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Trump announces new lawyers to lead defense in dismissal
Trump's deadline to respond to the impeachment charges is Tuesday local time (Wednesday in Australia). One point of friction with his previous team was Trump wanted the attorneys to focus on his election fraud claims rather than the constitutionality of convicting a former president. [Full Article...]
Israel says to transfer 5,000 coronavirus vaccines to Palestinians
The Health Ministry says almost one-third of Israel's 9.3 million people have received the first dose of the vaccine, while about 1.7 million people have received both doses. However, Palestinians were not so lucky, as they were excluded from Israel's anti-Covid vaccination programme. There are about 2.7 million Palestinians residing in the West Bank, and another 1.8 million in Gaza. [Full Article...]
Myanmar govt leaders detained, military declares state of emergency for 1 year
The military disputed the poll results even though the Union Election Commission was adamant that the allegations were false. The military claims that it is taking control under Section 417 of Myanmar's Constitution, in order to investigate alleged fraud at the country's November 8 election. [Full Article...]
World Health Organization team visits wet market in Wuhan
Their visit is being tightly controlled, and the World Health Organization has already downplayed expectations of finding the source of the virus, which is known to have infected more than 102 million people so far with over 2.2 million deaths. [Full Article...]
A Sierra Nevada Winter Storm Warning For Tuesday
The nor'easter, which is already starting to make its way across MA early Monday, is expected to spread from south to north in the morning. A sprawling, lumbering winter storm walloped the Eastern U.S. Upwards of 90% of flights at New York City-area airports have been canceled, according to Rick Cotton, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey , and operations at La G... [Full Article...]
Lincoln Project Allegedly Solicited Contact from ‘TikTok Teens’ on Twitter
Now 19, Cole Trickle-Miele said he first followed Weaver on Twitter in 2015 when he was a young supporter of Ohio Governor John Kasich, who Weaver was a senior advisor to, and received a direct message from the veteran GOP political operator soon after. [Full Article...]
South Carolina GOP Censures Rep. For Crossing Trump In Impeachment Vote
Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain, all of whom opposed Trump's efforts to overturn President Joe Biden's victory, or in the case of Flake and McCain, endorsed the Democrat before the election. "He told me he voted his conscience. But, this utter failure is inexcusable", the South Carolina Republican said. The censure against Rice was first approved in Marion County, located within Rice's Seventh Congr... [Full Article...]
Acquittal of Pearl killers irk US
Mr Pearl was the South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal when he was abducted and beheaded by extremists in Karachi in January 2002 while researching a story about Islamist militants. The court, however, extended the interim detention order of main accused Sheikh and his aides - Fahad Naseem, Sheikh Adil and Salman Saqib- by one day to hear the government's position on the case. [Full Article...]