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    • Potential domestic threat prompts nationwide alert

      Potential domestic threat prompts nationwide alert

      The U.S. declared a nationwide terrorism alert Wednesday, citing the potential threat from domestic antigovernment extremists opposed to Joe Biden as president.

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      • 'Legal review' threatens to disrupt Trump's Florida stay

        'Legal review' threatens to disrupt Trump's Florida stay

      • Troubling posts found on GOP lawmaker's Facebook page

        Troubling posts found on GOP lawmaker's Facebook page

      • Black guardsman describes 'emotional whiplash'

        Black guardsman describes 'emotional whiplash'

      • Trump granted clemency in complex murder case

        Trump granted clemency in complex murder case

      • State tries to ditch stockpile of Trump-touted drug

        State tries to ditch stockpile of Trump-touted drug

    • Biden news – live: Domestic terrorism alert over ‘heightened threat’, as president unveils climate policy
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      The Independent

      Biden news – live: Domestic terrorism alert over ‘heightened threat’, as president unveils climate policy

      Joe Biden is signing three executive actions on Wednesday designed to tackle the climate crisis, including one order pausing new oil and gas leases being granted on federal lands, another directing the government to acquire electric vehicles and a third formally establishing an office of domestic climate policy under John Kerry and Gina McCarthy. A new Morning Consult poll has meanwhile found that Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, remains popular within the Republican Party, with 50 per cent of respondents saying he should play a significant role in the GOP's future. A huge 81 per cent of those surveyed said they still held a positive opinion of him, even after the Capitol riot.

      • 'Climate day' is also 'jobs day,' Biden says as he issues sweeping new orders on fuel, power and more
        'Climate day' is also 'jobs day,' Biden says as he issues sweeping new orders on fuel, power and more
        Yahoo News
      • Biden’s Pause On New Oil And Gas Leasing ‘Will Not Significantly Impact’ The Industry
        Biden’s Pause On New Oil And Gas Leasing ‘Will Not Significantly Impact’ The Industry
        HuffPost
    • China seeks details about Chinese crew after tankers seized by Indonesia
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      Reuters

      China seeks details about Chinese crew after tankers seized by Indonesia

      China said on Wednesday it was seeking details about 25 of its nationals who were among 61 crew on two supertankers seized by Indonesia on suspicion of illegally transferring oil. Indonesia said on Sunday it had seized the vessels after they were detected making the transfer from Iranian-flagged MT Horse to Panamanian-flagged MT Freya, causing an oil spill. The Indonesian authorities said the seizure was not related to U.S. sanctions, which Washington imposed in a bid to shut off Iran's oil exports in a dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme.

    • 'We owe this to them': Shoah survivors in vaccine spotlight
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      Associated Press

      'We owe this to them': Shoah survivors in vaccine spotlight

      Hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Austria and Slovakia were poised to get their first coronavirus vaccination Wednesday, acknowledging their past suffering with a special tribute 76 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, where the Nazis killed more than 1 million Jews and others. “We owe this to them,” said Erika Jakubovits, the Jewish Community of Vienna organizer of the vaccination drive. More than 400 Austrian survivors, most in their 80s or 90s, were expected to get their first coronavirus shot at Vienna's largest vaccination center set up in the Austrian capital's convention center.

      • Slovakia Holocaust survivors get COVID-19 vaccine on Remembrance Day
        Slovakia Holocaust survivors get COVID-19 vaccine on Remembrance Day
        Reuters
      • Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic
        Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic
        Associated Press
    • What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
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      Reuters

      What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

      Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Global cases surpass 100 million Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls. Almost 1.3% of the world's population has now been infected with COVID-19 and more than 2.1 million people have died. One person has been infected every 7.7 seconds, on average, since the start of the year.

      • Global COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million as nations tackle vaccine shortages
        Global COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million as nations tackle vaccine shortages
        Reuters
      • Global COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million
        Global COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million
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    • Biden removes Sean Conley, the White House physician accused of misleading the public about Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis
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      Business Insider

      Biden removes Sean Conley, the White House physician accused of misleading the public about Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis

      President Joe Biden removed Dr. Sean Conley, Trump's White House physician. Dr. Kevin O'Connor, Biden's longtime physician, will assume the role. Conley was accused of concealing information about Trump's condition after he got COVID-19.

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      Senate votes to confirm Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state

      The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony Blinken as America's top diplomat, tasked with carrying out President Biden's commitment to reverse the Trump administration's “America First” doctrine that weakened international alliances.

    • Pakistani suspect admits to role in Daniel Pearl’s beheading
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      Associated Press

      Pakistani suspect admits to role in Daniel Pearl’s beheading

      After 18 years of denial, the Pakistani suspect convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl has told a court he played a “minor" role in the killing, the Pearl family lawyer said Wednesday. A letter handwritten by Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh in 2019, in which he admits limited involvement in the killing of the Wall Street Journal reporter, was submitted to Pakistan's Supreme Court nearly two weeks ago. It wasn't until Wednesday that Sheikh's lawyers confirmed their client wrote it.

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      Singapore detains 16-year-old over plans to attack mosques

      Authorities in Singapore said Wednesday that they had detained without trial a 16-year-old student who made detailed plans and preparations to launch “terrorist attacks” on two mosques with a machete. The Internal Security Department said the Singaporean teen was inspired by an Australian gunman who killed 51 worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019. The teen, an ethnic Indian Christian who wasn't named as he is underage, was “self-radicalized, motivated by a strong antipathy towards Islam and a fascination with violence," the department said in a statement.

    • On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope warns against new nationalism
      World
      Reuters

      On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope warns against new nationalism

      Pope Francis on Wednesday marked the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by urging people to keep a close watch on ideological extremism, because "these things can happen again". He spoke three weeks after displays of anti-Semitism surfaced at the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6 and two weeks after one of Montreal's largest synagogues was vandalised and almost set on fire. Speaking at his general audience, held inside the papal library because of coronavirus restrictions, Francis said it was imperative that the world did not forget.

      • UN chief urges global alliance to counter rise of neo-Nazis
        UN chief urges global alliance to counter rise of neo-Nazis
        Associated Press
      • On eve of Auschwitz anniversary, survivor saddened by U.S. Capitol attack
        On eve of Auschwitz anniversary, survivor saddened by U.S. Capitol attack
        Reuters
    • ‘Dead on arrival’: Trump supporting senators celebrate vote that sets course for impeachment to fail
      Politics
      The Independent

      ‘Dead on arrival’: Trump supporting senators celebrate vote that sets course for impeachment to fail

      Republicans appeared to celebrate after a last ditch attempt to dismiss Donald Trump's second impeachment trial attracted strong support, and diminished chances of a conviction. As many as 45 Republicans backed a motion brought by Senator Rand Paul on Tuesday, who argued that a second impeachment trial would be “unconstitutional” because Mr Trump was no longer president. His motion stated that “as of noon last Wednesday, Donald Trump holds none of the positions listed in the Constitution — he is a private citizen” and therefore the trial “violates the Constitution.

      • Trump impeachment trial faces challenge from Rand Paul
        Trump impeachment trial faces challenge from Rand Paul
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      • 45 Senate Republicans Vote To Dismiss Trump's Impeachment Trial
        45 Senate Republicans Vote To Dismiss Trump's Impeachment Trial
        HuffPost
    • Here Are The Brightest Decor Buys of the Season
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      Architectural Digest

      Here Are The Brightest Decor Buys of the Season

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    • Iran, Taliban officials say US pushing war in Afghanistan
      World
      Associated Press

      Iran, Taliban officials say US pushing war in Afghanistan

      Iranian and Taliban officials met in Tehran on Wednesday and accused the U.S. of provoking the continuation of war in Afghanistan, Iranian State TV reported. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told visiting Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar that the U.S. seeks to continue the war in neighboring Afghanistan. The U.S. strategy supports the continuation of war and bloodshed among various Afghan groups in the political spectrum,” Shamkhani was quoted as saying.

    • Hungary, Ukraine top diplomats aim to defuse dispute over minority rights
      World
      Reuters

      Hungary, Ukraine top diplomats aim to defuse dispute over minority rights

      The foreign ministers of Hungary and Ukraine were expected to meet in Kyiv on Wednesday for talks on repairing badly strained relations but Budapest said its diplomatic missions in the ex-Soviet republic had received threats of "bloodletting" violence. The two countries are at loggerheads over the right of some 150,000 ethnic Hungarians living in Transcarpathia in western Ukraine to use their native tongue, especially in education. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist government in Budapest has responded by blocking Kyiv's efforts to build closer ties with NATO and the European Union, of which Hungary is a member.

    • Russian parliament OKs New START nuclear treaty extension
      World
      Associated Press

      Russian parliament OKs New START nuclear treaty extension

      Russian lawmakers on Wednesday quickly approved the extension of the last remaining nuclear Russia-U.S. arms control treaty, a fast-track action that comes just days before it's due to expire. Both houses of parliament voted unanimously to extend the New START treaty for five years, a day after a phone call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin said they agreed to complete the necessary extension procedures in the next few days.

      • Russian lawmakers approve extension of nuclear arms pact with U.S.
        Russian lawmakers approve extension of nuclear arms pact with U.S.
        Reuters
      • Russia, US exchange documents to extend nuclear pact
        Russia, US exchange documents to extend nuclear pact
        Associated Press
    • The Daily Show dramatizes the Trump-Fox News 'divorce,' suggests Fox News has already moved on
      Politics
      The Week

      The Daily Show dramatizes the Trump-Fox News 'divorce,' suggests Fox News has already moved on

      Former President Donald Trump's departure from office "caused a major rift in the GOP, but his relationship with the GOP isn't the only one that's been strained," Trevor Noah said on Tuesday's Daily Show. "You see, there was another organization that played an equally important role in Trump's political rise: Fox News. For four years, they treated Trump the way a white lady treats her dog: he was a good boy, and if he peed on you, it was your fault.

    • Mexican president felt unwell before commercial flight, took COVID-19 test later: spokesman
      World
      Reuters

      Mexican president felt unwell before commercial flight, took COVID-19 test later: spokesman

      Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador first felt the onset of COVID-19 on Sunday and was tested after returning to the capital on a commercial flight from an event in central Mexico, his spokesman said on Tuesday. Spokesman Jesus Ramirez said that passengers on the flight were being contacted, and that journalists traveling with the president were recommended to isolate. Lopez Obrador had a fever on Sunday and was still experiencing some mild symptoms by Tuesday, including a minor headache, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said in an evening news conference.

    • Black Capitol rioter denied bail while many White participants granted release
      U.S.
      TheGrio

      Black Capitol rioter denied bail while many White participants granted release

      Activists have repeatedly pointed out the glaring disparity between how violent white Capitol rioters were treated vs. peaceful Black Lives Matter protestors. According to reports, on Jan. 6, Black Trump supporter Emanual Jackson, from Capitol Heights, was caught on surveillance video joining the mob of “patriots” who attacked Capitol police during the siege. The 20-year-old was seen wielding a metal bat at the Capitol entrance during the insurrection, where five people, including a Capitol police officer, succumbed to fatal wounds.

      • Accused Capitol Rioter Apologizes For Threat To Assassinate Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
        Accused Capitol Rioter Apologizes For Threat To Assassinate Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
        HuffPost
      • Black Capitol Riot Participant Denied Bail Despite Others Being Released
        Black Capitol Riot Participant Denied Bail Despite Others Being Released
        Complex
    • Philippines protests new China law as `verbal threat of war’
      World
      Associated Press

      Philippines protests new China law as `verbal threat of war’

      The Philippines has protested a new Chinese law that authorizes its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels and destroy other countries' structures on islands it claims, Manila's top diplomat said Wednesday. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said in a tweet that the new Chinese law “is a verbal threat of war to any country that defies” it. “While enacting law is a sovereign prerogative, this one — given the area involved, or for that matter the open South China Sea — is a verbal threat of war to any country that defies the law,” Locsin said.

    • U.S. reviewing China genocide ruling to make sure it sticks
      Politics
      Reuters

      U.S. reviewing China genocide ruling to make sure it sticks

      The U.S. State Department is reviewing a Trump administration determination that China has committed genocide by repressing Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region to make sure it sticks, President Joe Biden's pick to be U.N. ambassador said on Wednesday. "The State Department is reviewing that now because all of the procedures were not followed," Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee. Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the move last week, one day before Biden took office, "after careful examination of the available facts," accusing the Chinese Communist Party of crimes against humanity targeting the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities since at least March 2017.

    • South Africa approves AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use
      World
      Reuters

      South Africa approves AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use

      South Africa has given fast-track approval to AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and is reviewing applications by rival manufacturers Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, the medicines regulator said on Wednesday. As the country prepares to roll out a massive vaccination programme, South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) chairwoman Helen Rees said: "In terms of the AstraZeneca vaccine ... this has been granted emergency use (approval)."

      • 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
      • Battling COVID-19, South Africa prepares for first vaccines
        Battling COVID-19, South Africa prepares for first vaccines
        Associated Press
    • Another Police Officer Who Responded to Capitol Riots Dies by Suicide Days Later
      U.S.
      The Daily Beast

      Another Police Officer Who Responded to Capitol Riots Dies by Suicide Days Later

      A second police officer who responded to the riots at the Capitol earlier this month has died by suicide, the D.C. police chief revealed on Tuesday evening. Jeffery Smith had worked for the Metropolitan Police Department for 12 years and died on Jan. 15—just nine days after thousands of MAGA supporters stormed the Capitol. Smith is the second police officer to die by suicide after working at the Capitol on the day of the siege.

      • 2nd Officer Who Responded To U.S. Capitol Insurrection Dies By Suicide, Chief Says
        2nd Officer Who Responded To U.S. Capitol Insurrection Dies By Suicide, Chief Says
        HuffPost
      • Acting DC police chief criticizes 'tepid' Army response to Jan. 6 riots
        Acting DC police chief criticizes 'tepid' Army response to Jan. 6 riots
        ABC News
    • US puts hold on foreign arms sales, including F-35s to UAE
      Politics
      Associated Press

      US puts hold on foreign arms sales, including F-35s to UAE

      The Biden administration has put a temporary hold on several major foreign arms sales initiated by former President Donald Trump. Officials say that among the deals being paused is a massive $23 billion transfer of stealth F-35 fighters to the United Arab Emirates. The new administration is reviewing the sales but has not made any determination about whether they will actually go through, the State Department said.

      • Biden freezes U.S. arms deals with Saudi Arabia and UAE
        Biden freezes U.S. arms deals with Saudi Arabia and UAE
        Axios
      • Biden admin hits pause on Trump foreign weapon sales, launches review
        Biden admin hits pause on Trump foreign weapon sales, launches review
        Defense News
    • France's Sanofi to help rival Pfizer-BioNTech make vaccines
      World
      Associated Press

      France's Sanofi to help rival Pfizer-BioNTech make vaccines

      In an unusual and potentially groundbreaking decision, French drugmaker Sanofi said Wednesday it will help bottle and package 125 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by its rivals Pfizer and BioNTech, while its own vaccine candidate faces delays. The announcement came as delays or production problems for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and a vaccine from Britain's AstraZeneca have caused political uproar across the European Union. Sanofi's Frankfurt facilities will help with late-stage production of vaccines prepared by Germany-based BioNTech, including bottling and packaging, starting in the summer, according to a Sanofi official.

      • What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
        What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
        Reuters
      • Ukraine expects 100,000-200,000 vaccines from Pfizer in February - PM
        Ukraine expects 100,000-200,000 vaccines from Pfizer in February - PM
        Reuters
    • Thailand targets vaccination of 19 million people in first phase
      World
      Reuters

      Thailand targets vaccination of 19 million people in first phase

      Thailand is targeting the immunisation of 19 million people against the coronavirus in a first phase of inoculations starting on Feb. 14, the prime minister said on Wednesday, amid criticism the government has been slow in rolling out vaccines. Inoculations will begin with 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine, Prayuth Chan-ocha said. By May, Thailand will have received 150,000 doses from AstraZeneca.

      • AstraZeneca defends vaccine distribution plan amid EU supply delays
        AstraZeneca defends vaccine distribution plan amid EU supply delays
        Yahoo Finance UK
      • Morocco gets half million doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine
        Morocco gets half million doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine
        Reuters
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      Yahoo News Video

      Merck ends COVID-19 vaccine program, citing inferior immune responses

      Drugmaker Merck said on Monday it would stop the development of its two COVID-19 vaccines and focus pandemic research on treatments, with initial data on an experimental oral antiviral expected by the end of March.

    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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