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Nigerian President Buhari replaces top military commanders
Al Jazeera 26 Jan 2021
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced the country’s top military commanders after months of pressure over his response to the worsening security situation in the country ... The statement did not give any reasons for the overhaul of the country’s top-ranked commanders ... Diverse security issues ... ....
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Stabbing spree in Frankfurt leaves ‘several’ people injured as German authorities probe attacker’s motives
Russia Today 26 Jan 2021
An assailant armed with a knife has been detained by police after wounding several people in Frankfurt, Germany. Law enforcement officials are piecing together the circumstances surrounding the incident. The attack occurred at the city’s main railway station on Tuesday morning ... #Frankfurt #Bahnhofsviertel ... Es besteht keine Gefahr mehr ... ....
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Russia Registers 19 Ceasefire Violations in Syria Over Past Day - Defense Ministry
Urdu Point 26 Jan 2021
The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has registered 19 ceasefire violations in Syria over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has registered 13 truce breaches, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday ... Idlib - 13, Latakia - 2, Aleppo - 2, Hama - 2 ... .......
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McConnell backs off Senate filibuster fight with Schumer
The Independent 26 Jan 2021
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell backed off his demand that Senate Democrats preserve the procedural tool known as the filibuster easing a standoff with new Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as the two negotiated a power-sharing agreement in the closely divided chamber ... Without the support of all Democratic senators, a rules change would fail ... ....
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Canada parl. asks govt. to designate armed US militia group as terrorist entity
Press TV 26 Jan 2021
Canada’s parliament has approved a motion calling on the government to formally designate an American group that supports former US president Donald Trump as a terrorist entity, alongside outfits like al-Qaeda and Daesh ... Members of the Proud Boys will descend onto Washington, D.C. "incognito" to attend pro-Donald Trump protests on January 6 ... ....
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Senate confirms Blinken as the next Secretary of State
The Jerusalem Post 26 Jan 2021
WASHINGTON – The US Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Antony Blinken as the next secretary of state. Seventy-eight senators from both parties voted to approve his nomination, and 22 opposed. Blinken is one of Biden’s closest advisers. In 2009, when Biden was vice president, he served as his national security advisor ... ....
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Farmers protest: Chaos, violence grip national capital as protesters clash with police, 1 dead
Indian Express 26 Jan 2021
Chaos prevailed at several places in the national capital Tuesday after stick-wielding farmers clashed with police and entered the iconic Red Fort and ITO on Republic Day ... Police later removed protesting farmers from Red Fort premises ... Amid all this, a protesting farmer also died after his tractor overturned at ITO, police told PTI ... Advertisement ... ....
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Italian premier Conte resigns, sparking scramble for new allies
Belfast Telegraph 26 Jan 2021
Italian premier Giuseppe Conte has resigned after a key coalition ally withdrew his party’s support over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government ... The president will begin consulting leaders of political parties starting on Wednesday ... AP/PA Images. / ... / ... ....
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German Court Rules that COVID-19 Lockdowns Are Unconstitutional
GlobalResearch 25 Jan 2021
A German court in a landmark ruling has declared that COVID-19 lockdowns imposed by the government are unconstitutional. Thuringia’s spring lockdown was a “catastrophically wrong political decision with dramatic consequences for almost all areas of people’s lives,” the court said, justifying its decision ... Source. GreatGameIndia ... *. Note to readers ... etc ... ....
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Koeman recalls Messi to cup squad
Supersport 26 Jan 2021
</p>Koeman has recalled Lionel Messi to the squad for Wednesday's round-of-16 trip to second-division Rayo after a two-match ban for a red card in the Spanish Super Cup final loss.</p>Koeman told a press conference that the Argentine was "looking forward to it" but refused to say if Messi would start....
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Does the Covid vaccine work against new variants? What Oxford Astrazeneca, Pfizer and Moderna have ...
Scotsman 26 Jan 2021
But could the current vaccines work against new variants? This is what we know so far. What are the new variants?. Coronavirus, like any virus, mutates as it develops and adapts inside the body ... The current vaccines have proven sufficiently effective at immunising against this strain ... On 14 January, another new variant from Brazil was discovered ... Dr ... ....
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3 officials from McDonald's supplier get suspended prison sentences for selling tainted patties
Korea Times 26 Jan 2021
Gettyimagesbank. Three officials from a burger patty supplier for McDonald's Korea were given suspended prison sentences by a local court Tuesday for providing patties potentially contaminated with E. coli to the local unit of the global fast-food giant ... coli contamination ... Shiga toxin is a toxin component released from intestinal hemorrhagic E. coli ... ....
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Taliban delegation arrives in Tehran for talks
The National 26 Jan 2021
A “political delegation” led by the Taliban’s founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Tehran on Tuesday at the invitation of the Iranian Foreign Ministry ... While the Afghan-based Taliban is not officially designated a terrorist organisation, the international community does not recognise it as a legitimate part of the Afghan government ... ....
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Carlos Holmes Trujillo: Colombian defence minister dies with Covid-19
BBC News 26 Jan 2021
Colombia's defence minister has died in hospital after contracting coronavirus, the government has announced. Carlos Holmes Trujillo, 69, was taken to hospital with Covid-19 earlier this month and had developed viral pneumonia. "Colombia has lost one of its best men," President Ivan Duque said on Tuesday ... Related Topics. ....
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In Zimbabwe, fourth Cabinet member dies of COVID-19 amid surge
The Los Angeles Times 24 Jan 2021
HARARE, Zimbabwe — . Four Zimbabwean Cabinet ministers have died of COVID-19, three within the last two weeks, highlighting a resurgence of the disease that is sweeping through this southern African country. President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the coronavirus was reaping a “grim harvest” in the country. “The pandemic has been indiscriminate....
