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    • Fauci reveals his reaction to Trump's bleach suggestion

      Fauci reveals his reaction to 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' »
      • New targets emerge as Trump plans next move

        New targets emerge as Trump plans next move

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

        Woman, 62, defies severe case of COVID-19

      • Rock that looks like Cookie Monster worth a lot of cash

        Rock that looks like Cookie Monster worth a lot of cash

      • Portland driver arrested after deadly incident

        Portland driver arrested after deadly incident

      • Twitter banishes My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell

        Twitter banishes My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell

    • 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
        Reuters Videos
    • 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.

    • Germany backs EU export restrictions on vaccine after supply cuts
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      Reuters

      Germany backs EU export restrictions on vaccine after supply cuts

      Germany's health minister supported European Union proposals to introduce restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday as tensions grew with AstraZeneca and Pfizer over sudden supply cuts just a month after the bloc started vaccinating citizens. The EU has proposed setting up a register of vaccine exports, amid frustration over delays in deliveries of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot and other supply problems. "I can understand that there are production problems but then it must affect everyone in the same way," Health Minister Jens Spahn told ZDF television.

      • 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
      • What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
        What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
        Reuters
    • Biden did not, in fact, remove Trump's 'Diet Coke button' from the Resolute Desk, White House clarifies
      Politics
      The Week

      Biden did not, in fact, remove Trump's 'Diet Coke button' from the Resolute Desk, White House clarifies

      The new Biden administration has yet not disclosed the secrets of Area 51 or explained what the Air Force really knows about UFOs, but it did clarify, at least, the mystery of the vanished "Diet Coke button" former President Donald Trump would use to summon refreshments in the Oval Office. The usher button, as it is formally known, is not gone, even if it is no longer used to summon Diet Cokes, a White House official tells Politico. The White House official "unfortunately wouldn't say what Biden will use the button for," Politico's Daniel Lippman writes, suggesting Biden might summon Orange Gatorade and not the obvious answer, ice cream — or, let's get real, coffee.

      • Biden brought the button Trump used to order Diet Cokes back to the Oval Office
        Biden brought the button Trump used to order Diet Cokes back to the Oval Office
        Business Insider
      • President Biden Seems to Have Removed the Famed 'Diet Coke Button' from the Oval Office
        President Biden Seems to Have Removed the Famed 'Diet Coke Button' from the Oval Office
        Food & Wine
    • US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions
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      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.

    • 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.

    • Taiwan Now the 'Flashpoint' for Biden Administration's China Policy, Flournoy Says
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      Military.com

      Taiwan Now the 'Flashpoint' for Biden Administration's China Policy, Flournoy Says

      When the Navy carrier Roosevelt entered the South China Sea on the same day Chinese bombers and fighters flew into Taiwan's airspace, it signaled how difficult it will be for the Biden administration to craft a new China policy, former Pentagon policy chief Michele Flournoy said Monday. "Taiwan has really become the flashpoint" of U.S. China relations following efforts in the waning days of the Trump administration to bolster military ties to Taiwan, said Flournoy, who was widely expected to be nominated to lead the Pentagon under Biden. The job of defense secretary ultimately went to Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin.

    • Trump's press secretary Kayleigh McEnany to head to Fox News
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      The Independent

      Trump's press secretary Kayleigh McEnany to head to Fox News

      Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany spent her time as the president's mouthpiece spinning his words, attacking his enemies, and attempting to undermine the credibility of reporters who questioned his actions. Now, with her days at the White House behind her, Ms McEnany will step into a new role where she can once again use the skill set she cultivated during her time with the president; she'll be joining Fox News. Government watchdog organisation CREW obtained a financial disclosure report that showed Ms McEnany and Fox News entered into an employment agreement on 1 January.

    • Joe Biden to call for end of federally run private prisons
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      Associated Press

      Joe Biden to call for end of federally run private prisons

      President Joe Biden on Tuesday will formally call on the federal government to end its reliance on private prisons and acknowledge the central role the government has played in implementing discriminatory housing policies, according to a senior administration official. The moves come as Biden is set to sign a series of orders and memorandums Tuesday as the new administration says it will make combatting racial injustice a central focus of his presidency. They were detailed by a senior administration official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity ahead of Biden's formal announcement, scheduled for later Tuesday.

      • Biden to limit private prisons and bolster fair housing policies
        Biden to limit private prisons and bolster fair housing policies
        Reuters
      • Biden to Order Justice Department to End Use of Private Prisons
        Biden to Order Justice Department to End Use of Private Prisons
        Bloomberg
    • Italy asks EU to take action against Pfizer over COVID-19 vaccine delays
      World
      Reuters

      Italy asks EU to take action against Pfizer over COVID-19 vaccine delays

      Italy asked the European Commission on Tuesday to take action against Pfizer over cuts to its COVID-19 vaccine deliveries, the government's special commissioner said. The request to Brussels came a day after Rome sent a formal warning letter to the U.S. drug company calling on it to respect its contractual commitments after a temporary slowdown in its COVID-19 vaccine deliveries. Pfizer has said it will make up for the drop in deliveries with manufacturing changes that will boost output.

      • Italy sends warning letter to Pfizer over COVID vaccine delays
        Italy sends warning letter to Pfizer over COVID vaccine delays
        Reuters
      • Factbox: Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus
        Factbox: Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus
        Reuters
    • 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
    • World
      Associated Press

      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.

    • 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
        HuffPost
      • Biden orders COVID-19 travel restrictions, adds South Africa
        Biden orders COVID-19 travel restrictions, adds South Africa
        Associated Press
    • 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
    • Epstein's ex-girlfriend seeks dismissal of charges she faces
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Epstein's ex-girlfriend seeks dismissal of charges she faces

      A British socialite charged with recruiting teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse in the 1990s asked a judge Monday to dismiss the case on multiple grounds, including that a deal years ago not to prosecute Epstein and others should shield her from prosecution. Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell said the indictment against their client was obtained unjustly and doesn't allege crimes specific enough to bring before a jury. The agreement sought to protect Epstein and those around him, but Maxwell was not identified by name in the document that was signed as Epstein agreed to plead guilty to state charges in Florida that forced him to register as a sex offender afterward.

      • Apollo CEO Leon Black is one of many business figures with ties to Jeffrey Epstein
        Apollo CEO Leon Black is one of many business figures with ties to Jeffrey Epstein
        Yahoo Finance
      • Ghislaine Maxwell seeks dismissal of criminal case, cites Epstein agreement
        Ghislaine Maxwell seeks dismissal of criminal case, cites Epstein agreement
        Reuters
    • Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny being used by West to destabilise Russia: Putin ally
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      Reuters

      Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny being used by West to destabilise Russia: Putin ally

      Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is being used by the West to try to destabilise Russia, a prominent hardliner and ally of President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, saying he must be held to account for repeatedly breaking the law. Navalny was remanded in custody for 30 days last week after returning from Germany where he had been recovering from a nerve agent poisoning. Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council, called for Navalny to face the full force of the law in comments that offered a glimpse into the mood inside Russia's security establishment after tens of thousands of Navalny's supporters protested against his jailing on Saturday.

      • Putin calls pro-Navalny marches illegal, new protest set for Sunday
        Putin calls pro-Navalny marches illegal, new protest set for Sunday
        Reuters
      • Protesters in Russia demand the release of Alexey Navalny
        Protesters in Russia demand the release of Alexey Navalny
        CBS News Videos
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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.

    • Surging global ice melt suggests sea level rise predictions are far too conservative
      Science
      The Week

      Surging global ice melt suggests sea level rise predictions are far too conservative

      The world's ice is melting so fast that sea level rise predictions can't keep up. Climate change is largely responsible for the huge ice melt surge, the Cryosphere study reports. In fact, about three percent of all the energy trapped within the Earth's systems because of climate change has gone toward that ice melt, the study estimates.

      • Earth’s ice ‘is melting 57% faster’ than 30 years ago (and 28 trillion tons have already gone)
        Earth’s ice ‘is melting 57% faster’ than 30 years ago (and 28 trillion tons have already gone)
        Yahoo News UK
      • Earth's ice melting at record rate: study
        Earth's ice melting at record rate: study
        Reuters Videos
    • Iran sentences brother of senior vice president to 2 years
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      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.

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      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.

    • Biden to limit private prisons and bolster fair housing policies
      Politics
      Reuters

      Biden to limit private prisons and bolster fair housing policies

      President Joe Biden plans to take executive actions on Tuesday to scale back the U.S. government's use of private prisons and bolster anti-discrimination enforcement in the housing market, aides said. The measures are part of a package of steps being taken by the new Democratic president to roll back policies of his Republican predecessor Donald Trump and promote racial justice reforms that he pledged to address during the election campaign. "These are just some of the first steps," said Susan Rice, Biden's domestic policy adviser.

      • Joe Biden to call for end of federally run private prisons
        Joe Biden to call for end of federally run private prisons
        Associated Press
      • Biden to direct Justice Department to not renew contracts with private prisons
        Biden to direct Justice Department to not renew contracts with private prisons
        The Independent
    • All About Kamala Harris’s Temporary D.C. Home
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      Architectural Digest

      All About Kamala Harris’s Temporary D.C. Home

      Kamala Harris is starting her term as vice president in an impressive, though temporary, residence. After Harris was sworn in, she and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, relocated from California to Blair House, otherwise known as the president's guest house. Typically, the vice president resides in the U.S. Naval Observatory, but CBS News reports that the historic structure is currently undergoing renovations, and that “repairs to the residence … are more easily conducted with the home unoccupied.”

    • Boycott 'wildcat' Scottish independence vote, says Scottish Conservative leader
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      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
    • Top Brazil court authorizes investigation of health minister
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      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.

    • 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
    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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