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United Kingdom to require negative COVID test for overseas arrivals
Travellers also need to fill in forms showing where they will be based during their quarantine and Border Force will conduct spot checks on arrival into England, the Department for Transport said. Department of Transport announced Friday. And with the South African variant of the deadly virus now of major concern, anyone travelling indirectly from South Africa must self-isolate for 10 days. [Full Article...]
Biden picks Rhode Island Gov. Raimondo as commerce secretary
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as his labor secretary, choosing a former union worker who shares his Irish American background and working-class roots. Sen. Ed Markey tweeted: "Fantastic news". "He sees how union workers have been holding this country together during this crisis, health care workers keeping our hospitals safe, clean, and effective - and efficie... [Full Article...]
Odisha To Conduct Covid-19 State-Wide Dry Run Tomorrow
Faisal Shuaib, executive director and chief executive officer, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says provisions would be made for President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live television. [Full Article...]
Trump's Education Secretary Betsy DeVos submits resignation
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos reportedly submitted her resignation to President Donald Trump Thursday night, citing the impact his rhetoric had on riots that culminated with an attack on the Capitol a day earlier. The president has since accepted the results of the Electoral College, pledged to ensure a peaceful transition of power, and promised the rioters that they will "pay"... [Full Article...]
Coronavirus | Japan declares state of emergency in Tokyo area
Suga , who is under criticism for delaying an emergency declaration despite pleas from politicians like Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike in December, is increasingly coming under fire from citizens who say the government procrastinated as cases climbed. [Full Article...]
Dominion Sues Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell For Defamation
Dominion Voting Systems is seeking $1.3 billion in damages from the former Trump campaign lawyer. "Dominion brings this action to set the record straight", the company said in the suit filed in USA federal court in Washington. In coordination with President Trump and his attorney Rudy Guiliani, Powell has played a prominent role in spreading stories of election fraud that have been slapped do... [Full Article...]
"We will never concede" defeat
Trump allies, including his personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, have suggested that Pence could simply reject electoral results from states Biden won, citing Trump's claims of fraud. The Arizona challenge is being led by Sen. During the 130 years since the Electoral Count Act was passed, Congress has, without exception, used these formal procedures to count the electoral votes every four ... [Full Article...]
North Korea's Kim vows to comprehensively expand diplomacy at party congress
Mr Biden has called Mr Kim a "thug" and said he would meet the North Korean leader only if he made moves to reduce his nuclear arsenal. Tokyo/Seoul: Kim Jong Un will put North Korea on a path to develop more advanced nuclear technologies and missiles, sending a chilling warning to President-elect Joe Biden that the Asian leader is ready to ratchet up security tensions. [Full Article...]