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• Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian says GameStop stock market war is ‘seminal moment’ for finance

  28-01-2021 23:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Ohanian says the GameStop short squeeze is simply the latest in internet communities disrupting the status quo
  
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• GameStop stock news - live: Robinhood buying ban wipes $11bn from share price as Congress schedules hearings

  28-01-2021 23:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Video game retailer GameStop’s stock price has been on a rollercoaster this week due to the actions of users on the WallStreetBets subreddit and the subsequent blocking of their ability to buy stock by several online brokerages.
  
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• Elon Musk lashes out at short sellers during GameStop market war

  28-01-2021 23:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tesla boss says the practice is ‘legal only for vestigial reasons’
  
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• Health workers stranded in Oregon snowstorm give out doses of Covid vaccine set to expire

  28-01-2021 23:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  It’s the latest in the occasionally random distribution of the vaccine in the US
  
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• The story behind the inauguration's sign language Pledge of Allegiance

  28-01-2021 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fire Captain Andrea Hall stole the show - and there is a personal story behind her unique pledge.
  
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• Washington hospital faces backlash after opening vaccine appointments to wealthy donors

  28-01-2021 22:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Overlake Medical Center sent an email to recipients like wealthy donors about new appointment slots
  
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• Reddit founder says GameStop stock market war is ‘seminal moment’ for finance

  28-01-2021 22:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Ohanian says the GameStop short squeeze is simply the latest in internet communities disrupting the status quo
  
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• Is the AstraZeneca vaccine row dividing the EU?

  28-01-2021 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The bloc’s vaccine procurement exercise was supposed to show how Brussels’ financial muscle and rediscovered sense of solidarity would benefit the people of Europe. Sean O’Grady explains what the pandemic is doing to the EU
  
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• Congresswoman confronts Parkland survivor

  28-01-2021 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene confronts David Hogg over his gun control stance.
  
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• Billionaire MLB owner Steven Cohen defiant after GameStop loss and says he’s ‘trying to make a living’

  28-01-2021 22:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  The billionaire said he was 'just trying to make a living’
  
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• James Goldston stepping down as top ABC News executive

  28-01-2021 21:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  James Goldston says he is stepping down after seven years as ABC News president
  
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• South Africa Covid found in South Carolina: ‘We’re in a race against the variants’

  28-01-2021 21:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  The two people from South Carolina have no recent travel history or connections to each other, the state health department says 
  
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• Senate panel to hold hearing into GameStop stock frenzy

  28-01-2021 21:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  The move follows calls for an inquiry from top Congress members
  
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• GameStop stock news - live: Reddit trading frenzy triggers Senate hearing as AOC demands Robinhood probe

  28-01-2021 21:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Video game retailer GameStop’s stock price has been on a rollercoaster this week due to the actions of users on the WallStreetBets subreddit and the subsequent blocking of their ability to buy stock by several online brokerages.
  
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• Elon Musk complains Discord chat service has gone ‘Corpo’ after it took down WallStreetBets

  28-01-2021 20:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Reddit group is behind the stunning surge in GameStop stock price
  
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• Pakistan court releases men who beheaded US journalist Daniel Pearl

  28-01-2021 20:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Pearl’s family said the decision to release the men ‘puts in danger journalists everywhere’
  
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• EU braced for pandemonium as three surprise countries tipped to follow UK out of bloc

  28-01-2021 20:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE EU could soon find itself without three more members, a German MEP has told Express.co.uk.
  
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• AOC and Donald Trump Jr surprisingly agree on GameStop stock controversy

  28-01-2021 20:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  The controversy has made strange political bedfellows
  
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• Frexit NOW! EU a 'burden at all levels' as free UK surges ahead with Covid vaccine rollout

  28-01-2021 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FREXIT calls have intensified further after a leading campaigner in France attacked the European Union for being a "burden at all levels" as the bloc battles with the embarrassment around a shortage of coronavirus vaccines.
  
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• A vanished empire: Major new discovery exposes long-lost medieval kingdom

  28-01-2021 19:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  David Keys tells the story of how archaeologists are uncovering the remains of the Medieval Chinese Nanzhao Empire and the grave of its ruler
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell asked ‘room full of underage girls’ to dance for Jeffrey Epstein

  28-01-2021 19:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former socialite claims she discovered his abuse ‘when it was announced in the papers’
  
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• General Motors to stop making diesel and gas vehicles by 2035

  28-01-2021 19:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It is so important that we accelerate toward a future in which every vehicle we sell is a zero-emissions vehicle,’ says CEO Mary Barra
  
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• Sheriff’s deputy’s burial turned away from ‘whites only’ cemetery

  28-01-2021 19:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  President of cemetery's association said outdated by-laws will be ‘fixed’
  
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• Six dead following liquid nitrogen leak at poultry plant in Georgia

  28-01-2021 19:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Multiple others have been injured
  
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• Parent’s angry school meeting rant at Covid closures goes viral

  28-01-2021 19:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Raise the freakin’ bar!’, shouted Loudoun County father over recent Covid restrictions on teaching
  
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• Why has Germany advised against Oxford/AstraZeneca jab for over-65s?

  28-01-2021 19:23
  
  Explainer: Move attributed to ‘insufficient data’ but experts say no evidence vaccine doesn’t workCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGerman authorities have advised that the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab should not be given to those aged 65 or above. We take a look at why, and what experts make of it.Why has Germany advised the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab should only be used in adults under 65? Continue reading...
  
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• Covid-19 vaccines: Is it OK to get a leftover jab?

  28-01-2021 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As vaccines are rolled out, questions have been raised about how spares should be allocated.
  
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• EU's 'vaccine protectionism and selfishness' could cost world economy £6.7trillion

  28-01-2021 19:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE EU is going beyond pure vaccine nationalism by trying to take a step towards vaccine protectionism - a move that could cost the world economy £6.7trillion, political commentators have claimed.
  
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• Pompeo's exit leaves new secretary of state with task of regaining department's trust

  28-01-2021 19:11
  
  Analysis: Pompeo’s replacement, Antony Blinken, has pledged to put experts at the center of diplomacy and listen to dissenting viewsNo statues were toppled at the state department after Mike Pompeo’s departure. It was a changing of the guard, rather than regime change. But in one case at least, his legacy was brought down quickly and visibly.On the day of the inauguration, workmen brought down a giant placard about “professional ethos” that the former secretary of state h
  
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• Robinhood sued by customers for restricting GameStop trading

  28-01-2021 19:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Reddit-driven investment had seen stock price spike 700 per cent in just days
  
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• Spain set to pilot four-day week as response to coronavirus pandemic

  28-01-2021 18:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Government backs plan proposed by smaller party in exchange for congressional support
  
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• Spanish minister under fire for suggesting LGBT people face discrimination from the working class

  28-01-2021 18:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Do not confuse an area where there is intolerance with a working class area’, responded one critic
  
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• Ursula von der Leyen told to resign over EU vaccine shortage fiasco: 'Take responsibility'

  28-01-2021 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  URSULA von der Leyen has been told to take responsibility and resign over the embarrassing debacle the European Union has become embroiled in over the painfully slow process of gaining access to the crucial coronavirus vaccine for the bloc.
  
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• Alexei Navalny decries Kremlin lawlessness as court rejects appeal

  28-01-2021 18:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Kremlin critic said the court was trying to scare millions of Russians
  
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• GameStop stock news - live: AOC demands Robinhood probe as users file class action complaint against platform

  28-01-2021 18:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Video game retailer GameStop’s stock price has been on a rollercoaster this week due to the actions of users on the WallStreetBets subreddit and the subsequent blocking of their ability to buy stock by several online brokerages.
  
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• ‘Torture in Europe’: Polish women’s fears after near-total abortion ban comes into force

  28-01-2021 18:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Polish women are ‘terrified’ about the new law, activists told Maya Oppenheim
  
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• GameStop stock news - live: Shares fall to pre-surge level as AOC demands probe into Robinhood purchase ban

  28-01-2021 18:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Video game retailer GameStop’s stock price has been on a rollercoaster this week due to the actions of users on the WallStreetBets subreddit and the subsequent blocking of their ability to buy stock by several online brokerages.
  
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• Army chaplain under investigation after calling transgender soldiers ‘mentally unfit’

  28-01-2021 18:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Major Andrew Calvert defended his offensive comments as ‘the very definition of conservative’
  
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• AOC demands probe after Robinhood app banned GameStop purchases triggering 90-minute sell-off frenzy

  28-01-2021 18:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she would support a hearing to examine stock trading app Robinhood's decision to block traders from using the app to purchase GameStop shares promoted on the Reddit message board WallStreetBets.  
  
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• South Africa Covid variant detected in US for first time

  28-01-2021 17:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The highly transmissible Covid-19 variant initially found in South Africa has been detected in the United States for the first time, infecting two people from South Carolina with no recent travel history. 
  
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• Rioters who stormed the US Capitol are being turned in by their family and friends

  28-01-2021 17:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  As the FBI investigates an insurrection that shocked the world, many tip-offs are coming from suspects’ nearest and dearest. Justin Vallejo reports
  
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• ‘How is this still happening?’ Fed-up creator of Billions bombarded by fans all pitching the same GameStop plot idea

  28-01-2021 17:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The show’s creator spent two days fielding the same pitch 
  
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• GameStop stock news - live: Share price falls off a cliff as Robinhood halts purchases and Reddit goes down

  28-01-2021 17:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Video game retailer GameStop’s stock price has increased dramatically due to the actions of users on the WallStreetBets subreddit. 
  
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• Blair House guest quarters a temporary home for VP Harris

  28-01-2021 17:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Blair House, the official U.S. government guest house across the street from the White House, is serving as a temporary home for Vice President Kamala Harris
  
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• The handkerchief you can’t get married without in Pakistan

  28-01-2021 17:19 via independent.co.uk
  Pashtun and Baloch tribes of Pakistan have many rituals at the time of engagement and marriage, one of which is a handkerchief called 'Dasmal' in Pashto
  
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• GameStop stock news - live: Share price plummets by 30% as Robinhood halts purchases and Reddit goes down

  28-01-2021 17:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Video game retailer GameStop’s stock price has increased dramatically due to the actions of users on the WallStreetBets subreddit. 
  
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• Sort it out! Brexiteer explodes at EU 'punishment threat' as Covid vaccine row intensifies

  28-01-2021 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREXITEER John Redwood has exploded at the EU for "making life difficult" for the UK by threatening to interrupt exports in an attempt to secure more Covid vaccines.
  
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• New York undercounted Covid deaths in nursing homes by up to 50%

  28-01-2021 17:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  State’s attorney general says that New York probably missed thousands of deaths caused by Covid-19
  
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• Indonesia volcano: Mount Merapi erupts 30 times in a single day, prompting lava flow fears

  28-01-2021 16:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  The sound of the eruption could be heard from 18 miles away, officials said
  
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• Pakistan court release men who beheaded US journalist Daniel Pearl

  28-01-2021 16:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Pearl’s family said the decision to release the men “puts in danger journalists everywhere”
  
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