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YouTube suspends Trump’s channel for at least seven days
Date: 2021-01-13 05:56:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:8749833
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - YouTube said on Tuesday that it had suspended President Trump’s channel over concern about “ongoing potential for violence,” the latest move by one of the large tech companies to limit the president online, The New York ....
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US House passes resolution to demand Pence invoke 25th Amendment, remove Trump
Date: 2021-01-13 05:52:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:8749827
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - The House approved a resolution on a late Tuesday night to encourage Vice President Mike Pence to use the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office before his term ends on Jan. 20, a largely symbolic ....
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Financial Times: Brussels probes member states’ compliance with EU Covid vaccine strategy
Date: 2021-01-12 10:52:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:8748792
LONDON, Jan 12 (MENA) - Brussels is to probe EU governments’ compliance with its centralised buying of coronavirus vaccines, as concerns grow that member states will seek to make their own deals to avoid possible supply shortages, the Financial ....
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UNICEF: Children cannot afford another year of school disruption
Date: 2021-01-12 10:26:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:29 - ID:8748735
GENEVA, Jan 12 (MENA) - As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as cases continue to soar around the world, no effort should be spared to keep schools open or prioritize them in reopening plans, said UNICEF Executive Director ....
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Russia registers 22,938 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-01-12 09:28:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:8748522
MOSCOW, Jan 12 (MENA) - Russia on Tuesday registered 22,938 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours taking the total number of cases in the country to 3,448,203, according to the Russian center for fighting coronavirus. The center added in a ....
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Twitter suspends 70,000 QAnon accounts in massive purge following deadly Capitol siege, Trump ban
Date: 2021-01-12 09:06:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8748547
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (MENA) - Twitter said it suspended more than 70,000 accounts sharing QAnon content since Friday following the deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol. It also limited accounts that engaged with them and has deployed technology to ....
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Carmaker Ford to close its factories in Brazil
Date: 2021-01-12 08:33:15 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:17 - ID:8748523
BRAZILIA, Jan 12 (MENA) - Carmaker Ford said Monday losses exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic would see it close its three factories in Brazil, where it has operated for a century, terminating some 5,000 jobs, France 24 reported. Losses ....
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US reports more than 204,000 Covid-19 cases
Date: 2021-01-12 08:21:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8748492
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (MENA) - The United States reported 204,652 new Covid-19 cases and 1,731 virus-related deaths on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The latest figures bring the nationwide total to at least 22,613,782 coronavirus ....
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Russia receives invitation to attend Joe Biden's presidential inauguration
Date: 2021-01-12 08:02:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8748459
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (MENA) - The US has sent an invitation to Russia to attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden scheduled for January 20, the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C. confirmed in a statement on Tuesday. "We have received ....
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Cuba denounces US for replacing it on list of countries sponsoring terrorism
Date: 2021-01-12 07:14:59 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:12 - ID:8748385
HAVANA, Jan 12 (MENA) - Havana has denounced a decision by the US administration declaring Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism on Monday, the latest in a series of actions aimed at undoing the Obama-era legacy of opening US relations with the island ....
