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• Crazy Nancy Announces Run for Re-Election January 25, 2022
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• OSHA Continues To Pursue COVID Vax Mandate Despite Loss at SCOTUS January 25, 2022
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• Second NYPD Officer in Harlem Shooting Dies From Injuries January 25, 2022
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• Judge Allows Michael Avenatti to Represent Himself in Case vs. Stormy Daniels January 25, 2022
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• Psaki Defends FDA Closure of Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Centers in Florida January 25, 2022
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• Boston Patient Removed From Heart-Transplant List Due to Lack of COVID Vax January 25, 2022
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• PolitiFact Flubs Another Fact Check January 25, 2022
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• Democrat Rep. Marie Newman In Trouble for Offering Job to Rival to Avoid Primary Challenge January 25, 2022
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• General Michael Flynn: Biden Could Cause Hundreds of Millions of Deaths Over Ukraine January 25, 2022
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• Peter Schweizer: Chinese Global Energy Company Linked to Chinese Intelligence Operation Sent Nearly $6 Million to Hunter Biden in 2017 January 25, 2022
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Business Day Live

• Legal ruling leaves New York schools grappling with mask mandates January 25, 2022
  A court has declared the compulsory wearing of Covid-19 face coverings unconstitutional
• Zimbabwe opposition leader forms political party January 25, 2022
  Nelson Chamisa dumps MDC Alliance name for Citizens Coalition for Change
• Malawi leader fires entire cabinet amid corruption row January 25, 2022
  Lazarus Chakwera dissolves cabinet after labour, lands and energy ministers accused of graft
• Donald Trump’s legacy is an ‘aggressively conservative’ US top court January 25, 2022
  Based on earlier oral arguments, the court’s conservatives seem poised to undermine or even overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that legalised abortion in the US
• Tepco reports coolant leaks at crippled Fukushima nuclear plant January 25, 2022
  Latest incident highlights battle to clean up the plant nearly 11 years after disaster
• Kabore toppled for failure to deal with Islamist insurgency, say Burkina Faso putschists January 25, 2022
  Governments in Mali and Guinea faced same fate for failure to eradicate  Islamist insurgencies
• China steps up online surveillance in countdown to Winter Olympics January 25, 2022
  Authorities target online rumours, effeminate celebrities and fan group to cultivate a ‘healthy’ environment
• When is a ‘product of the USA’ really a product of Australia? January 25, 2022
  Merely repackaging imported meat is sufficient for a ‘Product of the USA’ label, according to an agriculture department spokesperson
• EU travel system focuses on vaccination status January 25, 2022
  Bloc to lift restrictions and instead require a digital Covid certificate — showing vaccination, recovery from the disease or a recent test — from February 1
• India’s employment crisis disheartens young job seekers January 25, 2022
  Unemployment is estimated to have exceeded the global rate in five of past six years
• Boris Johnson faces new lockdown party claims January 25, 2022
  UK prime minister’s office confirms staff gathered to celebrate his birthday
• Afghan start-ups ‘running on fumes’ January 25, 2022
  Taliban takeover has sentenced private sector to death, says business leader

Mail and Guardian

• UK PM Johnson fights back after defection January 20, 2022
  Wednesday's defection of Conservative Christian Wakeford to Labour served as a reminder of the high stakes at play, with the opposition party surging in opinion polls. The post UK PM Johnson fights back after defection appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
• 5G launches in US without huge impact on flights January 20, 2022
  Both AT&T and Verizon this week agreed to scale back the launch of 5G near airports following an outcry from US airlines, who had warned the roll-out would cause mass disruptions The post 5G launches in US without huge impact on flights appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
• First foreign aid flights reach Tonga January 20, 2022
  Tonga has been inaccessible since Saturday, when one of the largest volcanic explosions in decades cloaked the nation in a layer of ash, triggered a Pacific-wide tsunami and severed vital undersea communication cables The post First foreign aid flights reach Tonga appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
• ‘Partygate’: A timeline of Boris Johnson’s latest scandal January 19, 2022
  The UK Prime Minister defended some of the events — quickly dubbed "partygate" since they were reported in newspapers from late last year —  as work gatherings. The post ‘Partygate’: A timeline of Boris Johnson’s latest scandal appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
• UK: New ‘partygate’ revelations heap more pressure on PM Boris Johnson January 14, 2022
  The British Prime Minister is fighting for his political future amid public outrage at the slew of revelations about similar alleged rule-breaking while the rest of the country followed guidelines — at personal cost. The post UK: New ‘partygate’ revelations heap more pressure on PM Boris Johnson appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
• Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews confront #MeToo claims January 13, 2022
  "Lo Tishtok" — Hebrew for "You will not be silent" — is a phrase gaining momentum among haredim, who are being forced to reckon with claims of serious crimes, including sexual abuse of children, against several of their cultural icons. The post Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews confront #MeToo claims appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
• Capitol assault probe wants testimony from top Republican lawmaker McCarthy January 13, 2022
  The congressional committee is examining if former president Donald Trump and his advisers encouraged or even plotted the violence. The post Capitol assault probe wants testimony from top Republican lawmaker McCarthy appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
• Putin says Russia has two weeks to prepare for Omicron wave January 12, 2022
  Russia has lifted nearly all the restrictions designed to limit new cases, despite an increasing caseload and growing Omicron infections The post Putin says Russia has two weeks to prepare for Omicron wave appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
• UK’s Johnson faces parliament over party scandal January 12, 2022
  The embattled leader has been silent since an email was leaked late Monday that appeared to show a senior official inviting more than 100 colleagues to an outdoor event in May 2020 and encouraging them to 'bring your own booze' The post UK’s Johnson faces parliament over party scandal appeared first on The Mail & […]
• UK PM Johnson faces fresh scandal over lockdown party breach January 11, 2022
  The British PM had hoped to start the new year with a reset of his embattled government, leaving behind the so-called "partygate" scandals that ratcheted up the pressure on his position, after a series of other claims of corruption. The post UK PM Johnson faces fresh scandal over lockdown party breach appeared first on The […]

News24

• News24.com | Macron warns Russia will pay 'very high price' if Ukraine attacked January 25, 2022
  French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Russia would face tough consequences if it attacked Ukraine but said he planned talks this week with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to keep dialogue going with Moscow.
• News24.com | Cuba admits 700 charged over anti-gov protests January 25, 2022
  Cuba's public prosecutor's office has admitted for the first time that more than 700 people have been charged over unprecedented anti-government protests last year, with 172 already convicted.
• News24.com | German woman in dock over joining IS in Syria as teenager January 25, 2022
  A German woman who moved to Syria as a 15-year-old to join the Islamic State group went on trial accused of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity.
• News24.com | New York judge strikes down state Covid mask mandate January 25, 2022
  The mandate had been issued by governor after Kathy Hochul declared state of emergency amid Omicron spread.
• News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global deaths top 5.6m, Spain busts fake passport ring, Israel mulls 4th vaccine dose January 25, 2022
  The novel coronavirus has killed at least 5 602 767 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources.
• Businessinsider.co.za | Trump's free speech social-media site plans to use AI to automatically censor some posts January 25, 2022
  Despite Trump's focus on attacking censorship and hitting out at tech platforms, Trump is drawing on technology firms to moderate Truth Social.
• Businessinsider.co.za | How Boris Johnson's lockdown party contrasts with leaders who cancelled weddings, missed family funerals January 25, 2022
  Johnson's decision to attend his own birthday party lies in stark contrast with the likes of New Zealand PM Jacinda Adern, who canceled her wedding.
• News24.com | Russia adds jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, allies to 'terrorists and extremists' list January 25, 2022
  Russia has added jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and a number of his allies to a list of 'terrorists and extremists', as authorities further clamp down on the opposition.
• Businessinsider.co.za | A tourist was detained at the Auschwitz Museum after making a Nazi salute January 25, 2022
  Museum security detained the woman and her husband before contacting local police. It's reportedly illegal to promote Nazi propaganda in Poland.
• News24.com | Australia buys rights to Aboriginal flag in $14m deal, ending long dispute January 25, 2022
  The Australian government has struck a US$14 million deal to buy the copyright to the Aboriginal flag, ending a long-running debate about its public use.
• Businessinsider.co.za | Police will investigate claims of illegal parties at Downing Street, commissioner confirms January 25, 2022
  Dame Cressida Dick, who had seemed to turn a blind eye to claims of lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street, said officers were now investigating.
• News24.com | 'He's got to go' - UK PM Boris Johnson under fresh pressure over Covid-19 lockdown birthday bash January 25, 2022
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting fresh allegations that he broke the Covid-19 lockdown rules he imposed by attending a surprise birthday party in Downing Street when social gatherings indoors were banned.

Eye Witness News

• At least 19 dead after clash, fire at club in Indonesia's West Papua January 25, 2022
  The nightclub, a large red and white building, was left gutted by the blaze and a burnt-out vehicle was seen lying on its side by the blackened entrance.
• Biden caught insulting Fox News journalist January 25, 2022
  US President Joe Biden was caught on a live microphone Monday calling a Fox News journalist a 'stupid son of a b@@ch' on the sidelines of a White House photo op.
• WeChat denies Australia PM's account was hacked January 24, 2022
  But Tencent, the Chinese tech giant that owns WeChat, has denied that the prime minister's account was hacked or removed from its platform.
• Assange wins permission to appeal US extradition January 24, 2022
  The High Court in London in December overturned a lower court's ruling not to send him to the United States on the grounds he would be a suicide risk.
• Ex-pope Benedict admits giving 'incorrect' info to abuse inquiry January 24, 2022
  An independent report last week found that Benedict XVI, who stood down in 2013, knowingly failed to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse in the 1980s.
• Europe could be headed for pandemic 'endgame': WHO January 24, 2022
  Once the current surge of Omicron sweeping across Europe subsides, 'there will be for quite some weeks and months a global immunity, either thanks to the vaccine or because people have immunity due to the infection, and also lowering seasonality'.
• Thousands march in Washington against COVID vaccine mandates January 24, 2022
  Speaker after speaker - including notorious anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who compared vaccine mandates to the Holocaust - took to the microphone in front of the white marble Lincoln Memorial to decry the rules.

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