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Intel Failures Compounded US Capitol Riot: Security Officials To US Congress

To ensure his agency wouldn't be at full strength, Sund said protesters who were trying to keep Congress from tallying the electoral votes to formalize Joe Bid...

Facebook Blocks News Content From Australia

So now, Facebook and Google must pay news publishers whenever they "use" their content on their platforms - it's like a royalty licensing deal. Morrison retal...

Read the text messages at the center of the Ted Cruz scandal

Patagonia looking at Ted Cruz wearing their jacket. Eventually, the sound of a steel drum soloist nearly gives him away. Ted Cruz's Cancun trip. He was me...

Biden To Give $4 Billion To COVAX, Global COVID-19 Vaccine Effort

Biden will announce the new contribution during a virtual meeting of the G7, according to a senior administration official. "Thanks to secured avenues of sup...

Ex-Aide: McConnell May Never Speak to Trump Again

The statement was viewed as a response to McConnell proclaiming on the Senate Floor that "there is no question" Trump was "practically and morally responsible" ...

Province Confirms 904 New Cases of COVID-19 This Morning

During a briefing on COVID-19 projections last week, Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, co-chair of Ontario's science advisory group, said that while cases have been decreas...

Millions without power in Texas as snowstorm slams US

The average spot price for power across the Texas grid hit the state's $9,000 per megawatt-hour price cap shortly after 9:30 a.m. local time. Power is going t...

Pelosi: House to Form 9/11-Style Commission for January 6 Riot

The Commission would "investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021 domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol ...

PolitiFact Is Silent On 'Fact-Check' Backing Cuomo's Lethal Nursing Home Policy

There should be hell to pay. According to CNN , Cuomo's administration "knowingly undercounted deaths among nursing home residents during the height of the C...

Pfizer doses just days away from arriving in Australia

More than 142,000 doses have been taken to a secure location and batches will be assessed for damage and quality in the coming days. Prime Minister Scott Mor...

UK administers 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

He said ministers were hopeful schools can reopen from 8 March, with the government looking to open non-essential shops after this and then the hospitality sect...

Meghan Markle treading towards a career in politics in US

Additional details about the forthcoming child haven't been shared, according to E Online . The news was released on Sunday night , Valentine's Day, via rep...

Trump acquitted in trial amid rupture in GOP

A two-thirds majority vote in the evenly divided chamber was required to convict Trump , with an additional vote needed to disqualify him from running for the ...

Ontario reports 42 additional COVID-19 deaths, fewer than 1,000 cases Sunday

Toronto's data migration has been happening for the past two weeks. From the high 60's right after the holidays, Thursday showed 17active cases remain in the ...

Oxford University to test COVID vaccine response in children

The trial is the first to assess the vaccine's efficacy in children aged six to 17. A third vaccine, from Moderna, has been approved for use in the United Kin...

Wu-Tang Clan or Wuhan? T-shirt ignites new China-Canada tiff

But questions remain over what the experts can hope to find after so much time has passed. World Health Organization team member Peter Daszak told reporters t...

Home World Spain 'open' to using Russia's Covid vaccine

Comorbidities, a known risk for Covid-19 severity, were present in about a quarter of those who entered the trial. The study was first announced last December...

Biden administration indicates in no hurry to engage China

The US has adhered to the "One China" policy for decades; however, under the Trump administration, US-China relations severely deteriorated, as former US Presid...

Tokyo Olympics president Yoshiro Mori causes stir with sexist comments

An official for the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee said it was important to ensure that the local medical system and the Olympics were both sustainable. "It'...

Wildfire in west Australia burns more homes in dry wind

More than 250 firefighters were operating in rough and hilly terrain, making their task "really difficult", said department of fire and emergency services commi...

Trump’s pathetic defense reminds us why conviction is needed

Trump became the first USA president in history to be impeached twice when the House of Representatives charged him last month with inciting the mayhem inflic...

Cole argues against legislation to strip Greene of committees

The lawmaker has also been linked to several other baseless theories, including QAnon and Pizzagate, and has falsely claimed that an airplane never hit the Pent...

United States charges Seattle-based Proud Boys member for role in Capitol riots

Senior officials speaking on a technical briefing said authorities had been monitoring and collecting evidence about the Proud Boys before the Capitol Hill insu...

Space Force to Continue, White House Confirms

She did not elaborate. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki for a second consecutive day had to answer questions on the U.S. Space Force at her daily b...

Blakk Rasta features presidential candidate Bobi Wine on song titled 'Bloody Museveni'

The 38-year-old singer-turned-lawmaker came a distant second behind veteran leader Museveni in the 14 January vote that followed some of Uganda's worst pre-elec...

[Updated] Twitter Withholds Caravan India, Farmer Protest Accounts Citing "Legal Demand"

A list of accounts is not available, and the users on Twitter are still discovering that a number of accounts that were tweeting information related to farmers"...

Sri Lanka halts port deal with India and Japan

In fact, Sri Lanka cabinet three months ago took the decision to implement the project with foreign investors. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had tagg...

Accused in Daniel Pearl murder case to be released

Sheikh's lawyer, Mehmood A. Sheikh, told The Associated Press that the order to send his client to the safe house was given to allow the Sindh government time t...

Biden, Yellen call Republican virus aid plan insufficient as Democrats push ahead

White House officials have previously cited the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as evidence of broad support for their plan, but the nation's most prominent business g...

Russian Riot Police Brutally Crack Down Following Navalny Verdict

He was accused of violating parole conditions by refusing to check in with prison officials and was arrested when he flew back to Moscow on January 17 from ...

Capitol Police officer who died after riot lies in honor

Slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick lay in honor in the building he died defending, allowing colleagues and the lawmakers he protected to pay th...

6 arrested after changing Hollywood sign to 'HOLLYBOOB'

The incident came to notice after Los Angeles Police Department security personnel observed five men and one woman on surveillance tape at around 1:15 pm. The s...

Study finds Covid-19 vaccine has 'substantial' effect on transmission

One of the lead researchers on the project, Dr. Andrew Pollard of Oxford University , said Oxford scientists believe the vaccine will continue to offer protect...

Trump lawyers challenge legitimacy of post-presidency impeachment trial

The trial is expected to last about one week. President Trump's legal team has called on the Senate for an acquittal, while arguing the impeachment trial is...

Myanmar Explained: How A Coup Followed Unproven Allegations Of Voter Fraud

We stand with the people of Myanmar who want to see a democratic future. Either way, China was already on a diplomatic roll with the civilian government led...