Scottish Conservative Party said on Monday, after the nation's first minister pressed ahead with plans for a vote. Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said on Sunday she was hoping a strong performance by her Scottish National Party (SNP) in an election in May would give her the mandate to hold a second referendum. To get a legal referendum, any such vote must be approved by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has ruled out doing so.

      • Nicola Sturgeon should focus on COVID rather than Scottish independence, says Boris Johnson
        Nicola Sturgeon should focus on COVID rather than Scottish independence, says Boris Johnson
        Yahoo News UK
      • Scottish Tory leader says he would boycott independence referendum without UK government approval
        Scottish Tory leader says he would boycott independence referendum without UK government approval
        The Independent
    • Germany denies false reports Oxford vaccine is ineffective in older people
      World
      The Telegraph

      Germany denies false reports Oxford vaccine is ineffective in older people

      Germany has denied media reports that it has data suggesting the Oxford vaccine is drastically less effective in older people, blaming an apparent mix-up in the figures. The German health ministry issued a swift denial after two German newspapers claimed Angela Merkel's government has data that suggests the vaccine is largely ineffective in people aged over 75. Handelsblatt newspaper claimed the vaccine's effectiveness could be as low as 8 per cent, while Bild reported it was “under 10 per cent”.

      • Germany denies newspaper claims that AstraZeneca vaccine is only 8% effective for over-65s
        Germany denies newspaper claims that AstraZeneca vaccine is only 8% effective for over-65s
        Yahoo News UK
      • AstraZeneca denies report vaccine less effective in elderly
        AstraZeneca denies report vaccine less effective in elderly
        Reuters
    • Inadequate immune responses force Merck to abandon COVID-19 vaccines
      Health
      The Week

      Inadequate immune responses force Merck to abandon COVID-19 vaccines

      Merck, one of the world's most storied vaccine makers, is abandoning the development of its two COVID-19 vaccines after initial trials resulted in inadequate immune responses, Stat News reports. Both vaccines produced lower levels of coronavirus antibodies than have been found in the blood of individuals who recovered from natural COVID-19 infections. For reference, the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines produced antibody levels several times higher than natural infections.

      • Merck ends COVID vaccine program, cites inferior immune responses
        Merck ends COVID vaccine program, cites inferior immune responses
        Reuters
      • Merck Gives Up on Coronavirus Vaccines
        Merck Gives Up on Coronavirus Vaccines
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      Biden administration has system in place where reporters will not ask president tough questions: Media critic

      Steve Krakauer, editor at Fourth Watch, says 'it shouldn't be contingent' on one reporter to ask Biden tough questions.

    • Lawmakers say North Korean diplomat defected to South  Korea
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      Associated Press

      Lawmakers say North Korean diplomat defected to South Korea

      A North Korean diplomat who served as the country's acting ambassador to Kuwait has defected to South Korea, according to South Korean lawmakers who were briefed by Seoul's spy agency. Ha Tae-keung, a conservative opposition lawmaker and an executive secretary of the National Assembly's intelligence committee, said Tuesday he was told by officials from the National Intelligence Service that the diplomat arrived in South Korea in September 2019 with his wife and at least one child. That would make him one of the most senior North Koreans to defect in recent years.

      • North Korea's acting envoy to Kuwait has defected to South Korea: lawmaker
        North Korea's acting envoy to Kuwait has defected to South Korea: lawmaker
        Reuters
      • North Korea diplomat 'defects to South Korea': Reports
        North Korea diplomat 'defects to South Korea': Reports
        BBC
    • AstraZeneca denies report vaccine less effective in elderly
      Health
      Reuters

      AstraZeneca denies report vaccine less effective in elderly

      AstraZeneca denied on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine is not very effective for people over 65, after German media reports said officials fear the vaccine may not be approved in the European Union for use in the elderly. German daily papers Handelsblatt and Bild said in separate reports the vaccine - co-developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University - had an efficacy of 8% or less than 10%, respectively, in those over 65. German officials were concerned that the vaccine may not receive approval from the EU's medicines authority EMA for use in those over 65, Bild said in its online edition.

      • Germany denies newspaper claims that AstraZeneca vaccine is only 8% effective for over-65s
        Germany denies newspaper claims that AstraZeneca vaccine is only 8% effective for over-65s
        Yahoo News UK
      • EU drugs agency says it is advising makers of Russian vaccine
        EU drugs agency says it is advising makers of Russian vaccine
        Reuters
    • Iran sentences brother of senior vice president to 2 years
      World
      Associated Press

      Iran sentences brother of senior vice president to 2 years

      Iran has sentenced the brother of the country's senior vice president to two years in prison on corruption charges, the website of the Iranian judiciary reported Tuesday. According to the judiciary's spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili, the verdict for Mahdi Jahangiri, the brother of Eshaq Jahangiri, is final and cannot be appealed. Mahdi Jahangiri was on the board of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce and was also the founder of the private Gardeshgari Bank.

    • Top Brazil court authorizes investigation of health minister
      World
      Associated Press

      Top Brazil court authorizes investigation of health minister

      A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Monday authorized an investigation of Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello to determine whether he is criminally responsible for the COVID-19 crisis in the Amazonian city of Manaus. The largest city in Brazil's vast rainforest region was slammed this month by a severe second wave of infections, and jam-packed hospitals ran out of oxygen. Patients' family members searched for tanks to keep their loved ones breathing, and dozens died asphyxiated.

    • China ambassador says export delays for Brazil vaccine supplies not political
      World
      Reuters

      China ambassador says export delays for Brazil vaccine supplies not political

      The issues holding up vaccine supply exports from China to Brazil are due to technical, rather than political obstacles, China's ambassador said on Tuesday, as delays to Brazil's vaccine rollout began to grow. Some have speculated that China, which for years has been the butt of attacks by Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, may have stalled approving the exports as some form of political vengeance. Brazil is waiting for ingredients from China needed to produce two vaccines locally - one from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd and another from AstraZeneca Plc .

      • Bolsonaro thanks China for fast-tracking COVID-19 vaccine supplies
        Bolsonaro thanks China for fast-tracking COVID-19 vaccine supplies
        Reuters
      • Germany backs EU export restrictions on vaccine after supply cuts
        Germany backs EU export restrictions on vaccine after supply cuts
        Reuters
    • Iran will take steps next month to curb short-notice IAEA inspections: official
      World
      Reuters

      Iran will take steps next month to curb short-notice IAEA inspections: official

      Iran threatened on Tuesday to block short-notice inspections of its nuclear facilities, demanding Washington reverse economic sanctions before it returns to compliance with a nuclear deal that President Joe Biden aims to restore. Biden, who took office last week, aims to reverse a decision by his predecessor Donald Trump to pull out of the 2015 agreement between Iran and world powers. The agreement lifted sanctions on Iran in return for curbs to Iran's nuclear programme, but after Trump quit and reimposed sanctions, Iran violated its conditions.

    • Indonesia's confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 1 million
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      Associated Press

      Indonesia's confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 1 million

      Indonesia's confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic began crossed 1 million on Tuesday and hospitals in some hard-hit areas were near capacity. Indonesia's Health Ministry announced that new daily infections rose by 13,094 on Tuesday to bring the country's total to 1,012,350, the most in Southeast Asia. The milestone comes just weeks after Indonesian launched a massive campaign to inoculate two-thirds of the country's 270 million people, with President Joko Widodo receiving the first shot of a Chinese-made vaccine.

      • Indonesia set to pass one million coronavirus cases as vaccinations roll out
        Indonesia set to pass one million coronavirus cases as vaccinations roll out
        Reuters
      • Grim milestone for Indonesia as coronavirus cases pass 1 million mark
        Grim milestone for Indonesia as coronavirus cases pass 1 million mark
        Reuters
    • Trump reportedly furious he can't lash out at Dr Fauci on Twitter
      Politics
      The Independent

      Trump reportedly furious he can't lash out at Dr Fauci on Twitter

      Donald Trump, no longer in power and muzzled online, is reportedly furious that he can't use social media to lash out at Dr Anthony Fauci. Dr Fauci, the Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the face of the White House health response to the coronavirus pandemic, has been appearing on cable news shows and holding press briefings during which he is not exactly shy about his time working for Mr Trump. On Friday, Dr Fauci said the former president "very likely" cost American lives by spreading lies and misinformation about the pandemic.

      • Anthony Fauci Finally Reveals What He Was Thinking When Trump Suggested Bleach
        Anthony Fauci Finally Reveals What He Was Thinking When Trump Suggested Bleach
        HuffPost
      • Dr. Anthony Fauci stars in the White House's new COVID-19 PSA: 'Wear a mask'
        Dr. Anthony Fauci stars in the White House's new COVID-19 PSA: 'Wear a mask'
        Yahoo Life
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      Reuters Videos

      Taiwan air force flexes muscles after latest Chinese incursion

      Taiwan, claimed by China as its territory, has been on edge since the large-scale incursion by Chinese fighters and nuclear-capable bombers into the southwestern part of its air defence identification zone on Saturday (January 23) and Sunday (January 25), which coincided with a U.S. carrier group entering the South China Sea. The base in the southern city of Tainan, home to F-CK-1 Ching-kuo Indigenous Defence Fighters (IDF), frequently scrambles jets to intercept China's air force.

    • Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort
      World
      Reuters

      Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort

      Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms on Tuesday overwhelmed police and stormed into the historic Red Fort complex in New Delhi after tearing down barricades and driving tractors through roadblocks. Police fired tear gas in an unsuccessful bid to force the protesters back. One protester was killed, a witness said, and Delhi police said 86 officers had been injured across the city.

      • Angry farmers storm India's Red Fort in challenge to Modi
        Angry farmers storm India's Red Fort in challenge to Modi
        Associated Press
      • Indian farmers battle police in violent clashes
        Indian farmers battle police in violent clashes
        Reuters Videos
    • Mexico passes 150,000 deaths from the coronavirus as pandemic deepens
      World
      Reuters

      Mexico passes 150,000 deaths from the coronavirus as pandemic deepens

      Mexico's official death toll from the coronavirus passed 150,000 on Monday following a surge in infections in recent weeks that has stretched the health system in the capital to the limit and led to the president contracting COVID-19. The Health Ministry on Monday reported 659 new deaths, bringing the total death toll to 150,273. The government says the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

      • UK passes 100,000 COVID deaths, with many more to come
        UK passes 100,000 COVID deaths, with many more to come
        Reuters
      • Mexico's death toll from COVID-19 set to pass grim milestone of 150,000
        Mexico's death toll from COVID-19 set to pass grim milestone of 150,000
        Reuters
    What is Donald Trump’s legacy?
    • “By encouraging this act of terror on our capital, Trump’s legacy is destroyed.”

    • “Both backers and critics of Trump agreed that he remade the federal judiciary — a change that will impact America for decades.”

    • “He was largely responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans who did not need to die.”

    • “I do know what the future should hold for this country. That is to say, a policy of Trumpism without Trump.”

    • “It will be decades before the consequences of his tenure are fully known.”

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