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• Mitt Romney says GOP has no space for ‘kooks’ like Marjorie Taylor Greene

  02-02-2021 23:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  He joins top Republicans in condemning Ms Greene for her comments
  
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• Jeff Bezos: Amazon CEO to step down

  02-02-2021 22:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Billionaire company founder to be replaced by Andy Jassy of AWS
  
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• Orlena was not the kind of winter storm you pop out for a coffee in

  02-02-2021 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  This ‘brutal nor’easter’ was quite a bit more than I was used to in the UK, and so we congratulated ourselves that we managed remarkably well, writes Holly Baxter
  
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• Navalny trial: Russian opposition leader sentenced to nearly three years in prison colony as UK calls for realease

  02-02-2021 22:27 via independent.co.uk
  
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• GameStop stock dips below $100 for the first time in a week as Mark Cuban tells Reddit users to ‘hold on’

  02-02-2021 21:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘If you can afford to hold the stock, you hold. I don’t own it, but that’s what I would do,’ said investor to r/WallStreetBets
  
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• Coup in the time of coronavirus leaves Myanmar’s Rohingya population vulnerable

  02-02-2021 20:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mobility is a major concern in the pandemic for international relief workers trying to deliver aid, reports Rituparna Chatterjee
  
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• Romney says GOP has no space for ‘kooks’ like Marjorie Taylor Greene

  02-02-2021 20:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  He joins top Republicans in condemning Ms Greene for her comments
  
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• Covid: France restricts AstraZeneca vaccine to under-65s

  02-02-2021 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the latest EU country to limit use of the jab citing lack of efficacy data for elderly people.
  
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• Twitter restricts Turkish interior minister’s homophobic tweet calling protesters ‘LGBT perverts’

  02-02-2021 19:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Suleyman Soylu labelled student protestors in Istanbul ‘LGBT perverts’
  
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• Google to pay $2.5million to 5,500 underpaid female engineers and overlooked Asian applicants

  02-02-2021 19:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tech giant will also put aside $1.25 million for future pay adjustment
  
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• Putin critic Navalny jailed in Russia despite protests

  02-02-2021 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alexei Navalny had returned to Russia after treatment in Germany for Novichok poisoning.
  
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• Pete Buttigieg becomes first gay cabinet member confirmed by Senate in historic vote

  02-02-2021 19:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  As transportation secretary, former mayor is tasked with implementing ambitious Biden agenda
  
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• ‘Bring Trump to justice’: Missouri paper says Hawley should back impeachment or resign

  02-02-2021 19:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Senator was the first to back ex-president’s spurious election challenge
  
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• Impeachment: House lays out case against Trump

  02-02-2021 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Democrats will argue the former president committed impeachable offenses for his role in the riot.
  
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• Navalny trial – live: Russian opposition leader sentenced to nearly three years in prison colony as UK calls for realease

  02-02-2021 19:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, has been condemned to two years and eight months in a prison colony.
  
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• Dolly Parton 'turned down' Presidential Medal of Freedom twice

  02-02-2021 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The singer revealed she rejected the offers made by President Trump - but not for political reasons.
  
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• Pete Buttigieg becomes first openly gay cabinet member after historic Senate vote

  02-02-2021 18:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Senate has approved Pete Buttigieg’s nomination to be transportation secretary, making him the first openly gay person ever confirmed to a Cabinet post.
  
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• Coronavirus live: Merkel says Russian vaccine welcome if approved by EMA; Poland bars AstraZeneca jab for over-65s

  02-02-2021 18:54
  
  German chancellor defends EU approach to vaccinations; Poland confirms decision not to give AstraZeneca vaccine to elderlyMonoclonal antibody treatment failing against new variantsCaptain Sir Tom Moore dies at 100 after Covid diagnosisSputnik V vaccine has 91.6% efficacy, Russian trial suggestsTeenager emerges after 10-month coma with no knowledge of pandemic
  UK coronavirus updates – live5.54pm GMT The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has 76% efficacy against symptomatic infection for three mont
  
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• Impeachment managers: 'Trump's betrayal is of historic proportions' – live

  02-02-2021 18:52
  
  Brief outlines argument for Trump’s conviction ahead of trialBiden and Republicans agree to more Covid relief talks despite divisionsHow red states might block Biden’s roadmap to Covid recoveryAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she is a sexual assault survivorSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 5.52pm GMT Donald Trump’s legal team for his second impeachment trial has filed a 14-page brief defending his actions on January 6, when the then-president inci
  
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• Navalny sentenced to nearly three years in prison colony: ‘Punished for surviving Novichok’

  02-02-2021 18:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russian opposition leader brands Putin ‘underpants poisoner’ as hundreds of protesters arrested
  
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• Navalny trial – live: Russian opposition leader sentenced to nearly three years in prison colony as hundreds arrested

  02-02-2021 18:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Latest updates as Kremlin critic awaits sentencing with more than 300 supporters detained outside court
  
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• Navalny trial – live: Russian opposition leader sentenced to 3.5 years in prison colony as hundreds arrested

  02-02-2021 18:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Latest updates as Kremlin critic awaits sentencing with more than 300 supporters detained outside court
  
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• Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny jailed for two years and eight months

  02-02-2021 18:37
  
  Court locks up Putin’s foe despite threat of protests and international condemnationA Moscow court has sentenced Alexei Navalny to two years and eight months in a prison colony in a landmark decision for Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on the country’s leading opposition figure.Navalny, who has accused the Russian president and his allies of stealing billions, was sentenced to prison for violating parole from a 2014 sentence for embezzlement. He said the case against him was politic
  
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• ‘Punished for surviving Novichok’: Navalny sentenced to three and a half years in prison colony

  02-02-2021 18:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russian opposition leader brands Putin ‘underpants poisoner’ as hundreds of protesters arrested
  
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• Amazon ordered to pay $61.7m fine for withholding drivers’ tips

  02-02-2021 18:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  The company has agreed not to change driver wages without first gaining their informed consent
  
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• Vienna man's body lay in apartment for months 'forgotten' by city department

  02-02-2021 18:33
  
  Man’s neighbor notified police of his death in November, but found in January that no one had come to collect his bodyFor two months, Vienna’s funeral services “forgot” to pick up the body of an elderly man who had died in his apartment, according to a city official.The 66-year-old man had been living alone and had been ill for a long time, and was found dead in his flat on 11 November by a neighbour who had been helping him. Continue reading...
  
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• Perth: Bushfire threatens locked-down Australian city

  02-02-2021 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An escalating blaze is racing towards Perth as the city of two million remains under a snap lockdown.
  
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• Captain Sir Tom Moore dies at 100 after testing positive for Covid

  02-02-2021 18:17
  
  Tributes pour in for fundraiser and second world war veteran who was knighted after raising £38.9m for NHS Captain Sir Tom Moore obituarySir Tom Moore - a life in picturesCaptain Sir Tom Moore, the second world war veteran who raised almost £39m for NHS charities during the first coronavirus lockdown in spring 2020, has died aged 100 after testing positive for coronavirus.In a statement, his daughters, Hannah Ingram-Moore and Lucy Teixeira, said: “It is with great sadness that
  
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• Eurozone on course for double-dip recession

  02-02-2021 18:15
  
  Eurozone’s recovery goes into reverse amid second wave of Covid-19 pandemicThe eurozone is on course for a double-dip recession after the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic during the last quarter of 2020 sent the currency bloc’s recovery into reverse.Eurozone national income, or GDP, fell by 0.7% from October to December as governments introduced new restrictions and lockdowns to try to curb the virus. GDP fell by 0.5% in the wider EU in the last three months of the year. Continue
  
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• Two FBI agents shot dead and three hurt during Florida raid

  02-02-2021 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The gunfight took place at an upscale gated community while agents were investigating child abuse.
  
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• Myanmar coup: Medics to strike as anger at military grows

  02-02-2021 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Medical staff and others plan civil disobedience, as residents of Yangon bang pots and pans.
  
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• Sea level rise could be worse than feared, warn researchers

  02-02-2021 18:00
  
  Danish team predict possible 1.35m rise by 2100 and highlight issues with previous modellingThe rise in the sea level is likely to be faster and greater than previously thought, according to researchers who say recent predictions are inconsistent with historical data.In its most recent assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said the sea level was unlikely to rise beyond 1.1 metre (3.6ft) by 2100. Continue reading...
  
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• iPhone update lets Apple Watch users unlock Face ID in a mask

  02-02-2021 17:44
  
  Company’s iOS 14.5 release will allow masked users to access devices with help from Apple Watch heart-rate sensorA year into the global pandemic, Apple has solved the problem of how to unlock iPhones with Face ID without removing your face mask – at least, it has for its most dedicated customers.In the latest version of iOS, the operating system for iPhones, which is being beta tested by the public, users can enable a setting that makes Face ID work even if a mask is worn, but only i
  
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• Myanmar coup: Fitness instructor unwittingly films video as takeover unfolds

  02-02-2021 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Recording her dance routine, Khing Hnin Wai had no idea she was filming a military takeover.
  
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• Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95

  02-02-2021 17:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The award-winning character actor who toured the world as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice “Follow the money” in the political thriller “All the President’s Men,” has died
  
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• Canada regrets 'misunderstanding' over Wu-Tang Clan T-shirt

  02-02-2021 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Canadian diplomat's T-shirt came under fire after some claimed the logo looked like a bat.
  
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• Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi's party calls for her release

  02-02-2021 17:32
  
  Civil disobedience campaign launched as National League for Democracy urges military to acknowledge 2020 election resultThe party of Aung San Suu Kyi has called for her immediate release and for Myanmar’s 2020 election results to be acknowledged by the military, which took power in a coup on Monday.The country’s elected leader, who was among dozens of political figures picked up by the army, reportedly remains under house arrest. Continue reading...
  
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• Navalny trial – live: Russian opposition leader brands Putin ‘underpants poisoner’ as he awaits verdict

  02-02-2021 17:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Latest updates as Kremlin critic awaits sentencing with more than 300 supporters detained outside court
  
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• For the first time ever, I am taking the reins in my own life | Tristan Williams

  02-02-2021 17:30
  
  Losing my friends, losing my work – and everything else the pandemic has thrown at me – has made me look at myself hard in the mirrorRead Tristan’s last Dreams interrupted diary hereRead how the pandemic is shaping a generation hereName: Tristan Williams
  Age: 25
  Dreams of: Being a social media account managerIf coronavirus has taught me anything, it is the fragility of life. How easily the strongest people can come undone through no fault of their own. This was very much the ca
  
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• Can I still get Covid after having the vaccine?

  02-02-2021 17:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Members of public reported getting coronavirus post-vaccine, but CDC issues assurances about protection
  
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• Two FBI agents shot dead and three others injured while serving child exploitation warrant

  02-02-2021 17:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Two wounded agents transported to hospital but in stable condition, officials say
  
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• GameStop shares plunge as traders dump stock

  02-02-2021 17:23
  
  Reddit-inspired surge in stocks such as struggling video games store and AMC dive as hedge funds close positionsShares in GameStop plunged by 60% in early trading on Wall Street as the trading mania sparked by small investors that sent its stock surging and cost hedge funds billions of dollars faded.The struggling video game store chain has been the focal point of a battle by small traders using forums such as Reddit to punish Wall Street hedge funds that have bet billions on certain stocks fall
  
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• ‘Vladimir the underpants poisoner’: Alexei Navalny ridicules Putin ahead of sentencing

  02-02-2021 17:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds arrested after turning out to protest the likely guilty verdict
  
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• ‘Vladimir the underpants poisoner’: Navalny ridicules Putin ahead of sentencing

  02-02-2021 17:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds arrested after turning out to protest the likely guilty verdict
  
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• Amazon ordered to pay $61.7m fine for stealing drivers' tips

  02-02-2021 17:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Amazon will pay more than $61.7m to settle charges brought against it by the Federal Trade Commission alleging it failed to pay Amazon Flex drivers the full tip amounts they were given by customers of the company.  
  
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• ‘Courtside Karen was MAD MAD!’: LeBron James reacts after maskless heckler ejected from Lakers game

  02-02-2021 17:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  All fans attending NBA games must wear masks at all times
  
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• Canadian postal workers suspended for not delivering pro-Trump conspiracy paper

  02-02-2021 17:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Canada Post employee thought flyer was ‘trash’ before refusing to deliver copies of the Epoch Times
  
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• Covid-19: Tanzania has no vaccination plan, minister says

  02-02-2021 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged Tanzania to consider inoculating its population.
  
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• Mummies with golden tongues that ‘speak to the dead’ unearthed in Egypt

  02-02-2021 16:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tombs thought to date back 2,000 years
  
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• ‘Every day feels the same’: Groundhog Day feels bleaker than ever as rodent says 6 more weeks of winter

  02-02-2021 16:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Everyday since last February has felt exactly the same,’ says Twitter user
  
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