Xi Jinping Urges Starbucks' Ex-CEO to Help Improve US-China Ties

China's leader has contacted an unlikely source in a bid to build ties with Washington following the Trump administration's sour relationship with Beijing.
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Speaker Lindsay Hoyle orders MPs to wear masks 'all the time' in House of Commons

FYI: SPEAKER Sir Lindsay Hoyle has ordered MPs to wear face masks "wherever possible" in the House of Commons chamber.
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Retired Four-Star US Army General Compares 'Radical' Pro-Trump Protestors to Al-Qaeda

Earlier this month, the United States Capitol Building was stormed by a group of Trump-supporters, who believed the outgoing president's claims that the November 2020 election was stolen through fraudulent means.
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Covid deaths today: Why are Covid death figures delayed?

ICYMI: COVID infection and death figures are released on a daily basis by Public Health England, but today's death figures are yet to be published. Why are Covid death figures delayed today?
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Biden to Sign ‘Roughly Dozen’ Executive Actions on Inauguration Day, Chief of Staff Klain Says

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to sign executive orders addressing the coronavirus crisis, economic challenges, racial injustice and climate change in his first ten days in office, Biden’s incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, said.
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'It Will Destroy The Party': Rand Paul Warns Republicans Will Leave if GOP Senators Back Impeachment

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to impeach US President Donald Trump by 232-197, with 10 Republicans joining the Democrats in support of the outgoing president's second impeachment for “incitement of insurrection.” Now the question is whether the Senate will convict Trump when the impeachment reaches the upper house.
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Iranian Missiles Reportedly Fell 100 Miles From of USS Nimitz Strike Group

Earlier in the day, Iranian media reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had launched long-range ballistic missiles as part of its annual military drills, striking maritime targets 1,000 miles downrange.
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Capitol Raiders Interrogated by FBI Say Cop Told Them ‘It’s Your House Now’ Out of Fear for His Life

On Friday, AP reported that it had identified at least 21 current and former soldiers and law enforcement officers among the protesters who stormed the Capitol building on 6 January. The incident left four protesters and one cop dead, and led the House of Representatives to impeach President Trump on the charge of “incitement to insurrection.”
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UK suspends travel corridors in fight against new coronavirus variants

'This is not the time for the slightest relaxation of our national resolve,' said Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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Meghan and Harry at least promised to ‘uphold values’ of the Queen - Fergie novel savaged

ICYMI: THE announcement of Sarah Ferguson's first adult novel has been compared to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's desire for greater privacy and financial independence by a royal commentator.
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Royal Family news: King of Sweden first to share photo while getting Covid-19 vaccine

THE KING OF SWEDEN has set a new royal precedent by becoming Europe's first monarch to share a photo of himself receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Prince Harry titles: Full list of military honours Queen could strip Harry of for good

PRINCE HARRY held several honorary military titles in his role as working royal. Here is a full list of honours Harry could lose if the Queen decides not to reinstate them later this year.
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Kamala Harris heartbreak: Incoming VP ‘extremely disappointed’ with Vogue shoot

ICYMI: VICE-PRESIDENT elect Kamala Harris is said to be "extremely disappointed" with the photograph selected for her Vogue magazine front cover.
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Covid deaths today: Why are Covid death figures delayed?

COVID infection and death figures are released on a daily basis by Public Health England, but today's death figures are yet to be published. Why are Covid death figures delayed today?
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Donald Trump impeached for a second time

The impeachment vote comes just days before Trump is set to leave office.
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