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According To The 14th Amendment, Should Elected Officials Who Supported The Capitol Hill Riot Be Expelled From Congress?
WorldNews.com 15 Jan 2021
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Congressional Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday vehemently rejected a call by Sen. Ted Cruz for lawmakers and Americans to put the current “anger and division behind us,” 24 hours after the senator himself baselessly contested the presidential election results ... Sanders ... (17) Rep ... New York, New York....
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‘Shameful’ child welfare scandal forces entire Dutch Cabinet to resign
The National 15 Jan 2021
The Dutch government has resigned over a scandal in which thousands of parents were wrongly accused of child benefit fraud leaving many facing financial ruin. Compensation claims for people caught in the controversy are expected to top €300 million ($363.8m, £266.9 million) as about 10,000 families receive at least €30,000 ... Read More ... ....
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Several dead and hundreds injured in Indonesia
BBC News 15 Jan 2021
An earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has killed at least seven people and injured hundreds. More than a dozen patients and staff are reported to be trapped in the rubble of a hospital that was damaged in the quake ... No Tsunami warning was issued ... Related Topics. ....
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Hundreds of Central Americans gather for caravan aiming to reach United States
Straits Times 15 Jan 2021
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS (REUTERS) - Hundreds of Central Americans camped overnight outside the bus terminal in the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, anxiously awaiting the departure early on Friday morning (Jan 15) of a migrant caravan hoping to reach the United States ... .......
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Data recovered from crashed Indonesia jet’s flight recorder
Manila Bulletin 15 Jan 2021
Indonesian investigators have successfully recovered data from a crashed passenger jet’s flight recorder, days after the plane with 62 people aboard slammed into the sea, they said Friday ... (Photo by Azwar Ipank / AFP) ... More than 3,000 people are taking part in the recovery effort, assisted by dozens of boats and helicopters ... ....
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Man known as 'QAnon Shaman' asks Trump for pardon after storming Capitol
The Hill 15 Jan 2021
A man who donned fur, horns and red, white and blue face paint while storming the Capitol last week is now requesting a pardon from President Trump ... His attorney Albert Watkins is now making a plea for a pardon, stating that Chansley was not involved in Wednesday's violence and surrendered peacefully.ADVERTISEMENT ... .......
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Trump refuses to pay Giuliani for failed attempt to overturn election
The Jerusalem Post 14 Jan 2021
US President Donald Trump is reportedly refusing to pay his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for his work, which included an unsuccessful attempt to overturn the elections results amid unfounded allegations, according to the Washington Post ... "The president is pretty wound up," a senior administration official told the Post ... 3 election ... ....
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Iran's IRGC kicks off missile, drone exercises in massive military drills
Press TV 15 Jan 2021
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has kicked off massive military drills in central Iran, in which it tests its latest ballistic missiles and combat drones. The first round of the drills, codenamed the Great Prophet 15, was held with mass launches of ballistic ground-to-ground missiles and operations by combat bomber drones ... www.presstv.ir ... ....
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US says Capitol rioters meant to 'capture and assassinate' officials
Straits Times 15 Jan 2021
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week's siege of the US Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters on Thursday (Jan 14), saying in a court filing that rioters intended "to capture and assassinate elected officials" ... Chansley was due to appear in federal court on Friday ... .......
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Germany surpasses 2 million coronavirus cases, death rate up
Yahoo Daily News 15 Jan 2021
Read full article. 15 January 2021, 10.29 am·2-min read. Vaccinations at Havelhoehe community hospital in Berlin ... Europe's biggest economy and most populous country managed the pandemic better than neighbours last spring. But it has seen a sharp rise in cases and deaths recently and daily per capita mortality has often exceeded the U.S ... News18....
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Billionaire right-winger Sheldon Adelson to be buried in Jerusalem Friday: paper
Raw Story 15 Jan 2021
Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a staunch supporter of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will be buried in Jerusalem Friday, a paper controlled by his family said ... Netanyahu met the coffin and Adelson's wife Miriam at the airport, Israel Hayom reported ... ....
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Indonesia spots Chinese research vessel in its waters with tracker off
South China Morning Post 15 Jan 2021photo: Creative Commons / Gary Bembridge from London, UK https://www.flickr.com/people/8327374@N02
The Climate Change Committee is advised by banks – how can the public trust its findings on fossil fuels
The Independent 15 Jan 2021
It is truly shocking that the banks who have been pouring billions into fossil fuel investments should dominate a committee advising the government on ending fossil fuel financing. And yet, perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. At the end of last year, the government’s official advisers on climate action, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), ... Watch more....
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Biden unveils $1.9 trillion economic plan to boost pandemic-hit economy
RTE 15 Jan 2021
US President-elect Joe Biden outlined a $1.9 trillion (€1.6 trillion) stimulus package proposal, saying bold investment was needed to jump-start the economy and accelerate the distribution of vaccines to bring the coronavirus under control ... "We have to act and we have to act now." ... "The vaccines offer so much hope ......
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Israel MK threatens to destroy Iran nuclear program if US returns to deal
Middle East Monitor 14 Jan 2021
An Israeli minister in the ruling Likud party has warned that if the United States is to return to the Iran nuclear deal under the new administration of President-elect Joe Biden, then Israel will be forced to take action itself against Iran's nuclear programme ... "This of course we will not allow," he warned ... .......
