Applause breaks out as Senate passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill
Applause broke out in the Senate on Saturday afternoon as senators voted 50-49 to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package.
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March 6, 2021 Pope Francis meets top Shiite cleric on second day of historic visit to Iraq
Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the top religious authority for most Shiite Muslims, hosted the head of the world’s Catholics, Pope Francis, on Saturday in the shrine city of Najaf.
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March 6, 2021 South China Sea: Royal Navy ship faces ‘severe threat’ in disputed waters – ‘Risk is high’
Chinese forces could attempt to block the Royal Navy’s signals, spread false information and conduct phishing attacks on countries where the HMS Queen Elizabeth docks in East Asia, according to reports. Earlier this week, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier departed from Portsmouth to sail off for sea trials ahead of its first deployment in the […]
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March 5, 2021 Australia hits back as Italy blocks vaccine shipment – and suggests EU is ‘tearing up rule book’
Australia has hit back at the EU’s move to block a shipment of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine – suggesting the bloc was trying to “tear up the rule book”.
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March 4, 2021 Ghislaine Maxwell’s family brand US legal system ‘cruel’, and call for her release while she awaits trial
The family of Ghislaine Maxwell have broken their silence, insisting she is innocent while branding the US legal system “bizarre and cruel”. Ian Maxwell told The Telegraph that his sister is being subjected to “brutal and degrading” treatment and called for her release from jail while awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges. In an […]
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March 2, 2021 Boeing, Australian air force say pilotless, fighter-like jet completed first test flight
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Boeing Co and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) said on Tuesday they had completed the first flight test on a pilotless fighter-like jet designed to operate in conjunction with crewed aircraft.
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March 1, 2021 ‘They caught JAWS!’: Massive 394kg shark caught off coast of Sydney
This enormous shark is sure to make jaws drop.
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March 1, 2021 Trump says his “journey” is “far from being over”
Former President Trump returned to the public spotlight on Sunday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, giving his first public speech since leaving office and since he was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial. Mr. Trump laid out his vision for the Republican Party, called for states to pass new election laws, teased a […]
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February 28, 2021 Second woman accuses New York governor Cuomo of sexual misconduct
A second ex-employee of powerful New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo has accused him of sexual harassment, charges the governor denied on Saturday.
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February 27, 2021 Biden vows to hold Saudi Arabia accountable after Khashoggi report released
President Biden said Friday that he will hold Saudi Arabia accountable after the government released a report revealing that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
