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    • After stimulus victory in Senate, reality sinks in

      After stimulus victory in Senate, reality sinks in

      The party-line vote on the pandemic aid package showed the gulf between the parties was too wide to be bridged.

      Dems want more than GOP will accept »
      • Poll reveals U.S. attitudes toward Biden on virus

        Poll reveals U.S. attitudes toward Biden on virus

      • California's Pacific Coast Highway falling into sea

        California's Pacific Coast Highway falling into sea

      • Dems get rude awakening about 50-50 Senate

        Dems get rude awakening about 50-50 Senate

      • Violence erupts at massive Colorado street party

        Violence erupts at massive Colorado street party

      • Black women are knitting their way into history

        Black women are knitting their way into history

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      Explosion kills 3 Gaza fishermen, Hamas rocket suspected

      Three Palestinian fishermen were killed Sunday after a blast ripped through their boat off the Gaza shore, officials said, in what appeared to be an explosion caused by a misfired rocket launched by the ruling Hamas militant group. Nezar Ayyash, a spokesman for the local fisherman's association, said the men — two brothers and a cousin — were working off the coast of the southern town of Khan Younis when the explosion happened. The cause of the blast wasn't immediately clear, but there were growing indications that it was the result of a misfired rocket.

    • Antivirus software pioneer McAfee charged by U.S. with cryptocurrency fraud
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      Antivirus software pioneer McAfee charged by U.S. with cryptocurrency fraud

      John McAfee, the antivirus software pioneer whose former company still bears his name, has been indicted on fraud and money-laundering conspiracy charges stemming from two cryptocurrency schemes, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. Authorities accused McAfee and his bodyguard, Jimmy Gale Watson Jr., of exploiting McAfee's large Twitter following to artificially inflate prices of "altcoins" through a so-called pump-and-dump scheme, and concealing payments McAfee received from startup businesses to promote initial coin offerings. The Justice Department said McAfee and his accomplices reaped more than $13 million from the schemes.

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      Israeli woman charged after returning from Syria

      An Israeli woman who crossed illegally into neighboring Syria and was returned in a Russian-mediated deal last month was charged in an Israeli court on Sunday, prosecutors said. The woman, whose name has not been released, was charged with illegally leaving the country and visiting Syria in violation of Israeli law before the Nazareth District Court, the prosecution said. Many details remain censored by the Israeli military.

    • Myanmar coup: Party official dies in custody after security raids
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      BBC

      Myanmar coup: Party official dies in custody after security raids

      An official from Aung San Suu Kyi's party has died in custody in Myanmar after being arrested during raids by security forces in Yangon. On Sunday the body of U Khin Maung Latt was released to his family, who were reportedly told that he had died after fainting. The UN says more than 50 people have been killed since the military detained Ms Suu Kyi, Myanmar's democratically elected leader, on 1 February.

      • Myanmar protests, after death of Suu Kyi official
        Myanmar protests, after death of Suu Kyi official
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      • Unions call for total strike in Myanmar; Suu Kyi party official dies in custody
        Unions call for total strike in Myanmar; Suu Kyi party official dies in custody
        Reuters
    • U.S. Senator Manchin says filibusters could be made more 'painful'
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      Reuters

      U.S. Senator Manchin says filibusters could be made more 'painful'

      Centrist Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, a pivotal vote in the U.S. Senate, on Sunday advocated making the procedural maneuver called the filibuster more "painful" to do, with Democrats concerned about Republicans obstructing President Joe Biden's legislative agenda. Some Democrats have advocated eliminating the filibuster to prevent Republicans from blocking Biden's initiatives. White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield made clear on Sunday that the president is not calling for ending the filibuster.

      • Chris Wallace Asks Joe Manchin If He's 'Enjoying' His Power 'A Little Too Much'
        Chris Wallace Asks Joe Manchin If He's 'Enjoying' His Power 'A Little Too Much'
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      • Joe Manchin Signals Openness To Filibuster Reform As Push For Abolishing It Grows
        Joe Manchin Signals Openness To Filibuster Reform As Push For Abolishing It Grows
        HuffPost
    • Aerials show huge blaze after oil facility strike in Syria
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      Associated Press

      Aerials show huge blaze after oil facility strike in Syria

      A suspected missile strike on an oil-loading facility used by Turkey-backed opposition forces in northern Syria sparked a massive blaze across a large area where oil tankers are normally parked, aerial and satellite images show. Syrian opposition groups and at least one war monitor blamed Russia for the strike Friday night near the towns of Jarablus and al-Bab, near the border with Turkey. In a report, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, said Russian warships in the Mediterranean had fired three missiles that struck primitive oil refineries and tanker trucks in the region.

    • Who truly was the most dishonest president?
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      BBC

      Who truly was the most dishonest president?

      Former President Donald Trump was often accused of having a complete disregard for the truth. When Saddam Hussein invaded the oil-rich emirate of Kuwait in August 1990, President George HW Bush snarled: "This will not stand." The Kuwaiti government-in-exile promptly hired a US public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton, whose Washington DC office was run by Bush's former chief of staff.

    • Austria suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine batch after death
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      Reuters

      Austria suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine batch after death

      Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday. "The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has received two reports in a temporal connection with a vaccination from the same batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the district clinic of Zwettl" in Lower Austria province, it said. One 49-year-old woman died as a result of severe coagulation disorders, while a 35-year-old woman developed a pulmonary embolism and is recovering, it said.

      • AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive in Uganda
        AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive in Uganda
        Storyful
      • Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Startup in Conflict With University Ahead of Planned IPO
        Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Startup in Conflict With University Ahead of Planned IPO
        The Wall Street Journal
    • India sets up holding center for Rohingya in Kashmir
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      India sets up holding center for Rohingya in Kashmir

      Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have sent at least 168 Rohingya refugees to a holding center, police said Sunday, in a process that they say is for the deportation of thousands of the refugees living in the region. The move began Saturday following a directive from the region's home department to identify Rohingya living in the southern city of Jammu, said Inspector-General Mukesh Singh. “All of them are illegally living here and we have begun identifying them,” Singh said.

    • Lauren Boebert, who once expressed support for QAnon, accused Democrats of being 'obsessed with conspiracy theories'
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      Business Insider

      Lauren Boebert, who once expressed support for QAnon, accused Democrats of being 'obsessed with conspiracy theories'

      GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert told Fox News that the Democrats are "obsessed with conspiracy theories." The congresswoman once said she hopes the QAnon conspiracy theory was real but denied being a follower. Freshman GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who has previously expressed support for QAnon, accused Democratic of being "obsessed with conspiracy theories."

    • French billionaire politician killed in helicopter crash
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      Reuters

      French billionaire politician killed in helicopter crash

      French billionaire Olivier Dassault was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash, a police source said, with President Emmanuel Macron paying tribute to the 69-year old conservative politician. Dassault was the eldest son of late French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose namesake Dassault Aviation, builds the Rafale war planes and owns Le Figaro newspaper. "Olivier Dassault loved France.

      • French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash
        French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash
        The Independent
      • French billionaire Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash
        French billionaire Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash
        The Telegraph
    • With virus aid in sight, Democrats debate filibuster changes
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      Associated Press

      With virus aid in sight, Democrats debate filibuster changes

      With President Joe Biden on the verge of his first big legislative victory, a key moderate Democrat said Sunday he's open to changing Senate rules that could allow for more party-line votes to push through other parts of the White House's agenda such as voting rights. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin stressed that he wants to keep the procedural hurdle known as the filibuster, saying major legislation should always have significant input from the minority party. One example: the “talking filibuster,” which requires senators to slow a bill by holding the floor, but then grants an “up or down” simple majority vote if they give up.

      • U.S. Senator Manchin says filibusters could be made more 'painful'
        U.S. Senator Manchin says filibusters could be made more 'painful'
        Reuters
      • Manchin says he’s open to tweaking Senate filibuster rules
        Manchin says he’s open to tweaking Senate filibuster rules
        MarketWatch
    • Russia scores points with vaccine diplomacy, but snags arise
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      Associated Press

      Russia scores points with vaccine diplomacy, but snags arise

      Russia's boast in August that it was the first country to authorize a coronavirus vaccine led to skepticism at the time because of its insufficient testing. Six months later, as demand for the Sputnik V vaccine grows, experts are raising questions again — this time, over whether Moscow can keep up with all the orders from the countries that want it. Slovakia got 200,000 doses on March 1, even though the European Medicines Agency, the European Union's pharmaceutical regulator, only began reviewing its use on Thursday in an expedited process.

      • EU regulator urges caution on Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine
        EU regulator urges caution on Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine
        Reuters
      • Vaccine diplomacy: Putin seeks to leverage Sputnik V to build Russia’s global influence
        Vaccine diplomacy: Putin seeks to leverage Sputnik V to build Russia’s global influence
        MarketWatch
    • The mystery American woman wanted in the UK
      World
      BBC

      The mystery American woman wanted in the UK

      Anne Sacoolas, a US citizen, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving in the UK, but returned home under the protection of diplomatic immunity. In August 2019, Anne Sacoolas collided with motorcyclist Harry Dunn while driving on the wrong side of the road in the UK. Sacoolas returned to the US, claiming diplomatic immunity, and an extradition request was blocked.

    • China says it's ready to provide vaccines to overseas Chinese, Olympians
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      Reuters

      China says it's ready to provide vaccines to overseas Chinese, Olympians

      China said on Sunday it has plans to set up COVID-19 vaccination stations to vaccinate Chinese citizens abroad and is also ready to work with the International Olympic Committee to help provide vaccines to Olympic athletes for upcoming events. China has developed several vaccines domestically and has begun its own vaccination drive, with plans to vaccinate 40% of its population by July. China's top government diplomat Wang Yi made the comments during his annual news conference held on Sunday.

    • Biden marks Selma anniversary with order to expand voting access
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      Reuters

      Biden marks Selma anniversary with order to expand voting access

      U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Sunday designed to make it easier for Americans to vote, the White House said, as Republicans across the country seek to limit voting rights in the wake of the 2020 election. Biden's order comes on the 56th anniversary of the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" when state troopers and police attacked civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, who were protesting racial discrimination at the voting booth. "The legacy of the march in Selma is that while nothing can stop a free people from exercising their most sacred power as a citizen, there are those who will do everything they can to take that power away," Biden said in pre-taped remarks to the "Martin & Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast" released on Sunday.

      • On Bloody Sunday Anniversary, Biden Signs Executive Order To Promote Voting Rights
        On Bloody Sunday Anniversary, Biden Signs Executive Order To Promote Voting Rights
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      • Biden signs order to expand voting access
        Biden signs order to expand voting access
        Reuters Videos
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      Yahoo News Video

      Accountant faces pressure to turn on Trump in criminal probe

      When lawyers asked Donald Trump more than a decade ago to identify who estimated values on some of his signature properties, he pointed to his longtime accountant, Allen Weisselberg.

    • At Dubai airport, travelers' eyes become their passports
      Technology
      Associated Press

      At Dubai airport, travelers' eyes become their passports

      Dubai's airport, the world's busiest for international travel, can already feel surreal, with its cavernous duty-free stores, artificial palm trees, gleaming terminals, water cascades and near-Arctic levels of air conditioning. It's the latest artificial intelligence program the United Arab Emirates has launched amid the surging coronavirus pandemic, contact-less technology the government promotes as helping to stem the spread of the virus. Dubai's airport started offering the program to all passengers last month.

    • B-52s again fly over Mideast in US military warning to Iran
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      Associated Press

      B-52s again fly over Mideast in US military warning to Iran

      A pair of B-52 bombers flew over the Mideast on Sunday, the latest such mission in the region aimed at warning Iran amid tensions between Washington and Tehran. The flight by the two heavy bombers came as a pro-Iran satellite channel based in Beirut broadcast Iranian military drone footage of an Israeli ship hit by a mysterious explosion only days earlier in the Mideast. While the channel sought to say Iran wasn't involved, Israel has blamed Tehran for what it described as an attack on the vessel.

    • Thousands of people who visited a COVID-19 vaccination site in California received the wrong dosage, report says
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      Thousands of people who visited a COVID-19 vaccination site in California received the wrong dosage, report says

      An estimated 4,300 people received less of the Pfizer vaccine than they should have, KTVU reported. Too little of the vaccine was administered due to a problem with new syringes, the media outlet said. California health officials have said patients will be informed "immediately" if they need a booster.

    • Rights groups call for investigation into killings of Philippine activists
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      Reuters

      Rights groups call for investigation into killings of Philippine activists

      Human rights groups called on the Philippine government to investigate what they said was the use of "lethal force" during police raids on Sunday that left at least nine activists dead. The raids in four provinces south of Manila resulted in the death of an environmental activist as well as a coordinator of left-wing group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, among others, and resulted in the arrest of four others, activist groups said. "These raids appear to be part of a coordinated plan by the authorities to raid, arrest, and even kill activists in their homes and offices," Human Rights Watch Deputy Asia Director Phil Robertson said in a statement.

    • 'Lesson fully received': An 18-year-old charged in the Capitol riot says he was 'wrong' and begged a judge to release him
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      'Lesson fully received': An 18-year-old charged in the Capitol riot says he was 'wrong' and begged a judge to release him

      The youngest suspect charged in the Capitol riots wrote a letter begging a judge to release him. Bruno Joseph Cua, 18, previously boasted on Instagram of storming the Capitol and fighting inside. Bruno Joseph Cua, 18, faces a slew of federal charges related to the January 6 insurrection, including assault on a federal officer, engaging in physical violence, violent entry or disorderly conduct, and civil disorder.

      • ‘I will not step one foot out of line’: 18-year-old charged in Capitol riot begs for release
        ‘I will not step one foot out of line’: 18-year-old charged in Capitol riot begs for release
        The Independent
      • 18-year-old Capitol rioter wants to go home to his ‘loving family’ who drove him to DC
        18-year-old Capitol rioter wants to go home to his ‘loving family’ who drove him to DC
        NY Daily News
    • Sunshine State dims for Dems amid election losses, cash woes
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Sunshine State dims for Dems amid election losses, cash woes

      Democrats may delight in their brightening prospects in Arizona and Georgia, and may even harbor glimmers of hope in Texas, but their angst is growing in Florida, which has a reputation as a swing state but now favors Republicans and could be shifting further out of reach for Democrats. As the jockeying begins to take on Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022, Democrats' disadvantage against Republicans is deeper than ever, as they try to develop a cohesive strategy and rebuild a statewide party deep in debt and disarray. Former President Donald Trump's brand of populism has helped power a GOP surge in Florida, where Trump defeated now-President Joe Biden by more than 3 percentage points last fall — more than doubling the lead he had against Hillary Clinton.

    • Queen will ramp up engagements to 'show where the focus is' following Sussexes' Oprah interview
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      The Telegraph

      Queen will ramp up engagements to 'show where the focus is' following Sussexes' Oprah interview

      The Queen will increase her official engagements this week as the Royal family responds to the Duke and Duchess of Sussexes' Oprah Winfrey interview with a clear message about where the “focus” lies. Her Majesty, 94, is expected to be seen at least once this week as she carries out official duties via Zoom from Windsor Castle. All other senior members of the Royal family will also be highly visible as they conduct a raft of engagements, including marking International Women's Day.

    • Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi oil heartland with drones, missiles
      World
      Reuters

      Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi oil heartland with drones, missiles

      Yemen's Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports, in what Riyadh called a failed assault on global energy security. Announcing the attacks, the Houthis, who have been battling a Saudi-led coalition for six years, also said they attacked military targets in the Saudi cities of Dammam, Asir and Jazan. The Saudi energy ministry said an oil storage yard at Ras Tanura, the site of an oil refinery and the world's biggest offshore oil loading facility, was attacked with a drone coming from the sea.

    Should humans be next to explore Mars?
    • “Taking humans to Mars would require an investment astronomically out of kilter with the possible benefits.”

    • “Can a Mars settlement be a freer society than we enjoy on Earth? Maybe.”

    • “What we learn...may spark the next revolution that will make life in 2071 beyond anything we can imagine right now.”

    • “Our presence on Mars could jeopardize one of our main reasons for being there — the search for life.”

    • “The future of geologic investigation of other worlds lies with highly improved versions of our Mars rovers.”

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