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    • Trump's clemency list could stir up controversy

      Trump's clemency list could stir up controversy

      The list of at least 100 names is expected to include the former speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver and rap star Lil Wayne, according to sources.

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      • National Guard members removed from inauguration duty

        National Guard members removed from inauguration duty

      • MyPillow CEO: Products were dropped after fraud claims

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      • Feds: U.S. soldier aimed to launch ISIS strike in NYC

        Feds: U.S. soldier aimed to launch ISIS strike in NYC

      • Security firm: 'There will be new victims' from hack

        Security firm: 'There will be new victims' from hack

      • Has Mike Pence already decided his next move?

        Has Mike Pence already decided his next move?

    • Qatar's foreign minister wants Gulf Arab nations to talk with Iran: Bloomberg
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      Qatar's foreign minister wants Gulf Arab nations to talk with Iran: Bloomberg

      Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told Bloomberg TV https://bloom.bg/369WLz9 that Qatar has urged Gulf Arab nations to enter a dialogue with Iran and that it was the right time for Doha to broker negotiations. "This is also a desire that's shared by other GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries," he said in an interview. Separately, the Qatari government was supporting discussions between Iran and South Korea to secure the release of an oil tanker seized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards this month, the foreign minister said.

    • Woman investigated for theft of Pelosi computer due in court
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      Associated Press

      Woman investigated for theft of Pelosi computer due in court

      Federal authorities arrested a woman whose former romantic partner says she took a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. Riley June Williams was arrested Monday, according to a Justice Department official. The federal prosecutors' office in Harrisburg, where she was jailed, said Williams was due in court Tuesday afternoon.

      • Capitol rioter allegedly planned to sell laptop from Pelosi's office to Russia
        Capitol rioter allegedly planned to sell laptop from Pelosi's office to Russia
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      • Plan to sell Nancy Pelosi's laptop to Russia is just like bungling Brad Pitt in 'Burn After Reading'
        Plan to sell Nancy Pelosi's laptop to Russia is just like bungling Brad Pitt in 'Burn After Reading'
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    • Brussels gives tentative backing to EU coronavirus 'passports' to boost travel
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      The Telegraph

      Brussels gives tentative backing to EU coronavirus 'passports' to boost travel

      It is unlikely that Britain would accept the certificates from EU citizens hoping to travel to the UK. Brussels said that using the vaccination certificates to allow greater travel and tourism in the EU was โ€œprematureโ€ at this stage but left the door open for the plans to be picked up in the future. We feel that now this is the time for these vaccine certificates to be recognised across the European Union, and even beyond the European Union.

      • Europe is working on a common framework for 'vaccine passports'
        Europe is working on a common framework for 'vaccine passports'
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      • EU kicks off debate on vaccine travel certificates
        EU kicks off debate on vaccine travel certificates
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    • Biden to block Trump's Covid rule change on president's final day in office
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      BBC

      Biden to block Trump's Covid rule change on president's final day in office

      US President-elect Joe Biden is to undo one of Donald Trump's last actions in office by blocking his decree lifting Covid travel bans on visitors from much of Europe and Brazil. Mr Biden's spokeswoman said now was not the time to be easing travel measures. Joe Biden will take office at 12:00 (17:00 GMT) on Wednesday.

      • Biden to block Trump's plan to lift travel bans
        Biden to block Trump's plan to lift travel bans
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      • Biden to block Trump's plan to lift COVID-19 European travel restrictions
        Biden to block Trump's plan to lift COVID-19 European travel restrictions
        Reuters
    • Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic
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      Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic

      A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have labeled it a pandemic sooner. In a report issued to the media Monday, the panel led by former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said there were โ€œlost opportunities" to adopt basic public health measures as early as possible. โ€œWhat is clear to the panel is that public health measures could have been applied more forcefully by local and national health authorities in China in January,โ€ it said.

      • China defends early actions on COVID-19 after panel report
        China defends early actions on COVID-19 after panel report
        Reuters
      • World faces a โ€˜Chernobylโ€™ moment in how it responds to future pandemics
        World faces a โ€˜Chernobylโ€™ moment in how it responds to future pandemics
        The Telegraph
    • Boris Johnson unveils ยฃ23 million compensation fund for fishing industry losses over Brexit red tape
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      The Telegraph

      Boris Johnson unveils ยฃ23 million compensation fund for fishing industry losses over Brexit red tape

      Boris Johnson has unveiled a ยฃ23 million fund to compensate the fishing industry for losses caused by Brexit red tape as Scottish seafood hauliers descended on Downing Street to protest. The Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) warned last week the industry was facing "mounting financial losses" and the only way to ensure a fair price was a 72-hour round trip to land catch in Denmark. "But be in no doubt that there are great opportunities for fishermen across the whole of the UK to take advantage of, the spectacular marine wealth of the United Kingdom."

      • UK seafood trucks protest at Parliament over Brexit red tape
        UK seafood trucks protest at Parliament over Brexit red tape
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      • Scottish fishing industry workers protest against Brexit trade deal at Whitehall
        Scottish fishing industry workers protest against Brexit trade deal at Whitehall
        The Independent
    • Canada scrambles to salvage Keystone XL as Biden prepares to kill troubled pipeline project
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      Reuters

      Canada scrambles to salvage Keystone XL as Biden prepares to kill troubled pipeline project

      U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's expected move to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline prompted Canada's main oil-producing province of Alberta on Monday to threaten to seek damages as Ottawa made efforts to save the troubled project. Scrapping the project would threaten Canadian jobs and the U.S.-Canadian relationship as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tries to turn the page on the Donald Trump era, though the idea drew support from environmental groups and progressive U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. A source told Reuters on Sunday that Biden will cancel a permit for the $8 billion project over concerns about fossil fuels contributing to climate change, dealing a blow to the Canadian energy sector.

      • Biden May Rescind Keystone XL Pipeline Permit On Day 1 In Office: Reports
        Biden May Rescind Keystone XL Pipeline Permit On Day 1 In Office: Reports
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      • Canada scrambles to save Keystone XL pipeline
        Canada scrambles to save Keystone XL pipeline
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    • Pakistan PM angry over reports TV anchor knew about strike
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      Associated Press

      Pakistan PM angry over reports TV anchor knew about strike

      Pakistan's prime minister reacted angrily Monday to media reports of a text exchange between an Indian TV anchor and a former media industry executive that suggests a 2019 Indian airstrike inside Pakistan was designed to boost Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chances for reelection. Imran Khan took to Twitter to respond to Indian media reports of an exchange on the WhatsApp messaging service between popular Indian TV anchor Arnab Goswami and Partho Dasgupta, the former head of a TV rating company.

    • The Coolest New Automotive Technology at CES 2021
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      Architectural Digest

      The Coolest New Automotive Technology at CES 2021

      Mercedes-Benz's Hyperscreen, General Motors' Bright Drop, and Jeep's Electric Wrangler were among the unveils that turned heads Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • In farewell address, Trump urges prayers for next administration without mentioning Biden
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      Reuters

      In farewell address, Trump urges prayers for next administration without mentioning Biden

      U.S. President Donald Trump, in a farewell address released on Tuesday, urged prayers for the new administration of President-elect Joe Biden but declined to acknowledge his Democratic successor by name. "This week, we inaugurate a new administration and pray for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous," the Republican president said in the video remarks. Trump has refused to offer a full concession to Biden, who won the Nov. 3 election with 306 Electoral College votes to Trump's 232.

      • In Farewell Speech As President, Trump Says 'We Did What We Came Here To Do'
        In Farewell Speech As President, Trump Says 'We Did What We Came Here To Do'
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      • Trump wishes Biden luck without naming him in farewell video
        Trump wishes Biden luck without naming him in farewell video
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    • AP Photos: Snow fills Kashmir resort with tourists again
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      Associated Press

      AP Photos: Snow fills Kashmir resort with tourists again

      Snow lies knee-deep in the pastoral town of Gulmarg, or โ€œmeadow of flowers,โ€ on Indian-controlled Kashmir's high plateau. With its blanket of white, the idyllic hill station is seeing tourists again fill its hotels and ski, sledge and trek its Himalayan landscape. The heavy influx of tourists is a dramatic change for the tourism industry in disputed Kashmir, which faced the double whammy of the coronavirus pandemic and harsh curbs on civil rights India imposed in the region in August 2019.

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      China says it is ready to help Kenya with debt

      But after months of lockdown measures, the East African country's revenues have been pummeled, its debts are falling due and it is grappling with gaping fiscal deficits. In a statement the embassy in Nairobi said China attaches "great importance" to debt suspension and alleviation in African countries, including Kenya. The embassy said China has signed debt service suspension agreements with 12 African countries and provided waivers of matured interest-free loans for 15 under the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative.

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      Libya rivals meet in Egyptian resort for talks on elections

      Libyan officials from rival administrations began talks Tuesday in an Egyptian Red Sea resort on constitutional arrangements laying the legal groundwork for presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, the United Nations said. U.N. acting envoy for Libya, Stephanie Williams, said failure to reach an agreement will have โ€œnegative repercussions on the other tracks, including the security and economic situation in the conflict-stricken country. She urged the gathering via videocall to wrap up their discussions in time to meet a two-month deadline agreed on as part of a roadmap crafted by a Libyan political forum in November in Tunisia.

    • The man accused of breaking the window Ashli Babbitt tried to climb through when she was shot during the Capitol insurrection has been arrested
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      The man accused of breaking the window Ashli Babbitt tried to climb through when she was shot during the Capitol insurrection has been arrested

      Chad Barrett Jones, 42, of Coxs Creek, Kentucky, was arrested in Louisville on Saturday, the FBI said in a news release. Jones is accused of breaking a window of the Capitol building moments before Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot during the insurrection earlier this month.ร‚ He's facing multiple charges, including assault on a federal officer, destruction of government property, obstruction of justice, unlawful entry on restricted building or grounds, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

      • Capitol riots: Who has the FBI arrested so far?
        Capitol riots: Who has the FBI arrested so far?
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      • Reservist, with Navy base clearance, charged in connection to deadly Capitol riot
        Reservist, with Navy base clearance, charged in connection to deadly Capitol riot
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    • How will the presidential โ€˜nuclear footballโ€™ transfer to Biden if Trump leaves DC early?
      Politics
      The Independent

      How will the presidential โ€˜nuclear footballโ€™ transfer to Biden if Trump leaves DC early?

      Donald Trump will get to take the nuclear football with him when he leaves Washington DC on his final day in office โ€“ but the codes will be deactivated at the stroke of noon. Mr Trump will be accompanied by the 45-pound briefcase when he flies to Florida on the morning of Joe Biden's inauguration, as he is reportedly expected to do. Military officials will have a nuclear football, which contains the equipment the president uses to authenticate his orders and launch a nuclear strike, ready and waiting to accompany Mr Biden after he becomes the commander-in-chief, officials told CNN.

      • How will Trump hand over the nuclear 'football' to Biden when he skips the inauguration?
        How will Trump hand over the nuclear 'football' to Biden when he skips the inauguration?
        The Telegraph
      • Where will Trump be on Inauguration Day?
        Where will Trump be on Inauguration Day?
        The Independent
    • Portugul in 'tough marathon', says PM, as COVID-19 deaths hit new daily record
      Health
      Reuters

      Portugul in 'tough marathon', says PM, as COVID-19 deaths hit new daily record

      Portugal is living "one of the saddest moments", the prime minister said on Tuesday, as doctors warned of a healthcare system nearing collapse and the daily death toll from COVID-19 reached a new record high. The country of 10 million people recorded 218 new COVID-19 fatalities, up from 167 on Monday and pushing the total death toll since the start of the pandemic to 9,246, health authority DGS said. "We are certainly living one of the saddest moments, of greatest pain and suffering," Prime Minister Antonio Costa told parliament.

      • Coronavirus deaths hit grim new daily high, as expert warns it will be weeks before they fall significantly
        Coronavirus deaths hit grim new daily high, as expert warns it will be weeks before they fall significantly
        The Independent
      • Covid: The countries with lower total death tolls than the UKโ€™s highest daily rate
        Covid: The countries with lower total death tolls than the UKโ€™s highest daily rate
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    • Taiwan military stages drill aimed at repelling China attack
      World
      Associated Press

      Taiwan military stages drill aimed at repelling China attack

      Taiwanese troops using tanks, mortars and small arms staged a drill Tuesday aimed at repelling an attack from China, which has increased its threats to reclaim the island and its own displays of military might. โ€œNo matter what is happening around the Taiwan Strait, our determination to guard our homeland will never change,โ€ said Maj. Gen. Chen Chong-ji said, director of the department of political warfare, about the exercise at Hukou Army Base south of the capital Taipei. Chen said the exercise was intended as a show of Taiwan's determination to maintain peace between the sides through a show of force.

    • Oklahoma judge orders 'Tiger King' zoo to turn over big cats
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      Associated Press

      Oklahoma judge orders 'Tiger King' zoo to turn over big cats

      A federal judge in Oklahoma has ordered the new owners of an Oklahoma zoo featured in Netflix's โ€œTiger Kingโ€ documentary to turn over all the lion and tiger cubs in their possession, along with the animals' mothers, to the federal government. U.S. District Judge John F. Heil III issued the order last week in the case against Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe and the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park based on claimed violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Animal Welfare Act. โ€œThe Lowes have showed a shocking disregard for both the health and welfare of their animals, as well as the law,โ€ said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jonathan D. Brightbill of the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division.

    • Who has Trump pardoned so far? A full list
      Politics
      The Independent

      Who has Trump pardoned so far? A full list

      Donald Trump will soon announce up to 100 pardons and commutations of sentence, in what will be among his last acts as US president before Joe Biden assumes office on Wednesday. A meeting with advisers at the White House saw Mr Trump finalise the list of last minute pardons on Sunday night, a source said to CNN. Last month, Mr Trump issued almost 50 pardons and commutations for former criminals and personal advisers, as well as aides who lied during the Russia investigation, Republican politicians, and state department contractors convicted over a massacre in Iraq.

      • Jimmy Fallon Suggests The 'Sweet' Reason Donald Trump Won't Pardon His Kids
        Jimmy Fallon Suggests The 'Sweet' Reason Donald Trump Won't Pardon His Kids
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      • Trump Cronies Reportedly Cashing In As They Lobby President For Wealthy Felon Pardons
        Trump Cronies Reportedly Cashing In As They Lobby President For Wealthy Felon Pardons
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    • Incoming Dem Chairman to Trump Admin: Why Did You Slow Walk Ukrainian Disinfo Sanctions?
      Politics
      The Daily Beast

      Incoming Dem Chairman to Trump Admin: Why Did You Slow Walk Ukrainian Disinfo Sanctions?

      A top Senate Democrat wants answers from the Trump administration about what he calls a suspiciously-timed sanctioning of the man behind the bogus narrative that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election, and a promoter of the debunked claims that President-elect Joe Biden acted corruptly to help his son's business in the country. On Jan. 11, the Treasury Department announced sanctions on Andrii Telizhenko for his involvement in a โ€œRussia-linked foreign influence networkโ€ steered by Andriy Derkach, a Ukrainian politician who was deemed a Russian intelligence asset when Treasury sanctioned him in September 2020.

    • Cuomo asks Pfizer to sell its COVID-19 vaccine directly to New York as the head of WHO warns of mounting inequities in vaccine distribution
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Cuomo asks Pfizer to sell its COVID-19 vaccine directly to New York as the head of WHO warns of mounting inequities in vaccine distribution

      On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on Pfizer to sell doses of its coronavirus vaccine directly to New York. The proposal would require Pfizer to bypass the federal government's Operation Warp Speed campaign to vaccinate hundreds of millions of Americans. "The distribution of any doses obtained directly from Pfizer will follow the rigorous guidance the State has established, while enabling us to fill the dosage gap created this week by the outgoing federal administration," Cuomo wrote in a letter to Pfizer.

      • Andrew Cuomo Seeks Direct Vaccine Purchases After Trump Administration's Botched Distribution
        Andrew Cuomo Seeks Direct Vaccine Purchases After Trump Administration's Botched Distribution
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      • New York governor asks Pfizer to directly sell COVID-19 vaccine doses
        New York governor asks Pfizer to directly sell COVID-19 vaccine doses
        Reuters
    • South African cricketers pleased with security in Pakistan
      Sports
      Associated Press

      South African cricketers pleased with security in Pakistan

      South African cricketers have set aside pre-tour security concerns and want to focus on their first test series in Pakistan in 14 years. The Proteas, who last toured Pakistan in 2007, kick off their tour with the first test in Karachi from Jan. 26. The government of Pakistan has provided presidential-like security with visitors' team buses being protected by security vans carrying dozens of armed personnel.

    • Iran kicks off ground forces drill on coast of Gulf of Oman
      World
      Associated Press

      Iran kicks off ground forces drill on coast of Gulf of Oman

      Iran's military kicked off a ground forces drill on Tuesday along the coast of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported, the latest in a series of snap exercises that the country is holding amid escalating tensions over its nuclear program and Washington's pressure campaign against Tehran. According to the report, commando units and airborne infantry were participating in the annual exercise, along with fighter jets, helicopters and military transport aircraft. Iran's National Army chief Abdolrahim Mousavi was overseeing the drill.

    • Inauguration Day schedule: Full list of timings by hour
      Politics
      The Independent

      Inauguration Day schedule: Full list of timings by hour

      The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) has announced a flurry of events set to be broadcast on Inauguration Day that Americans can watch virtually after urging people to refrain from attending in person. Check out an hour by hour schedule of all the events that have been announced so far for Inauguration Day this Wednesday below and check back for updated timings. am ET (3pm GMT) Our White House: An Inaugural Celebration for Young Americans "Our White House" will mark the first-ever curated livestream for young Americans before and during the Inaugural Ceremonies, ending at 12.30pm.

      • Inauguration Week 2021: A day by day guide to events
        Inauguration Week 2021: A day by day guide to events
        The Independent
      • What happens at the presidential inauguration?
        What happens at the presidential inauguration?
        The Independent
    • What we know about the laptop that was stolen from Nancy Pelosi's aide during the Capitol siege
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      Business Insider

      What we know about the laptop that was stolen from Nancy Pelosi's aide during the Capitol siege

      Since the deadly siege on the US Capitol, lawmakers have reported various items stolen from their offices. A laptop that belonged to an aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was one of the items reported stolen. On Monday, the FBI arrested a 22-year-old woman accused of stealing the laptop and planning to sell it to Russia.

      • Plan to sell Nancy Pelosi's laptop to Russia is just like bungling Brad Pitt in 'Burn After Reading'
        Plan to sell Nancy Pelosi's laptop to Russia is just like bungling Brad Pitt in 'Burn After Reading'
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      • Capitol rioter allegedly planned to sell laptop from Pelosi's office to Russia
        Capitol rioter allegedly planned to sell laptop from Pelosi's office to Russia
        Engadget
    Why Democrats won in Georgia
    • โ€œIf youโ€™re looking to win elections, it is probably best not to urge your supporters not to vote.โ€

    • โ€œWarnockโ€™s portrayal of himself as a dog lover, a means of overcoming white suspicions of Black men, smacked of pure genius.โ€

    • โ€œTrump has done damage to the Republican brand among suburban voters that goes well beyond just races where he is on the ballot.โ€

    • โ€œOnce more, Democrats must profusely thank activist Stacey Abrams.โ€

    • โ€œOverall, demographic trends show that the stateโ€™s electorate is becoming younger and more diverse each year.โ€

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