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• Buttergate: Why are Canadians complaining about hard butter?

  23-02-2021 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canadians say that the consistency of local butter has changed. Experts may have found the culprit.
  
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• China, looking post-virus, to push tech autonomy at Congress

  03-03-2021 02:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Chinese leaders are focusing on their long-term goal of making China a technology power at this year’s highest-profile political event, the meeting of its ceremonial legislature, amid tension with Washington and Europe over trade, Hong Kong and human rights
  
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• Trump supporters are planning to storm the Capitol again on 4 March, lawmaker warns

  03-03-2021 02:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Committee chair tells defence officials that QAnon supporters and others are considering a second attack on Congress, says ‘that is circulating online’
  
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• Pentagon says ‘very disturbing’ report of North Korea nuclear activity could be intended to get Biden’s attention

  03-03-2021 02:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We have our eye on this. And it is deeply concerning where North Korea wants to go’
  
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• Guatemala begins reshaping court; corruption concerns grow

  03-03-2021 02:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Guatemala’s Congress has begun reshaping the country’s highest court, selecting a new magistrate and an alternate in decisions that could have grave consequences for the battle against corruption and impunity
  
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• Biden news: Tanden drops out over Twitter row, as president says vaccines for all adults by May

  03-03-2021 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Trump endorses SC's Tim Scott in 2022 Senate reelection bid

  03-03-2021 01:50 via independent.co.uk
  Former President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Sen. Tim Scott’s 2022 reelection bid
  
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• Ex-Kansas Rep. Watkins enters diversion over voter fraud

  03-03-2021 01:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Rep. Steve Watkins of Kansas has entered into a diversion program to avoid a criminal trial over allegations that he voted illegally in a 2019 municipal election
  
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• White supremacists on par with ISIS as ‘top threat,’ FBI director says at Capitol riot hearing

  03-03-2021 01:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  FBI has no evidence of ‘fake Trump protesters’ precipitating violence at 6 January Capitol riot
  
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• White House withdraws Neera Tanden’s nomination as OMB Director in row over tweets

  03-03-2021 01:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  She had received bipartisan opposition in Senate over past tweets
  
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• What happened to George Floyd, whose killer goes on trial next week

  03-03-2021 01:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  The trial is one of the biggest civil rights cases in a generation
  
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• White House withdrawing Neera Tanden’s nomination as OMB Director

  03-03-2021 00:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The White House is withdrawing Neera Tanden’s nomination as the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
  
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• Biden news – live: Tanden drops out over Twitter row, as president says vaccines for all adults by May

  03-03-2021 00:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration allegedly spent $10bn in hospital relief funds on Operation Warp Speed
  
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• Budget nominee Tanden withdraws nomination amid opposition

  03-03-2021 00:53 via independent.co.uk
  President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she faced opposition from key Democratic and Republican senators for her controversial tweets
  
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• Dolly Parton - who helped fund vaccine - gets Covid shot in the arm

  03-03-2021 00:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Singer joked she had got ‘a dose of her own medicine’ after vaccination in Tennessee
  
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• Attorneys say Joe Exotic of 'Tiger King' wants new trial

  03-03-2021 00:23 via independent.co.uk
  Joe Exotic of “Tiger King” fame has found new attorneys, who say they plan to file a motion for a new trial in a matter of months
  
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• 'Vaccine, vaccine': Dolly sings 'Jolene' rewrite before shot

  03-03-2021 00:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dolly Parton rewrote the lyrics to “Jolene" as “Vaccine, vaccine,” as she got her COVID-19 shot
  
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• Whitmer faces criticism over severance deals for officials

  02-03-2021 23:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing criticism after the disclosure of another severance deal for a former top health official, a day after a $155,000 payout to Michigan’s ex-health director Robert Gordon came to light
  
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• Former CIA chief says he is ‘increasingly embarrassed’ to be a white man

  02-03-2021 23:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  John Brennan says ‘there are so few Republicans in Congress who value truth, honesty, and integrity’
  
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• Myanmar coup crisis grows after years of US neglect

  02-03-2021 23:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  A decade ago, the United States was touting Myanmar as an American success story
  
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• At least 13 killed after SUV crashes into gravel truck in California

  02-03-2021 23:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials say that Ford SUV had 27 people inside it when accident happened
  
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• Pro-Trump channel awkwardly shuts down conspiracy theories to follow YouTube guidelines

  02-03-2021 23:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Anchors on RSBN have been playing conspiracy whack-a-mole, swatting down paranoid comments to which they themselves seem sympathetic.
  
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• Biden news – live: President says vaccines for all US adults by May, as Texas and Mississippi drop safeguards

  02-03-2021 22:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration allegedly spent $10bn in hospital relief funds on Operation Warp Speed
  
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• Biden directs every state to vaccinate all teachers by end of March to reopen schools

  02-03-2021 22:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden is directing all states to prioritise the vaccination of teachers, childcare workers, and school staff against Covid-19 by the end of March in order to expedite the reopening of schools.
  
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• Multiple women accuse GOP’s Madison Cawthorn of sexual harassment

  02-03-2021 22:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Republican rising star, who is the youngest member of Congress, denies any wrongdoing
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene claims ‘real’ voter suppression is her having to wait to go through metal detectors at Congress

  02-03-2021 22:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The For the People Act – also known as HR1 – aims to make voting in federal elections easier
  
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• Boy, 14, charged with first-degree murder of a mother after firing randomly into her SUV

  02-03-2021 22:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Youngster has not been named by Denver authorities as he is a juvenile
  
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• Texas and Mississippi scrap mask mandates despite Covid surge warning – live

  02-03-2021 22:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Governor Greg Abbott says: ‘It is now time to open Texas 100%’US set have vaccines for all Americans by end of May – BidenWray: white supremacists make up ‘biggest chunk’ of US terroristsSenate confirms Gina Raimondo as commerce secretaryCDC chief warns of ‘potential fourth Covid surge’Cuomo faces new calls to resign as harassment investigation looms 9.44pm GMT After concluding his remarks, Joe Biden answered a couple of questions that reporters shouted
  
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• Biden says US will have enough vaccines for every adult by end of May

  02-03-2021 22:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US will have enough Covid vaccine doses for every American adult by the end of May, Joe Biden announced at a press briefing on Tuesday.
  
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• The estate agents who once mocked us are now begging for our business

  02-03-2021 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oh how the tables have turned. Where once the estate agent Kings of New York City were literally laughing at us and hanging up the phone, now we have the power, writes Holly Baxter
  
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