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Telegraph Co-owner David Barclay Dies At 86 After Short Illness
British billionaire and Daily Telegraph coowner David Barclay has died unexpectedly after a short illness aged 86, the newspaper said late on Tuesday.
In Joint Rare Message to Troops, Top US Generals Condemn Capitol Attack
Amid worry about renewed violence on Inauguration Day, the military's top leaders issued a written reminder to all service members that the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week was an antidemocratic, criminal act.
Indonesia To Launch Vaccination Drive As COVID-19 Deaths Hit Record
Indonesia starts a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign on Wednesday, with President Joko Widodo to receive the first shot of an ambitious drive launched amid record deaths from one of Asia's most stubborn epidemics.
Authorities Release Photo Of Suspect In Murder Of U.S. Capitol Police Officer
Federal law enforcement authorities released the photo of a suspect wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, Senator Bill Cassidy said on Twitter on Tuesday.
Greece Seeks Joint EU Vaccine Certificate To Ease Cross-border Travel
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Tuesday for the creation of an EUwide, COVID19 vaccination certificate to help restore crossborder travel that has been crippled by the coronavirus pandemic.
Fire Kills Eight In Russian Apartment Block
A fire in an apartment block killed eight people in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg in the early hours of Tuesday, the local branch of Russia's Investigative Committee said.
GSK, Vir To Test Antibody For COVID-19 Treatment
British drugmaker GSK and U.S.based Vir Biotechnology will evaluate a second antibodybased treatment in patients with mild to moderate COVID19 in an early to midstage trial, the companies said on Tuesday.
Trump Issues 'Emergency Declaration' Amid Alert on Armed Protests for Police Depts to Coordinate
The declaration from Trump comes five days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol as Congress began formally counting the Electoral College votes to certify his defeat to Biden.
Gorillas At San Diego Zoo Safari Park Diagnosed With COVID-19
As many as eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are presumed to have contracted COVID19 from a human handler after one of the animals tested positive, marking the first known transmission of the virus to apes, zoo officials said on Monday.
After Frosty Few Days, Pence, Trump Appear To Reach Détente
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence appear to have come to a dtente after nearly a week of silence, anger and fingerpointing.
Joe Biden Inauguration Theme: 'America United'
In an announcement shared first with The Associated Press, the Presidential Inaugural Committee said that the theme reflects the beginning of a new national journey that restores the soul of America, brings the country together, and creates a path to a br...
Students In Rome Stage Sit-in To Demand Schools Be Re-opened
Dozens of students staged a sitin protest outside their school in central Rome on Monday, urging the government to reopen the education sector across the country after most of its 20 regions extended closures to contain rising COVID19 infections.
Putin Hosts First Post-war Talks Between Leaders Of Azerbaijan, Armenia
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday brought together the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for the first time since a war last year over the NagornoKarabakh region, an effort to resolve problems that risk undermining the deal that ended the conflic...
Factbox: How Is Britain's Vaccine Rollout Going?
Britain has set a target of having offered the first shots of a COVID19 vaccine to 15 million people in its highest priority cohorts by midFebruary.
Power Restored in Pakistan After 18 Hours of Nationwide Blackout Due to ‘Engineering Fault’
The outage marked Pakistan's second major power breakdown in less than three years. In May 2018, power was partially disrupted for more than nine hours.
Japan Says it Has Found a New Coronavirus Strain in Those Arriving from Brazil
The variant was found in airport tests on a man in his 40s, a woman in her 30s and two teens, the ministry said Sunday.