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• Protesters demonstrate across Russia in support of Alexei Navalny – in pictures

  23-01-2021 23:40
  
  Russian police arrested more than 3,400 people on Saturday during nationwide protests demanding the release of opposition leader Continue reading...
  
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• US to reform Trump’s ‘draconian’ immigration regime, Biden tells Mexican president

  23-01-2021 21:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart that he would end the previous administration’s “draconian” immigration policies, capping off a week that saw the president advance a flurry of policies and executive orders reforming the immigration system.
  
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• Priest who attended pro-Trump rally ahead of Capitol insurrection is suspended from post and may be defrocked

  23-01-2021 20:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Reverend Mark Hodges described event as ‘joyful, positive and orderly’
  
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• One person scoops $1bn lottery win in third-largest payout in US history

  23-01-2021 19:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Someone in Michigan woke up to life-changing news this morning’
  
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• New York City’s restaurant industry loses 140,000 jobs during pandemic

  23-01-2021 18:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The industry job loss is at a crisis level like we’ve never experienced’
  
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• Mine OK'd in Trump's last days may boost Biden energy plan

  23-01-2021 17:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration granted final approval for a proposed Nevada lithium mine in its last days, adding it to a list of energy and mining projects fast-tracked before President Joe Biden took office
  
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• Naked Florida man arrested after stealing marked police vehicle and crashing it

  23-01-2021 17:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jacksonville Sheriff's Office assistant chief Ellis Burns says Joshua Shenker was ‘possibly intoxicated or high’
  
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• Alexei Navalny: Tens of thousands protest across Russia

  23-01-2021 17:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police arrest more than 1,300 protestors including Yulia Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny’s wife
  
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• First Lady: Russia warms to the woman who ‘saved’ Alexei Navalny

  23-01-2021 17:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  As her husband’s challenge to Putin’s rule grows, so does the public profile of Yulia Navalnaya, reports Oliver Carroll in Moscow
  
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• Kamala Harris to ‘wield more influence’ after Joe Biden’s ‘radical policies’ exposed

  23-01-2021 17:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  KAMALA HARRIS will "wield more influence than previous Vice Presidents," according to a defence insider, who has told Express.co.uk that Joe Biden's "more radical policies" will soon come to light.
  
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• EU vaccine rollout thrown into further disarray as AstraZeneca announces delay

  23-01-2021 16:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Member states warn ‘delays cost lives’ amid threats of legal action and calls to cut bureaucracy, while Hungary turns to Russia
  
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• Obama leads tributes to legendary Black baseball player Hank Aaron

  23-01-2021 16:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former president calls him ‘one of the strongest people I’ve ever met’
  
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• Navalny protests: Supporters arrested in string of protests across Russia

  23-01-2021 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The arrest of the Kremlin's fiercest critic sparks a string of protests across Russia.
  
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• Thousands rally across Russia to call for Navalny's release – video

  23-01-2021 16:14
  
  More than a thousand people have been arrested at rallies in towns and cities across Russia as they called for the release of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny from jail. The protests are thought to be the largest in Russia since 2017Thousands of Alexei Navalny supporters join protests across Russia Continue reading...
  
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• Bill introduced to award Congressional medal to Capitol police officer who led rioters away from chamber

  23-01-2021 15:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  It’s one of the highest honors the body can offer a civilian.
  
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• Aleksey Navalny: Tens of thousands protest across Russia

  23-01-2021 15:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police arrest more than 1,300 protestors including Yulia Navalnaya, Aleksey Navalny’s wife
  
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• West Virginia mother kills her five children and herself before setting house on fire

  23-01-2021 15:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Memorial service for infants was held on 17 December 2020
  
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• Tens of thousands of Aleksey Navalny supporters take to the streets across Russia

  23-01-2021 14:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police arrest more than 1,000 protestors including Yulia Navalnaya, Aleksey Navalny’s wife
  
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• Tens of thousands of Alexei Navalny supporters take to the streets across Russia

  23-01-2021 14:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police arrest more than 1,000 protestors including Yulia Navalnaya, Aleksey Navalny’s wife
  
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• Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

  23-01-2021 14:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Larry King, who interviewed presidents, movie stars and ordinary Joes during a half-century in broadcasting, has died at age 87
  
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• Loyal dog's six-day wait for poorly owner outside Turkish hospital

  23-01-2021 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boncuk waited outside a hospital in Turkey every day while her owner was being treated.
  
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• At the eye of the storm: Wuhan residents reflect on the price paid a year on from the first covid lockdown

  23-01-2021 13:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  On January 23, 2020, Wuhan, the place where the coronavirus pandemic originated, went into a months-long total lockdown. One year on, local residents reflect on what has changed for the city
  
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• Alexei Navalny: Hundreds detained in protests across Russia

  23-01-2021 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of supporters of the jailed opposition leader defy a protest ban to attend nationwide rallies.
  
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• Biden’s restoring of environmental rules rolled back by Trump could take years

  23-01-2021 13:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Legal experts warn that it could take two to three years 
  
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• Alexi Navalny supporters detained as thousands take part in protests across Russia

  23-01-2021 13:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of protestors have been arrested in Russia during nationwide demonstrations in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
  
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• Russia arrests protesters demanding Alexei Navalny’s release

  23-01-2021 13:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russian police are arresting protesters demanding the release of top Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at demonstrations in the country's east
  
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• First Lady: Russia warms to the woman who ‘saved’ Aleksey Navalny

  23-01-2021 13:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  As her husband’s challenge to Putin’s rule grows, so does the public profile of Yulia Navalnaya, reports Oliver Carroll in Moscow
  
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• Melania Trump leaves Donald Trump alone in front of the cameras – video

  23-01-2021 13:00
  
  The former first lady Melania Trump apparently spurned the conventions of her role by leaving Donald Trump alone in front of the cameras at Palm Beach airport after the couple left the White House for the final time ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration. Trump himself paused to wave at photographers, but his wife continued walking until she was firmly offscreen, leaving her husband alone and triggering speculation about the state of her marriage to the now former presidentMelania Trum
  
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• Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loses bid to throw out defamation cases from Sandy Hook parents

  23-01-2021 13:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Infowars founder claimed shooting was 'a giant hoax’ and that grieving parents were actors
  
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• Italy tells TikTok to block users after death of young girl

  23-01-2021 12:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ruling came after girl died of asphyxiation in Sicily
  
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• A year on from lockdown, Wuhan is the first post-pandemic city

  23-01-2021 12:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Chinese city was placed under a 76-day lockdown beginning 23 January, 2020 
  
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• Tokyo 2020 Games may have to be held behind closed doors, says Lord Coe

  23-01-2021 11:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 may have to be held behind closed doors if they are to go ahead this year, athletics chief Lord Coe says.
  
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• Rise in wealth of world’s 10 richest men in pandemic would pay for Covid vaccines for everyone, says Oxfam

  23-01-2021 09:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Charity calls for tax hikes for billionaires and global corporations that have gained the most during coronavirus
  
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• National Guard: President Biden apologises over troops sleeping in car park

  23-01-2021 08:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Photographs of National Guard members sheltering underground spark anger among lawmakers.
  
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• Courtrooms and creditors likely to loom large in Trump's post-presidency life

  23-01-2021 08:30
  Carter campaigned for human rights, Bush painted … but Trump faces several criminal investigations and a mountain of debtEach US president has charted a unique course after leaving the White House, taking up vocations from philanthropy to human rights to oil painting.Donald Trump’s post-presidency appears likely to be taken up by meetings with lawyers and creditors, possible sworn depositions about tax practices or sexual assault allegations and, in some long-tail scenarios, fines,
  
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• Coronavirus: EU vaccine woes mount as new delays emerge

  23-01-2021 06:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AstraZeneca is the latest company, after Pfizer, to warn of delivery issues, frustrating officials.
  
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• Oranga Tamariki: Gráinne Moss's exit does not mean the Māori child welfare crisis is resolved

  23-01-2021 06:46
  
  While the departure of the child welfare boss is welcome, social justice for Māori children in the state care system is a long way off
  The resignation of Oranga Tamariki boss Gráinne Moss signals the end of a protracted ideological dispute over child protection policy. But as is often the case with social work in liberal capitalist states, this represents the end of a specific battle rather than the resolution of a long-running war. Continue reading...
  
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• Trudeau conveys Keystone pipeline 'disappointment' to Biden

  23-01-2021 05:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Despite the revoking of the Keystone XL permit, the Canadian PM hails "a new era" in bilateral ties.
  
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• Trump impeachment: Senate trial delayed until next month

  23-01-2021 03:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arguments will not begin until the week of 8 February, giving the ex-president's lawyers time to prepare.
  
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• Afghan war: Biden administration to review Trump's Taliban deal

  23-01-2021 03:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials say they want to check the group are "living up to its commitments" as violence continues.
  
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• China and wildlife trade watchdog face legal challenge over ‘flagrant’ sales of chimps and elephants

  23-01-2021 01:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Heavily-pregnant animals among species transported across continents, lawyers say
  
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• Islamic State tries to shore up relevance with Iraq carnage

  23-01-2021 01:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Despite their territorial defeat, the extremists are striving to prove they still matter.
  
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• Uganda's Yoweri Museveni overcomes Bobi Wine challenge - for now

  23-01-2021 01:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Yoweri Museveni sees off another challenger despite the expectation surrounding Bobi Wine.
  
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• Rémy Julienne: Stunt king to the stars who fell to Covid

  23-01-2021 01:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rémy Julienne was one of the world's top stunt artists, devising crashes and collisions in 1,400 films.
  
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• Covid hand-outs: How different countries pay if you are sick

  23-01-2021 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the UK rejects £500 Covid pay outs, how are others countries getting people to stick to the rules?
  
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• Week in pictures: 16-22 January 2021

  23-01-2021 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A selection of striking images taken around the world this week.
  
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• Wuhan marks its anniversary with triumph and denial

  23-01-2021 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In the city where the virus first emerged there is now an insistence that it came from elsewhere.
  
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• How Joe Biden's ancestral Irish home is celebrating

  23-01-2021 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Celebrations broke out across Ballina when Biden's presidential victory was declared - and for the young people of the town, it meant that anything was possible.
  
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• What can these American psychics tell us about the pandemic world?

  23-01-2021 01:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The end of a system as we know it? Fleur Macdonald explores the world of the American psychics in a disruptive moment in time
  
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• Deborah Birx thought about quitting Trump’s Covid team: ‘Why would you put yourself through that?’

  23-01-2021 00:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dr Deborah Birx, the Trump administration's Covid-19 task force coordinator, said in a new interview that she was "always" considering quitting her White House role amid the US’s chaotic response to the pandemic in 2020.
  
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