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• Federal prosecutors looking at fake certifications falsely declaring Trump's victory in 2020

  25-01-2022 23:11 via cnn.com
  
  • McConnell has warning of sorts for GOP candidates running on Trump's false claims
  
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• Biden threatens to sanction Putin himself if Russia invades Ukraine

  25-01-2022 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden acknowledged Tuesday a deeply uncertain situation at the Ukraine border, where Russian troops are amassing but few observers have any definitive knowledge of whether or when they might invade.
  
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• American troops have been placed on high alert to deploy to Europe in a show of reassurance

  25-01-2022 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden acknowledged Tuesday a deeply uncertain situation at the Ukraine border, where Russian troops are amassing but few observers have any definitive knowledge of whether or when they might invade.
  
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• Let the wild rumpus start: is the US facing a stock market ‘super-bubble’?

  25-01-2022 22:41 via theguardian.com
  
  After Jeremy Grantham’s warning, analysts fear more volatility ahead – and will be watching tech’s latest results with interestThe tech sector led US stock markets on a pandemic boom last year. Now markets are whipsawing on fears that the Federal Reserve will end the era of easy money, all while a potential war in Ukraine looms. Some warn of a bigger correction to come on a scale not seen since the dotcom collapse of the late 1990s.On Monday, US stock markets crashed then ralli
  
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• Despite surge in hospitalizations, omicron is causing less severe illness

  25-01-2022 22:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The omicron variant appears to cause less severe illness among hospitalized patients, data from the CDC find. A smaller percentage of patients are admitted to the ICU.
  
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• Mexico: Canadians killed at resort over international gang debts, police say

  25-01-2022 21:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Shooting of pair on Caribbean coast allegedly linked to ‘transnational illegal activities that the victims participated in’The killing of two Canadians at a resort on Mexico’s Caribbean coast last week was motivated by debts between international gangs apparently dedicated to drug and weapons trafficking, according to a senior Mexican prosecutor.“The investigations indicate that this attack was motivated by debts that arose from transnational illegal activities that the v
  
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• Woman who survived Auschwitz and Sarajevo siege dies aged 97

  25-01-2022 21:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Greta Ferušić Weinfeld survived both the Nazi death camp and the nearly four-year siege during the Bosnian warA woman who survived both the Auschwitz death camp and the Sarajevo siege in the 1990s has died, according to representatives of Bosnia’s Jewish community.Greta Ferušić Weinfeld died on Monday aged 97. Continue reading...
  
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• White House says Russian invasion of Ukraine remains 'imminent'

  25-01-2022 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  The White House says a Russian invasion of Ukraine is "imminent," even as diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis proceed.
  
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• Boris Johnson braced for perilous 48 hours with release of Sue Gray’s report

  25-01-2022 21:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Premiership under threat as MPs see official report that has now triggered police investigation Boris Johnson is braced for the most perilous 48 hours of his premiership, with exasperated Conservative MPs due to see an official report into Downing Street parties that has now triggered a criminal inquiry.The Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, announced on Tuesday that her officers are investigating allegations of law-breaking at the heart of government on the basis of evidence unear
  
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• Met’s ‘partygate’ inquiry is latest run-in between police and politics

  25-01-2022 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: Cressida Dick has had ringside seat for some of Met’s past painful encounters with politiciansThe 48 hours before Cressida Dick’s bombshell announcement of a criminal investigation into “partygate” was intense, busy and momentous for the leadership of the Metropolitan police.It was only on Sunday that the Met decided it had enough evidence to merit a criminal investigation into claims of parties in Downing Street and Whitehall, attended by those who made the one
  
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• Emily the Criminal review – Aubrey Plaza charges taut thriller

  25-01-2022 20:53 via theguardian.com
  
  A gig worker turns to credit card fraud in a tense debut feature with an electrifying central performanceIt’s hard to really blame Emily (Aubrey Plaza) for choosing a life of crime. A low-paid service gig brings nothing but stress. A seemingly inescapable student loan is gathering interest by the day. A couple of minor, years-back criminal charges have closed off a world of employment. It’s a familiar predicament that plagues many in America and even though first-time writer-director
  
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• 'Special K' are taking the Australian Open by storm with antics

  25-01-2022 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Had you taken a stroll past the Kia Arena in Melbourne this week, you could have been forgiven for assuming that a rock and roll festival was taking place.
  
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• First on CNN: Bank of America is giving workers $1 billion of stock

  25-01-2022 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Bank of America is handing out $1 billion worth of restricted stock to virtually its entire workforce as the bank seeks to gain an upper hand in the war for talent.
  
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• Senegal reach last eight as Mane scores but suffers head injury

  25-01-2022 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  Senegal's Sadio Mane scored but then went off with a head injury as they beat nine-man Cape Verde Islands 2-0 in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations at the Kouekong Stadium in Bafoussam on Tuesday.
  
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• IMF chief explains why she thinks inflation will end in 2023

  25-01-2022 20:37 via cnn.com
  
  Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, explains why she believes that the rapid inflation experienced in the US and other countries can end if the pandemic is brought under control in 2022.
  
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• Why Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Nicks have sold their music catalogs

  25-01-2022 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  Bob Dylan is the latest artist to sell his music catalog. The musician's $200 million deal with Sony Music Entertainment announced Monday will give the company rights to all of Dylan's recorded music since 1962.
  
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• Republicans angry as New York keeps school mask mandate despite ruling

  25-01-2022 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Governor Kathy Hochul has insisted students and teachers should continue to wear face covering despite a judge’s rulingRepublicans in New York reacted furiously on Tuesday after state officials told school administrators to continue enforcing a mask mandate for students and teachers despite a judge overturning it, causing confusion as some districts rushed to make masks optional.Lee Zeldin, a US congressman from Long Island, addressed the governor he hopes to replace in November. Continue
  
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• Child Covid infections are rising in England – is low vaccine rate a factor?

  25-01-2022 19:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: school absences are soaring, but experts disagree about the importance of vaccinating young childrenCovid cases in the UK have fallen sharply in the past few weeks, and hospital admissions appeared to have turned a corner. But now, it seems, the situation has stalled, with cases bobbing around 90,000 a day.The reason for the change is that while case rates are falling among adults, they are rising among children – where vaccination rates remain sluggish. Continue reading...
  
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• NATO chief still believes in a diplomatic solution with Russia

  25-01-2022 19:53 via cnn.com
  
  NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joins Amanpour to discuss NATO's plans for a diplomatic solution with Russia while the country continues to build up their military forces.
  
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• Biden stopped sending weapons to Yemen war, but he's still responsible for the bloodshed

  25-01-2022 19:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Washington made the right call last year in suspending offensive weapons to the conflict zone. But it's still giving Saudi Arabia too much diplomatic cover.
  
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• Neil Young wants his music scrubbed from Spotify because of vaccine misinformation

  25-01-2022 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  Neil Young, an outspoken advocate for Covid-19 safety and prevention, doesn't want his music to share a home with vaccine misinformation.
  
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• A letter to New Zealand, from Covid-ravaged Australia | Brigid Delaney

  25-01-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Omicron has played out in a series of strange stages in Australia. Here’s what to expect when the wave hitsDear New Zealand,Kia ora! Continue reading...
  
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• Olivia Munn speaks out after a racist Zoom-bombing disrupts an AAPI gathering

  25-01-2022 18:59 via cnn.com
  
  A virtual gathering of high-profile Asian American creators, including actress Olivia Munn, became the subject of their own discussion -- after the meeting was "Zoom-bombed" with anti-Asian images.
  
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• Silicon Valley city poised to take step closer to first-in-the-nation gun ownership requirements

  25-01-2022 18:53 via cnn.com
  
  San Jose, California, is getting closer to adopting a first-in-the-nation law to address gun violence by requiring all gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance.
  
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• Patient removed from heart transplant list for refusing Covid-19 vaccine

  25-01-2022 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
  DJ Ferguson, 31, had previously been prioritized for a transplant by Brigham and Women’s hospital in BostonA Boston-area hospital said it will not perform a heart transplant on a patient who refuses to get a Covid-19 vaccination.DJ Ferguson, 31, was previously prioritized for a heart transplant at Brigham and Women’s hospital, but is no longer eligible as he refuses to get vaccinated, said Ferguson’s family, according to a report by CBS Boston. Continue reading...
  
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• Ukraine rejects concessions to Russia, FM says

  25-01-2022 18:50 via cnn.com
  
  Ukraine "will not allow anyone to impose any concessions on us" as part of efforts to de-escalate the threat of conflict with Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told CNN in an exclusive interview Tuesday.
  
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• Robert F Kennedy Jr apologizes for Anne Frank comparison in anti-vax speech

  25-01-2022 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Kennedy’s remarks at Washington rally widely condemnedWife Cheryl Hines says reference to Frank ‘reprehensible’The anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr apologized on Tuesday for suggesting things are worse for people living under Covid restrictions and mandates than they were for Anne Frank, the teenager who died in a Nazi concentration camp after hiding with her family in a secret annex in an Amsterdam house for two years.His wife, the actor Cheryl Hines, who appears in t
  
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• NATO prepares written proposal for Russia

  25-01-2022 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  NATO will send a written proposal to the Kremlin later this week to "try to find a way forward" amid growing tensions over Russia's troop build-up on Ukraine's border, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday.
  
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• The West fears Russia is about to attack Ukraine. But that's not the way Russians are seeing it on TV

  25-01-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  • NATO prepares written proposal for Russia
  • Exclusive: Ukraine 'will not accept' concessions to Russia, FM says
  • Watch: CNN's Clarissa Ward sits down with Kuleba
  
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• The West fears Russia is about to attack Ukraine. But that's not the way it looks if you're watching state TV in Moscow

  25-01-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  • NATO prepares written proposal for Russia
  • Exclusive: Ukraine 'will not accept' concessions to Russia, FM says
  • Watch: CNN's Clarissa Ward sits down with Kuleba
  
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• Analysis: Russia's mirror-image depiction of Ukraine showdown

  25-01-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  • NATO prepares written proposal for Russia
  • Exclusive: Ukraine 'will not accept' concessions to Russia, FM says
  • Watch: CNN's Clarissa Ward sits down with Kuleba
  
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• Tiffany Haddish addresses recent DUI arrest, the loss of Bob Saget and mourning her grandmother

  25-01-2022 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  Tiffany Haddish is keeping her head up after she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Georgia on Jan. 14.
  
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• WATCH: Bulldog can’t wait to dive into freshly fallen snow

  25-01-2022 18:32
  
  Garcia, the bulldog, couldn’t wait to jump into the freshly fallen snow after a winter storm dropped nearly a foot of snow in Toronto.
  
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• Appeals court upholds conviction of notorious drug kingpin 'El Chapo'

  25-01-2022 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  A panel of appellate judges on Tuesday upheld the 2019 conviction of notorious Mexican drug cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, rejecting his assertions that he was treated unfairly.
  
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• Why Biden's 'son of a b*tch' moment is nothing like Trump's attacks on reporters

  25-01-2022 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  On its face, it's not a big deal.
  
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• ‘Peace, freedom, no dictatorship!’: Germans protest against Covid restrictions

  25-01-2022 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  The university city of Cottbus held one of 2,000 rallies across Germany on Monday, stoked by the far rightCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOn Monday evening on the dot of 7pm people emerged from dimly lit side streets and gathered on the Oberkirchplatz square in Cottbus for what has become a weekly ritual in towns and cities across Germany: a protest against coronavirus protection measures.The demonstrations have grown in strength as cases of the Omicron variant
  
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• How 24 hours in January became a nightmare for Donald Trump

  25-01-2022 18:14 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump is entangled in several legal battles that are all unfolding in ways that could be his biggest impediment to a run in 2024. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN's Chris Cillizza details how three of those battles became more troublesome for Trump within 24 hours.
  
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• McConnell plots GOP midterm strategy amid Trump's primary influence

  25-01-2022 18:07 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump has been relentless in his attacks against Senate Minority Mitch McConnell, making Republicans uneasy as they battle for the majority in the November midterms.
  
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• EU wants test-free travel for vaccinated residents

  25-01-2022 18:05 via cnn.com
  
  • Pfizer and BioNTech begin clinical trial for Omicron-specific vaccine
  • Live updates: 15 new Covid cases reported connected to Beijing Olympics
  • Sarah Palin allegedly flouted Covid-19 rules
  
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• 'Flying car' gets greenlight to take flight

  25-01-2022 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  The AirCar, a concept car from manufacturer Klein Vision, has been given the greenlight to take flight in Slovakia.
  
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• Flying car cleared for take-off but you'll need a pilot's license

  25-01-2022 17:44 via cnn.com
  
  A car that can transform into a small aircraft has passed flights tests with flying colors in Slovakia, developers say.
  
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• Netflix’s Byron Baes cast appear to flout NSW Covid measures in Instagram videos

  25-01-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Covid cases in the Byron Bay area have exploded since DecemberGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingCast members of the Netflix reality series Byron Baes have posted videos to social media of people dancing to live music at a crowded Byron Bay venue in apparent contravention of New South Wales Covid measures.Two of the show’s other stars have posted videos in the days after receiving positive Covid tests that appear to show them out in public. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Fifty years of resistance’: Aboriginal Tent Embassy began with an umbrella and became a symbol of sovereignty

  25-01-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  1972 was the first time many saw First Nations people confront the establishment. Now elders say it’s a legacy for future generationsIn the middle of the night, four young Aboriginal men pitched a beach umbrella on the lawns opposite Parliament House and sat down. When dawn broke on 26 January 1972, a police officer came over to ask how long they intended to stay.“Until we get land rights,” one of the four, Billy Craigie, told the officer.Above: Bobbi Sykes (with Gordon Briscoe
  
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• At least four killed after tropical Storm Ana hits Malawi and Mozambique

  25-01-2022 17:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Search and rescue operations under way as dozens reported missing in region battered by extreme weather in recent yearsAt least four people have died and dozens are missing after strong winds and heavy downpours wreaked havoc in Malawi and Mozambique as Tropical Storm Ana made landfall on Monday.Almost 16,000 people in the south of Malawi have been affected, according to the Red Cross, as search and rescue operations continue after the first cyclone of the region’s season. At least two peo
  
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• Long Covid: doctors find ‘antibody signature’ for patients most at risk

  25-01-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Low levels of certain antibodies found to be more common in those who go on to develop long CovidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDoctors have discovered an “antibody signature” that can help identify patients most at risk of developing long Covid, a condition where debilitating symptoms of the disease can persist for many months.Researchers at University hospital Zurich analysed blood from Covid patients and found that low levels of certain antibodie
  
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• Condoms available but hugs discouraged at Beijing Winter Olympics

  25-01-2022 16:59 via cnn.com
  
  Beijing Olympics organizers are keeping up with the tradition of making condoms available to athletes, despite detailed social distancing guidelines intended to curb the spread of COVID-19 within the "closed loop" in which the Games will take place.
  
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• Russia expert: Putin wants a 'replay of the end of the Cold War'

  25-01-2022 16:51 via cnn.com
  
  Former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief Jill Dougherty weighs in on Russian President Vladimir Putin's aspirations to 'evict the US from Europe,' as Fiona Hill describes in her New York Times OpEd piece.
  
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• Former Irish soldier was prepared to die for Islamic State, court hears

  25-01-2022 16:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Lisa Smith ‘enveloped’ herself in the ‘black flag of IS’ in Syria, prosecutor saysA former Irish soldier accused of joining Islamic State was prepared to die a martyr, a court in Dublin has heard.Lisa Smith, 39, from Dundalk, County Louth, has pleaded not guilty to being a member of the terrorist organisation between October 2015 and December 2019. Continue reading...
  
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• Tourist thrown out of Venice for sunbathing topless on war memorial

  25-01-2022 16:43 via cnn.com
  
  A female tourist was thrown out of Venice after she was caught posing for photos topless on a war memorial.
  
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• Neil Young wants his music scrubbed from Spotify because of vaccine misinformation on the platform

  25-01-2022 16:37 via cnn.com
  
  Neil Young, an outspoken advocate for Covid-19 safety and prevention, doesn't want his music to share a home with vaccine misinformation.
  
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