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• U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is resigning after criticism over citizenship data.

  18-01-2021 23:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Census Bureau director...
  
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• Garth Brooks joins lineup of entertainers at Biden inauguration

  18-01-2021 23:19
  Brooks, who joins Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez among others, performed during the inaugural celebration of President Barack Obama in 2009. ......
  
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• Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over data

  18-01-2021 23:19
  Facing criticism over efforts to produce citizenship data to comply with an order from President Donald Trump, U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said Monday that he planned to resign with the change in presidential administrations. Dillingham said in a statement that he would resign on Wednesday, the day Trump leaves the White House and President-elect Joseph Biden takes office. Dillingham’s five-year term was supposed to...
  
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• Italy: Conte clears hurdle to retain power, bigger one ahead

  18-01-2021 23:18
  Premier Giuseppe Conte, top center, delivers his speech at the lower chamber of Parliament, in Rome, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come ......
  
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• Volunteers remove more than 9,000 lbs of trash from Tennessee River

  18-01-2021 23:16
  In an epic cleanup effort, volunteers removed more than 9,000 pounds of trash from the Tennessee River, one of the dirtiest rivers in the country. Over the course of three days earlier this month, volunteers with Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful and Johnsonville State Historic Park rid the river of 9,208 pounds of trash, using a 25-foot aluminum work boat to traverse the river and clean shorelines,...
  
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• No, Netflix isn’t offering free subscriptions due to COVID — don’t fall for the scam

  18-01-2021 23:16
  If a text message promising free Netflix sounds too good to be true, you’d be right — it’s one of the latest phishing scams, according to the Better Business Bureau. ......
  
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• AP source: Cavs move on without troubled Kevin Porter Jr.

  18-01-2021 23:16
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers are moving on from troubled and talented forward Kevin Porter Jr., a person familiar with his standing with the team told The Associated Press on Monday. The Cavs will either trade or release Porter, who has not played for them this season. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity...
  
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• Steve Martin jokingly reports ‘no fide resects’ after receiving COVID-19 vaccine

  18-01-2021 23:14
  Comedic actor Steve Martin has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and tweeted he was “having no fide resects” in an apparent joke aimed at anti-vaxxers. ......
  
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• St. Louis County struggles to keep up with vaccine demand

  18-01-2021 23:14
  ST. LOUIS — More than 172,000 people in St. Louis County have registered for the COVID-19 vaccine, but the local health department has only received 975 doses so far, County Executive Sam Page said...
  
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• Security spike in Washington: Small fire triggers shut down of US Capitol Building

  18-01-2021 23:14
  A small fire in Washington DC has triggered a shut down of the US Capitol Building, revealing just how tight security is heading into Inauguration Day. ......
  
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• Russian court rules Navalny to be kept in custody for 30 days

  18-01-2021 23:14
  A Russian court has ruled Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny is to be kept in custody for 30 days after he was detained in Moscow following his arrival in the capital on Monday. ......
  
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• PM ‘swaps notes’ with ‘first mover’ nations on pandemic action

  18-01-2021 23:14
  Following reports from Norway which...
  
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• Biden, Harris take break from inaugural prep to mark MLK day

  18-01-2021 23:14
  PHILADELPHIA — Two days from the inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris pitched in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day service projects as a militarized and jittery Washington prepared for a swearing-in that will play out under extraordinary security. Biden and his wife, Jill, joined an assembly line in the parking lot of Philabundance, an organization that distributes food to people in need, and helped fill about 150 boxes with fresh fruit and non-perisha
  
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• US coronavirus deaths will hit half a million in February, experts predict

  18-01-2021 23:13
  Experts predict 500,000 Americans will probably be killed by Covid-19 before the end of February, and perhaps before, in an acceleration of deaths expected to crest in March. The warning comes as an increasing number of experts see February and March as peak months for Covid-19 disease transmission in the US, with a more contagious variant circulating in most states and mass vaccination off to a slow start. 'An unmitigated disaster': America's year of Covid Read more “We have a combination
  
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• Feds: West Virginia woman said U.S. Capitol raid ‘was cool’

  18-01-2021 23:13
  37 minutes ago CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia woman took a “Members Only” sign near the Senate chambers as she accompanied supporters of President...
  
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• China becomes only major world economy to report growth in 2020

  18-01-2021 23:13
  
  China's economy increased by about 2 percent in 2020, becoming one of the only major countries to report such a growth in the midst of an economically devastating pandemic. Economic activity in China shrunk by nearly 7 percent in the first quarter of last year, the Associated Press reports. However, the government’s...
  
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• Carl Icahn nixes charity bid to blow up ex-Trump casino

  18-01-2021 23:13
  11 minutes ago ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — An auction house trying to raise money for a youth charity by soliciting bids to blow up a former casino once owned by President Donald Trump called off the effort Monday after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from conservative billionaire Carl Icahn. Icahn told The Associated Press his philanthropic arm will donate $175,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City to replace money that would have been raised by a charity auction of the right to p
  
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• Violent Attempt At US Capitol To ‘overturn’ Election, Shocking And Incendiary: Independent UN Experts

  18-01-2021 23:10
  Unsplash/ElevenPhotographs The US Capitol building in Washington D.C. A group of independent UN rights experts released ... ......
  
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• US Capitol on security lockdown ahead of Biden inauguration – video

  18-01-2021 23:10
  
  The tightest security measures in recent memory are in place in Washington, two days ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the US.25,000 National Guard soldiers from across the east coast are stationed in the city. The streets around the Capitol remain eerily empty as all but the most determined protesters have stayed away after the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol on 6 January. The FBI has vetted all troops who are guarding the event because of fears of an
  
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• Guterres Commends Libya Forum For Breakthrough On Interim Leadership Deal

  18-01-2021 23:10
  Peace and Security The UN...
  
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• It’s back: The political struggle for control of banks’ loan taps

  18-01-2021 23:07
  In its final days, the Trump administration is seeking to disrupt the way progressive activists increasingly impose their will on big business: through banks controlling the loan lifelines to the economy. The Fair Access to Financial Services Rule (FAFSR), just finalized by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), aims to prevent lenders from blackballing businesses in industries opposed by the left by requiring banks to demonstrate that their loan decisions are “based on quant
  
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• Anti-vaccine groups received more than $1 million in small-business relief loans.

  18-01-2021 23:07
  A page from the Paycheck Protection Program loan application in May. ......
  
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• Roundup: Italy PM wins confidence vote ahead of tougher Senate test

  18-01-2021 23:01
  ROME, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte won a confidence vote at the Lower House of Parliament on Monday by 321 in favor, 259 against and 27 abstaining. Conte sought the confidence vote after former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, now a senator who leads the Italia Viva party, pulled out of the ruling majority last week, sparking a government crisis. As a result of Renzi's move, Conte now needs...
  
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• Rebekah Jones, Florida’s former COVID-19 data manager, bonds out of jail

  18-01-2021 23:01
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A judge agreed to release Rebekah Jones, the state’s former COVID-19 data manager, on $2,500 bond on Monday after she was arrested by Florida Department of ......
  
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• Gov. Cuomo to skip Biden inauguration amid concerns over threats to Albany, other state capitals

  18-01-2021 23:01
  ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is skipping Joe Biden’s inauguration, opting to stay in Albany amid threats of potential violence and the possibility of armed protesters targeting ......
  
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• Georgia teen returns home after Cayman Islands prison release

  18-01-2021 23:01
  ATLANTA — After spending more than a month in a Cayman Islands prison for breaking COVID-19 quarantine rules, a metro Atlanta teenager is back home, according to Channel 2 Action ......
  
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• EU plans to start spending huge recovery fund in months

  18-01-2021 23:01
  BRUSSELS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) plans to start raising and allocating in the next few months the main part of the 750-billion-euro...
  
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• Chile reports 3,918 new COVID-19 cases

  18-01-2021 23:01
  SANTIAGO, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chile on Monday reported 3,918 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 673,750, according to...
  
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• Telegram Blocked Hundreds of Public Calls for Violence Last Week, CEO Says

  18-01-2021 22:59
  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Telegram cracked down on hundreds of public calls for violence last week in the wake of the January 6 US Capitol unrest, the messenger's founder Pavel Durov said Monday. ......
  
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• LOOKING FOR LOVE IN 2021: These stars are single & ready to mingle!

  18-01-2021 22:58
  WATCH BELOWas celebrity couples call it quits? Whose breakup were you most sad...
  
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• Kremlin foe Navalny jailed for 30 days; allies plan protests

  18-01-2021 22:56
  MOSCOW — A Russian judge on Monday ordered opposition leader Alexei Navalny jailed for 30 days, after the leading Kremlin critic returned to Russia from Germany where he was recovering from nerve agent poisoning that he blames on President Vladimir Putin's government. The ruling followed a hastily set up court hearing at a police precinct where Navalny was being held since his arrest at a Moscow airport on Sunday evening, which sparked sharp reactions both at home and around the world. A c
  
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• Anonymous $40 million gift funding 50 civil rights lawyers

  18-01-2021 22:56
  ATLANTA — The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund launched a $40 million scholarship program on Monday to support a new generation of civil rights lawyers, dedicated to pursuing racial justice across the South. With that whopping gift from a single anonymous donor, the fund plans to put 50 students through law schools around the country. In return, they must commit to eight years of racial justice work in the South, starting with a two-year post-graduate fellowship in a civil rights o
  
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• Inauguration rehearsal evacuated after fire in homeless camp

  18-01-2021 22:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol complex temporarily locked down Monday during a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration after a fire in a homeless encampment roughly a mile away sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused security concerns in an already jittery city. The false alarm briefly interrupted the rehearsal for Wednesday's inauguration ceremony, a quadrennial exercise in which stand-ins take the roles of Biden and other VIPs and the U.S. Marine Corps Band goes
  
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• US Capitol lockdown lifted after fire in homeless camp prompts security concerns

  18-01-2021 22:52
  Four law enforcement officials said that there had been a blaze several blocks over and the rehearsal was evacuated in an abundance of caution. UPDATED ON JAN 18, 2021 09:45 PM IST The US Capitol complex temporarily locked down Monday during a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration after a fire in a homeless encampment roughly a mile away sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused security...
  
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• Trump orders creation of 'Garden of American Heroes' amid backlash over monuments

  18-01-2021 22:52
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• PDM announces new round of anti-government rallies across Pakistan

  18-01-2021 22:52
  Accusing Imran Khan of seeking the biggest National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in the foreign funding case, the PDM chief said "Foreign funding case is the biggest scandal in the country's history and Imran Khan is the main accused in the case." PUBLISHED ON JAN...
  
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• Man arrested after allegedly hiding 3 months at Chicago airport due to Covid-19

  18-01-2021 22:52
  
  Aditya Singh, 36, is charged with felony criminal trespass to a restricted area of an airport and misdemeanor theft after he was arrested Saturday. PUBLISHED ON JAN 18, 2021 09:17 PM IST A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago's...
  
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• How might EU react after Russia arrests opposition leader Alexei Navalny

  18-01-2021 22:52
  Here are some of the measures which the EU might consider taking, based on proposals mooted in previous cases when the West considered sanctions against Russia. PUBLISHED ON JAN 18, 2021 09:04 PM IST European countries have criticised the arrest of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on his return home after being poisoned and some have called for European Union sanctions against Moscow. Here are some of the measures which the EU might consider taking, based on proposals mooted in previ
  
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• Guatemalan troops forcibly clear migrant caravan from highway

  18-01-2021 22:52
  Army and police used teargas and riot shields on migrants Caravan of about 8,000 left Honduras for US last week Guatemalan troops with riot shields and truncheons have forcibly cleared a road of hundreds of mostly Honduran migrants who had camped out overnight when authorities barred their caravan...
  
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• Greek president praises Sofia Bekatorou for reporting alleged sexual assault

  18-01-2021 22:52
  Olympic sailing gold medallist alleges assault occurred in 1998 Katerina Sakellaropoulou praises athlete’s ‘brave revelation’ Greece’s president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, has praised Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou for dissolving a potential “conspiracy of silence” by reporting a historic...
  
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• Fear of Covid-19 spread forces Sri Lanka to reduce its Parliament sessions

  18-01-2021 22:52
  The Committee on Parliamentary Business has decided that Parliament will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday only, following the Covid-19 cases reported last week, the official said. PUBLISHED ON JAN 18, 2021 09:36 PM IST Sri Lanka has curtailed this week’s Parliament sessions to just two days from the scheduled four days after nine people tested positive for coronavirus in the Parliament complex, an...
  
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• Coronavirus Australia live: stranded Victorians return from Sydney as tourism industry warned international border could ...

  18-01-2021 22:52
  Twenty-five of Sydney’s 35 local government areas were downgraded from ‘red’ to ‘orange’ zones on Monday night. Follow latest updates Vic borders open ; NSW records no local cases NSW hotspots ; Queensland hotspots ; Victoria hotspots Follow the global coronavirus liveblog 9.19pm GMT Also you really...
  
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• Bhutan to receive Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from India

  18-01-2021 22:52
  This comes after the Nepal Government approved the emergency use of the 'Covishield' vaccine last week, which is being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII). PUBLISHED ON JAN 18, 2021 09:41 PM IST Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Monday announced that Thimphu will receive Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India to help the country fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Noting the...
  
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• Canada urges Biden not to cancel oil pipeline on first day

  18-01-2021 22:50
  TORONTO (AP) — Top officials in Canada want a chance to make the case for a long disputed oil pipeline to be built amid reports President-elect Joe Biden will cancel Keystone XL on his first day. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said Monday he will seek legal damages if reports are true that Biden plans to scrap the pipeline upon taking office. Biden’s plan is outlined in transition documents seen by Canadian media outlets. “We hope President-elect Biden will show respect for Canad
  
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• Far-right party accepts that migrants can be German citizens

  18-01-2021 22:49
  BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative...
  
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• OU football: Oklahoma's offensive line strengthens with transfer from Tennessee starter

  18-01-2021 22:46
  Wayna Morris announced he is transferring to OU after two seasons with Tennessee. The left tackle is a former five-star recruit who started 19 of 22 games for the Vols. ......
  
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• British Virgin Islands: Inquiry launched into allegations of widespread corruption

  18-01-2021 22:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Claims ‘deeply troubling’, says UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab
  
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• Los Angeles County pause cremation-limit to ease Covid body backlog

  18-01-2021 22:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Over 2,700 bodies are currently being stored at hospitals and Coroner’s office’ an executive order said
  
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• Covid vaccine: WHO warns of 'catastrophic moral failure'

  18-01-2021 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It accuses richer nations of a "me-first" approach to Covid vaccine, and hoarding precious supplies.
  
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• Keystone pipeline: Biden 'to cancel it on his first day'

  18-01-2021 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The president-elect will sign an executive order on his first day in office, media reports say.
  
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