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Asian shares mostly higher on optimism despite pandemic

Asian shares are mostly higher as bullish sentiments stuck to global markets despite continuing signs of economic damage from the pandemic and a new version of the virus was reported in Japan

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PGA Championship leaving Trump National in '22 tournament

The PGA of America has voted to leave Trump National Golf Club for its PGA Championship event next year

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Yemen, China, Cuba top Pompeo to-do list as time runs down

As time runs down on the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top aides are rushing to complete actions they believe will cement their legacy and the president's

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Asia Today: Virus rules tightened in province near Beijing

Chinese health authorities say scores more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Hebei province bordering on the capital Beijing

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Indonesia intensifies search for crashed plane's black boxes

The search for the black boxes of a crashed Sriwijaya Air jet has intensified to boost the investigation into what caused the plane carrying 62 people to nosedive into the Java Sea

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Covid: Woman’s arrest for sitting on bench was ‘staged’, say police

Footage planned by anti-lockdown protest group, say Dorset Police

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N. Korea's Kim adds title: General secretary of ruling party

North Korea's state media reports leader Kim Jong Un was given a new title, “general secretary” of the ruling Workers’ Party, at the party's ongoing congress

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Activating ‘tipping points’ in society could push world towards greater climate action, researchers say

The rapid decline of coal-fired power in the UK and petrol cars in Norway indicate how small policy changes can lead to dramatic climate action, researchers argue

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Lockdown and the potential for increased restrictions is tough – but the alternative is worse

Editorial: We are in the middle of another difficult moment, where decisions are crucial

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ShareAction is putting investors climate commitments to the test with HSBC resolution

Some big European shareholders are already on board but HSBC is a global bank. Given its much ballyhooed commitment to addressing the climate crisis, how will BlackRock, the world’s biggest money manager, respond?

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Records show fervent Trump fans fueled US Capitol takeover

They came from across America, summoned by President Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor

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‘Sedition caucus’ facing mounting calls to resign after voting against Biden’s election win

Corporations suspending campaign donations to 127 lawmakers who voted to nix president-elect Joe Biden’s victory

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Pence hasn’t ruled out 25th amendment to remove Trump and will attend Biden’s inauguration

The vice president is keeping the option open in case the president becomes more unstable, according to an aide

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Arnold Schwarzenegger compares US Capitol mob to Nazis

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is comparing the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol to the Nazis

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Trump-supporting Christian leaders and their Sunday messages

Support for President Donald Trump has been consistently strong among evangelicals, with some calling him the best friend Christians have had in the White House

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Trump to honor Belichick with Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Donald Trump will present one of the nation’s highest civilian honors to Bill Belichick, the football coach of the New England Patriots and the only coach to win six Super Bowl titles

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‘The whiskey maker’s bible’: Jay Bradley on Truths About Whisky

Written in 1878 by four of Ireland’s leading whiskey producers, ‘Truths About Whisky’ has remained an inspiration for Jay Bradley of The Craft Irish Whiskey Co, writes Christine Manby

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Records show fervent Trump fans fueled US Capitol takeover

The violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters

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Mexican president's spokesman tests positive for coronavirus

The spokesman for Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he has tested positive for cornavirus, the same day the country detected its first case of a COVID-19 variant that is spreading in the United Kingdom

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Covid: Bodies stored at temporary site as Surrey hospital mortuaries reach capacity

County’s hospital mortuaries fill up as officials worry over risk of overflow capacity being exceed

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Covid restrictions on exercise and masks could be tightened, say reports

Ministers looking at tougher measures amid concerns laws ‘too lax’

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The unfolding of 'home-grown fascism' in Capitol assault

The full extent of the assault on the U.S. Capitol is coming into sharper focus, with scenes of violence so vast they are difficult to grasp

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Harris team says it was blindsided by VP-elect's Vogue cover

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris appears on the cover of Vogue magazine's February issue, but her team says there's a problem: the photo isn't the shot both sides had agreed upon

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ShareAction is putting investors climate commitments to the test with HSBC resolution

Some big European shareholders are already on board but HSBC is a global bank. Given its much ballyhooed commitment to addressing the climate crisis, how will BlackRock, the world’s biggest money manager, respond?

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Queen Panther, head of the world’s biggest diamond heists, tells all

How does an elite athlete from a respectable background wind up an international jewel thief? Former Pink Panther Olivera Cikovic breaks her silence and talks to Rebecca Banovic

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Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign

President Donald Trump enters the last days of his presidency facing a second impeachment and growing calls for his resignation after his supporters launched an assault on the nation’s Capitol in an effort to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power

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Food exporters ‘strangled by red tape’ as Brexit disrupts trucks and risks end for covid-hit seafood firms

Risk of European firms turning backs on British produce ‘a nightmare scenario’, trade body warns

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Capitol police were overrun, 'left naked' against rioters

Despite ample warnings about pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington, U.S. Capitol Police did not bolster staffing on Wednesday and made no preparations for the possibility that the planned protests could escalate into massive violent riots, according to several people briefed on law enforcement’s response

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EXPLAINER: Can social media companies boot Trump? Yes

Social media companies decided this past week they had finally seen enough from President Donald Trump

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Police departments across US investigating whether their own members took part in the Capitol riots

Officers were placed on administrative leave in states across the country following the deadly violence at the US Capitol

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