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    • Officials: Explosive devices found at elementary school

      Officials: Explosive devices found at elementary school

      Dangerous explosives were found and rendered safe at a Sacramento elementary school just before a group of children were expected to arrive, officials said.

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      • Record-setting dinosaur fossils found in Argentina

        Record-setting dinosaur fossils found in Argentina

      • Multiple rockets hit airbase hosting U.S. troops in Iraq

        Multiple rockets hit airbase hosting U.S. troops in Iraq

      • WH responds to allegations against Gov. Cuomo

        WH responds to allegations against Gov. Cuomo

      • Despite warnings, Texas and other states lift mask rules

        Despite warnings, Texas and other states lift mask rules

      • FBI, police still mum on officer's riot-related death

        FBI, police still mum on officer's riot-related death

    • The Trump administration reportedly quietly funded Operation Warp Speed with money set aside for hospitals
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      The Week

      The Trump administration reportedly quietly funded Operation Warp Speed with money set aside for hospitals

      Congress granted the HHS permission to move pandemic-related money between accounts, though the agreement stipulated the agency had to give lawmakers a heads up. Former Office of Management and Director Russ Vought defended the decision and said "we would do it again," telling Stat that not only did the administration have the authority, it was also "the right thing to do in order to move as quickly as possible because lives were on the line." Other Trump officials seemed to agree, per Stat, arguing that successful vaccines would reduce hospitalizations, making Warp Speed the more consequential outlet.

      • Trump took $10bn from hospital funds to pay for Warp Speed instead of asking Congress for cash
        Trump took $10bn from hospital funds to pay for Warp Speed instead of asking Congress for cash
        The Independent
      • Giroir accuses Biden administration of lies about Operation Warp Speed
        Giroir accuses Biden administration of lies about Operation Warp Speed
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    • Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah
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      Associated Press

      Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah

      In Iraq's holiest city, a pontiff will meet a revered ayatollah and make history with a message of coexistence in a place plagued by bitter divisions. One is the chief pastor of the world-wide Catholic Church, the other a pre-eminent figure in Shiite Islam whose opinion holds powerful sway on the Iraqi street and beyond. Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani are to meet on Saturday for at most 40 minutes, part of the time alone except for interpreters, in the Shiite cleric's modest home in the city of Najaf.

    • Beijing dismisses alleged Chinese hacking of Indian vaccine makers
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      Reuters

      Beijing dismisses alleged Chinese hacking of Indian vaccine makers

      China on Tuesday rejected an allegation by a cyber intelligence firm that a state-backed hacking group targeted the IT systems of two Indian coronavirus vaccine makers. Cyfirma told Reuters that hacking group APT10, known as Stone Panda, had identified gaps and vulnerabilities in the IT infrastructure and supply chain software of Bharat Biotech and the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine maker. "Without showing any evidence, the relevant party made baseless speculation, distorted and concocted facts, to malign a specific party," China's foreign ministry told Reuters.

    • Biden administration takes 1st major action against Russia over Navalny case
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      The Week

      Biden administration takes 1st major action against Russia over Navalny case

      The Biden administration on Tuesday announced sanctions against seven senior Russian officials and added 14 parties to the entities list in response to the poisoning and imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who was recently transferred to a penal colony east of Moscow that's known for abusive treatment of inmates. While perhaps symbolic, the sanctions represent President Biden's first major action against Russia, and they're the first real response by the United States in relation to Navalny since the Trump administration never followed through on the matter. โ€œThe tone and substance of our conversations with Russia and our conversations about Russia will be very different from what you saw in the previous administration,โ€ one senior admin official said.

      • U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over opposition leader Alexei Navalny's poisoning
        U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over opposition leader Alexei Navalny's poisoning
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      • U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over poisoning of Navalny
        U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over poisoning of Navalny
        Reuters
    • Myanmar coup crisis grows after years of US neglect
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      Associated Press

      Myanmar coup crisis grows after years of US neglect

      After years of robust diplomacy with Myanmar under President Barack Obama focused mainly on then-opposition leader and now jailed State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi, the Trump administration adopted a largely hands-off policy. It focused primarily on Myanmar's strategic importance in the competition between the United States and China for influence in the region. Myanmar has become a reminder that, for all the hopefulness and anticipation of Obama administration officials โ€“ many of whom now serve in the Biden administration โ€“ there are limits to America's ability to shape developments in another nation, particularly one so reclusive and far away.

      • Myanmar's neighbours press junta for Suu Kyi's release, restoration of democracy
        Myanmar's neighbours press junta for Suu Kyi's release, restoration of democracy
        Reuters
      • Myanmar authorities charge Associated Press journalist
        Myanmar authorities charge Associated Press journalist
        Associated Press
    • U.S. failure to sanction prince for Khashoggi killing 'dangerous': U.N. expert
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      Reuters

      U.S. failure to sanction prince for Khashoggi killing 'dangerous': U.N. expert

      A U.N. human rights investigator said on Monday that it was "extremely dangerous" for the United States to have named Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler as having approved an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi but not to have taken action against him. Agnes Callamard, special rapporteur on summary executions who led a U.N. investigation into Khashoggi's 2018 murder, reiterated her call for sanctions targeting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's assets and his international engagements. He approved an operation to capture or kill Khashoggi, according to a declassified U.S. intelligence released on Friday as the United States imposed sanctions on some of those involved but spared the crown prince himself in an effort to preserve relations with the kingdom.

      • Khashoggi murder: Should Biden take a stronger stand?
        Khashoggi murder: Should Biden take a stronger stand?
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      • Activists Say Joe Biden Could Still Deliver Justice For Jamal Khashoggi
        Activists Say Joe Biden Could Still Deliver Justice For Jamal Khashoggi
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    • 'Crying and moving': Nigerian schoolgirls recount forced march kidnap ordeal
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      Reuters

      'Crying and moving': Nigerian schoolgirls recount forced march kidnap ordeal

      Gunmen who kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria last week beat them and threatened to shoot them during a forced march into captivity, victims said on Tuesday after they were set free. The pupils from Jangebe, a town in Zamfara state, were seized in a raid just after midnight on Friday. All 279 had now been released by the gunmen, Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle said.

      • Nigerian governor: 279 schoolgirls freed by captors
        Nigerian governor: 279 schoolgirls freed by captors
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      • Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed
        Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed
        Associated Press
    • House Call: Cue the Waterworks and Welcome to March
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      Architectural Digest

      House Call: Cue the Waterworks and Welcome to March

      Zoรซ's newsletter comes to a web page near you, and the theme of the day is damp Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Philippine president fires ambassador seen assaulting staff
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      Associated Press

      Philippine president fires ambassador seen assaulting staff

      Duterte, whose six-year term ends next year, has been reading the names of government employees and officers implicated in graft and corruption in his TV appearances to highlight his campaign against abuses and irregularities. But Duterte, a former government prosecutor who has threatened drug suspects with death and is known for his expletives-laden outbursts, has faced criticisms for abusive behavior himself. In his televised remarks Monday night, Duterte lashed out at Vice President Leni Robredo for criticizing the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak and vaccination campaign.

    • Exclusive: U.S. sanctions for Navalny poisoning may come on Tuesday - sources
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      Reuters

      Exclusive: U.S. sanctions for Navalny poisoning may come on Tuesday - sources

      The United States is expected to impose sanctions to punish Russia for the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as early as Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter said. President Joe Biden's decision to impose sanctions for Navalny's poisoning reflects a harder stance than taken by his predecessor, Donald Trump, who let the incident last August pass without punitive U.S. action. The sources said on Monday on condition of anonymity that the United States was expected to act under two executive orders: 13661, which was issued after Russia's invasion of Crimea but provides broad authority to target Russian officials, and 13382, issued in 2005 to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

      • U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over opposition leader Alexei Navalny's poisoning
        U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over opposition leader Alexei Navalny's poisoning
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      • U.S. sanctions Russia over alleged Navalny poisoning
        U.S. sanctions Russia over alleged Navalny poisoning
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      Senate confirms Miguel Cardona as education secretary

      The Senate voted Monday to confirm Miguel Cardona as education secretary, clearing his way to lead President Joe Biden's effort to reopen the nation's schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

    • Polish court acquits activists who put LGBT rainbow on icon
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      Associated Press

      Polish court acquits activists who put LGBT rainbow on icon

      A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration and offending religious feelings for producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic icon altered to include the LGBT rainbow. The posters, which they distributed in the city of Plock in 2019, used rainbows as halos in an image of the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus. Their aim was to protest what they considered the hostility of Poland's influential Catholic Church toward LGBT people.

    • U.S., Canada hail Taiwan's 'freedom pineapples' after Chinese ban
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      Reuters

      U.S., Canada hail Taiwan's 'freedom pineapples' after Chinese ban

      The de facto U.S. and Canadian embassies in Taiwan on Tuesday praised the quality of pineapples grown on the island, depicting photographs of their top diplomats in Taipei with the fruit after an import ban by China. China last week stopped the import of Taiwanese pineapples, citing "harmful creatures" it said could come with the fruit. Infuriated Taiwanese authorities called the ban a political move to further pressure the island, a charge that China denied.

      • Prickly problem: Taiwan says won't be beaten by China pineapple ban
        Prickly problem: Taiwan says won't be beaten by China pineapple ban
        Reuters
      • China says Taiwan pineapple ban not about politics as war of words escalates
        China says Taiwan pineapple ban not about politics as war of words escalates
        Reuters
    • Marcus Flowers to run for Congress against Marjorie Taylor Greene
      Politics
      TheGrio

      Marcus Flowers to run for Congress against Marjorie Taylor Greene

      The military veteran announced his campaign on social media as Georgia Democrats aim to oust the freshman representative. Sgt. Marcus Flowers has announced his official campaign against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for her seat in Georgia's 14th Congressional district. In his newly released campaign video shared on social media, the military veteran laid out his case as a Democratic candidate.

      • CrossFit condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'loathsome and dangerous lies'
        CrossFit condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'loathsome and dangerous lies'
        INSIDER
      • Marjorie Taylor Greene claims โ€˜realโ€™ voter suppression is her having to wait to go through metal detectors at Congress
        Marjorie Taylor Greene claims โ€˜realโ€™ voter suppression is her having to wait to go through metal detectors at Congress
        The Independent
    • IS claims killing of 3 female media workers in Afghanistan
      World
      Associated Press

      IS claims killing of 3 female media workers in Afghanistan

      The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of three women working for a local radio and TV station in eastern Afghanistan, the latest in a spike in targeted killings across the war-tor country. Dozens of people gathered Wednesday for the funerals of the three media workers. The women were gunned down on Tuesday in separate attacks, according to the news editor of the privately owned station and officials in Nangarhar province.

      • Three female media workers killed on way home from work in eastern Afghanistan
        Three female media workers killed on way home from work in eastern Afghanistan
        Reuters
      • Islamic State says it killed female media workers in east Afghanistan
        Islamic State says it killed female media workers in east Afghanistan
        Reuters
    • Attorneys say Joe Exotic of 'Tiger King' wants new trial
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Attorneys say Joe Exotic of 'Tiger King' wants new trial

      Joe Exotic of โ€œTiger King" fame has found new attorneys who say they plan to file a motion for a new trial in a matter of months. Joe Exotic, whose real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was sentenced in January 2020 to 22 years in federal prison for violating federal wildlife laws and for his role in a failed murder-for-hire plot targeting his chief rival, Carole Baskin, who runs a rescue sanctuary for big cats in Florida. Baskin was not harmed.

    • Exclusive: Six-week sprint got Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine approved in Canada
      World
      Reuters

      Exclusive: Six-week sprint got Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine approved in Canada

      Problems at AstraZeneca Plc's European production site in January kicked off a six-week push to get a version of its COVID-19 vaccine made at an Indian facility approved by Canada's drug regulator, according to the Canadian pharmaceutical company that filed the application. Last week, when Health Canada approved AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, it also cleared a version of the shot made by the Serum Institute of India (SII). SII filed the application with a Canadian partner, Verity Pharmaceuticals.

      • UK to receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from India's Serum Institute
        UK to receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from India's Serum Institute
        Reuters
      • What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
        What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
        Reuters
    • 75 ex-top prosecutors endorse Bidenโ€™s pick for associate AG
      Politics
      Associated Press

      75 ex-top prosecutors endorse Bidenโ€™s pick for associate AG

      More than 75 former U.S. attorneys are throwing their support behind President Joe Biden's nominee for associate attorney general and urging congressional leaders to quickly confirm her to the post. Vanita Gupta has been nominated for the No. 3 position in the Justice Department, a position in which she would be responsible for overseeing the department's civil, antitrust and civil rights litigation, but also for helping to implement policy decisions on a host of nationwide issues. The Senate has scheduled the confirmation hearing for Gupta and Lisa Monaco, Biden's nominee for deputy attorney general, for March 9.

    • Supreme Court likely to uphold Arizona voting restrictions
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Supreme Court likely to uphold Arizona voting restrictions

      The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to uphold voting restrictions in Arizona in a key case that could make it harder to challenge a raft of other voting measures Republicans have proposed following last year's elections. All six conservative justices, appointed by Republican presidents, suggested they would throw out an appellate ruling that struck down the restrictions as racially discriminatory under the landmark Voting Rights Act. Less clear is what standard the court might set for how to prove discrimination under the law, first enacted in 1965.

      • Voting Rights Act Faces Renewed Challenge In Supreme Court
        Voting Rights Act Faces Renewed Challenge In Supreme Court
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      • U.S. Supreme Court signals more leeway for voting restrictions
        U.S. Supreme Court signals more leeway for voting restrictions
        Reuters
    • Turkey plans to shut down pro-Kurdish opposition party: ruling party official
      World
      Reuters

      Turkey plans to shut down pro-Kurdish opposition party: ruling party official

      Turkey's government plans to shut down the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the ruling AK Party's deputy parliament chairman was quoted as saying on Tuesday, the most senior official to endorse nationalist demands for its closure. President Tayyip Erdogan's government and its nationalist MHP allies accuse the HDP of links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), accusations that escalated after Ankara said Turkish captives were killed by the PKK in Iraq last month. The MHP have repeatedly called for the HDP's closure over links to the PKK, which Turkey, the European Union, and United States designate a terrorist organisation.

    • Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns
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      Associated Press

      Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns

      The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago's airport in late January, and Chile's president, Sebastiรกn Piรฑera, was beaming. The source of that hope: China โ€“ a country that Chile and dozens of other nations are depending on to help rescue them from the COVID-19 pandemic. China's vaccine diplomacy campaign has been a surprising success: It has pledged roughly half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries, according to a country-by-country tally by The Associated Press.

      • China has pledged half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries as experts raise concerns
        China has pledged half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries as experts raise concerns
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      • Chinese vaccines sweep world, despite concerns
        Chinese vaccines sweep world, despite concerns
        Associated Press Videos
    • Biden's Cabinet half-empty after slow start in confirmations
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      Associated Press

      Biden's Cabinet half-empty after slow start in confirmations

      President Joe Biden's Cabinet is taking shape at the slowest pace of any in modern history, with just over a dozen nominees for top posts confirmed more than a month into his tenure. Among Biden's 23 nominees with Cabinet rank, just 13 have been confirmed by the Senate, or a little over half. On Tuesday, Biden's Cabinet was thrown into further uncertainty when his nominee to lead the White House budget office, Neera Tanden, withdrew from consideration after her nomination faced opposition from key senators on both sides of the aisle.

      • Biden suffers first Cabinet defeat as Neera Tanden withdraws nomination
        Biden suffers first Cabinet defeat as Neera Tanden withdraws nomination
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      • Biden pick Neera Tanden withdraws nomination to head budget office
        Biden pick Neera Tanden withdraws nomination to head budget office
        Yahoo News Video
    • Europeans push IAEA Iran resolution despite warnings by Russia, Tehran
      World
      Reuters

      Europeans push IAEA Iran resolution despite warnings by Russia, Tehran

      Britain, France and Germany are pressing ahead with a U.S.-backed plan for a resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board criticising Iran for curbing cooperation with the agency, despite Russian and Iranian warnings of serious consequences. The International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation Board of Governors is holding a quarterly meeting this week against the backdrop of faltering efforts to revive Iran's nuclear deal with major powers now that U.S. President Joe Biden is in office. Iran has recently accelerated its violations of the 2015 deal in an apparent bid to raise pressure on Biden, as each side insists the other must move first.

      • France, allies to push on with protest at IAEA over Iran's activities: foreign minister
        France, allies to push on with protest at IAEA over Iran's activities: foreign minister
        Reuters
      • UN atomic watchdog: Deal with Iran key to full inspections
        UN atomic watchdog: Deal with Iran key to full inspections
        Associated Press
    • Venezuela to weigh oil law reform to allow 'new models,' Maduro says
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      Reuters

      Venezuela to weigh oil law reform to allow 'new models,' Maduro says

      Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that the National Assembly would consider reforms to oil legislation that he said would allow for "new business models" in the crisis-stricken South American country's crucial oil industry. Maduro did not provide details about what changes might be made by the congress, controlled by allies of his ruling socialist party after a December vote widely boycotted by the opposition. Venezuela's crude output has plunged in recent years due to under-investment and mismanagement, and more recently due to U.S. sanctions aimed at ousting Maduro, labeled a dictator by Washington.

    • China says it aims to vaccinate 40% of population by June
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      Associated Press

      China says it aims to vaccinate 40% of population by June

      Health experts in China say their country is lagging in its coronavirus vaccination rollout because it has the disease largely under control, but plans to inoculate 40% of its population by June. Zhong Nanshan, the leader of a group of experts attached to the National Health Commission, said the country has delivered 52.52 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Feb. 28. He was speaking Monday at an online forum between U.S and Chinese medical experts hosted by the Brookings Institution and Tsinghua University.

      • China has pledged half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries as experts raise concerns
        China has pledged half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries as experts raise concerns
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      • China aims to vaccinate 40% of population by end-July: senior adviser
        China aims to vaccinate 40% of population by end-July: senior adviser
        Reuters
    If Trump runs again, can he win?
    • โ€œHow about we skip โ€˜he wonโ€™t winโ€™ cycle and not do 2016 all over again. Trump can absolutely win another presidential election.โ€

    • โ€œWith independents deserting him, there is simply no path for Trump to get back into the White House โ€” except as a tourist.โ€

    • โ€œThey might as well cancel the 2024 primaries...because there is no way he can lose.โ€

    • โ€œThe next Republican presidential primary will be heavily shaped by Trump โ€” whether or not he decides to run again.โ€

    • โ€œDonald Trump will not be running for president again. He will, however, continue to tease the possibility of a 2024 run.โ€

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