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- Visa-Mastercard payments duopoly has staying powerVisa launches crypto advisory service for financial institutions, merchantsU.S. risks 'chilling' regulations on crypto, industry warns CongressStudies suggest Pfizer shot may protect only partially against OmicronWorld Court orders Azerbaijan and Armenia to prevent racial hatred
- Boris Johnson apologises for Downing Street video but insists no Christmas party was held – PMQs liveRussia expects urgent Ukraine talks with US after Biden-Putin summitOlaf Scholz elected to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellorHidden sketch revealed beneath Rembrandt’s The Night WatchInstagram chief to testify as Congress scrutinizes platform’s impact on kids
- A 'nightmare scenario': Matt Gaetz faces criticism for disturbing 2022 GOP predictionТгuмр-appointed judge suspends Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractorsRepublicans force another Biden nominee to withdraw after calling her a 'communist'Jan. 6 committee files subpoenas for phone records of over 100 people — including many Тгuмр associatesThe West must cut a deal with the Taliban to prevent mass starvation in Afghanistan
- Compassion Is Not a Crime: Animal Rights Activist Avoids Jail After Conviction for Baby Goat RescueHouse Democrats Re-Introduce Bill Banning Fracking, New Fossil Fuel Plants and Oil and Gas ExportsA One-Sided Narrative: U.S. Press Focuses on “Russian Aggression” While Ignoring U.S. EscalationPrison Fire in Burundi Kills at Least 38 PeopleHeadlines for December 08, 2021
- 'Reckless Misuse of Resources': House Approves $778 Billion Military BudgetSenate Dems Help Torpedo Resolution That Would Have Blocked $650 Million Arms Sale to Saudi ArabiaAmnesty Scorecard Finds Twitter Failing to Protect Women From Online AbuseFilibuster Reform for Debt Ceiling Fight But Not Voting Rights or Reproductive Freedom?As Senate Holds Guantánamo Hearing, Biden Urged to 'Finally End This Chapter of Injustice'
- Environmental Activists Turn Talents Inward—and UnionizeТгuмр Continues to Glorify the January 6 InsurrectionStupid-Looking Statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest Comes Down in NashvilleCanadian Pilots Rally to Supply Towns Isolated by FloodingThe Guy Who Tried to Sue a Fake Twitter Cow Is Going to Lead Тгuмр’s Media Company
- The Cinematic Sainthood of Diego MaradonaElizabeth Warren Wants To Know How Hertz Went From Bankruptcy To Buybacks In Six MonthsThis Is the Future Republicans WantThe 2022 Midterms Are Shaping Up to Be a Blue Wave—of RetirementsBiden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission Gives Court-Packing Two Thumbs Down
- Study Finds 87% Of Home Invasions Foiled After Homeowner Nervously Mutters, ‘Who’s There?’Things You Should Never Say To Someone Who Makes Less Money Than YouAustralia Drunkest Country In WorldCNN Fires Chris CuomoOld TV Show’s Joke About Richard Nixon Being The Current President Would Never Fly Today
- Pfizer-BioNTech Says Booster Offers Significant Protection Against OmicronSchools Are Closing Classrooms on Fridays. Parents Are Furious.Video About Christmas Party Drops Boris Johnson Into Another MessHouse Passes $768 Billion Defense Policy BillHouse Passes Legislation to Pave Way for Debt Ceiling Increase
- Covid-19 live updates: U.S. hospitalizations rise, driven by surges in four statesHarperCollins drops Chris Cuomo book after CNN fires the anchor amid scandalA pastor dressed in drag for an HBO show. The blowback led to him being relieved of duties.A climber found a trove of gems in the Alps amid a 47-year-old plane wreck. He gets to keep half.Biden’s summit: What’s democracy got to do with it?
- Judge tosses lawsuit against Santa Cruz syringe exchange programHigh school football: Wilcox’s state championship game experience will be different this timeLos Angeles school board fires hundreds of unvaccinated employeesIt’s a Small World returns at Disneyland after flood threatens to ruin the holiday traditionSix Mexican nationals indicted in kidnap scheme that killed California resident
- It’s a good time to be Reba McEntireMillions of followers? For book sales, ‘it’s unreliable.’Supreme Court takes up Maine case over state tuition and religious schoolsAirbnb’s nonprofit makes resettling refugees a core missionIOC can’t provide ‘absolute certainty on anything’ amid concern for Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai
- Will Oxford Schools face legal consequences for Nov. 30 shooting? Here's what experts say.Detroit Free Press joins other media outlets in lawsuit against redistricting commissionFree Press launches 'Your Week in metro Detroit' newsletter for subscribers2 Michigan missionaries kidnapped in Haiti were released SundayGov. Whitmer says President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate a 'problem,' report says
- Car crash deaths have surged during COVID-19 pandemic. Here's whyMexican kidnap-for-ransom ring that operated in Southern California is indictedOn 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack, survivors gather to remember those lostLegal counseling, Zumba, English classes: Afghans adjust to temporary life on U.S. military bases'West Side Story' reportedly banned in some Middle East nations after censors' input
- Maryland weather: Snow unlikely to accumulate in Baltimore area WednesdayBaltimore County school board taps Julie Henn, Cheryl Pasteur for chair, vice chairMaryland Stadium Authority will test artificial intelligence security scanners at Orioles games this springCatholic Charities of Baltimore announces $75 million fundraising campaign, its largest everRapid COVID-19 tests show better than expected results in large Baltimore study
- Omicron variant has "robust ability" to evade COVID vaccines, but Pfizer says booster shots "neutralized" itRobert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville will be melted down into artworkInstagram CEO to testify before Senate committee on safety of teen usersBiden's Supreme Court commission votes to submit report on reformsAt least 34 killed in Indonesia volcano eruption as rain and lava hamper search for the 22 missing
- Pfizer says booster dose of vaccine protects against omicron variantDisgruntled neighbors and dwindling shorebirds jeopardize SpaceX expansionCDC’s Covid vaccination rates appear inflated, experts worryAlleged victim testifies in Maxwell's involvement with Epstein abuseJussie Smollett trial in alleged hate crime hoax wrapping up
- $900 tax credit for purchasing an e-bike. $35 cap on insulin costs. Here are some of the lesser-known provisions in the bill.House passes new debt ceiling plan after McConnell cuts deal with DemocratsAnalysis: Texas could test one of Biden's core political betsWhy top Republican is quitting Congress to run Тгuмр's media companyAnalysis: China claims its authoritarian one-party system is a democracy -- and one that works better than the US
- Complaint to FTC: Amazon search results full of potentially deceiving adsPfizer-BioNTech say booster doses more effective at blocking Omicron variantBiden unveils "Building a Better America" brandingOlaf Scholz sworn in as chancellor of Germany, succeeding Angela MerkelInstagram's boss faces Congress' questions on harm to teens
- Starbucks workers decide whether to form first U.S. unionWith the jury set, trial turns to opening statements in Daunte Wright killingMalaysian court upholds ex-premier Najib's graft convictionWhat you need to know about Germany's new chancellor and coalition governmentThe House OKs a bipartisan defense policy bill that includes servicemember pay boost
- How do you like your salmon? Uninformative, pleaseIsraeli held in Belarus describes 'hellish torments' in prisonErdogan: Israel ties could be fixed if it displays 'sensitivity' toward PalestiniansIsrael not expected to join ‘bizarre’ U.S. boycott of Winter Olympics in ChinaWoman severely wounded in suspected stabbing attack in East Jerusalem
- The U.S. just lost to the Taliban. We'll see if it can deter PutinCanada's effort to bring in Afghan refugees expected to take up to two yearsBiden warns Putin of 'consequences' if Russia invades UkraineJapanese fashion tycoon blasts off for International Space StationAustralia joins U.S., announces diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics in Beijing
- France frees Saudi arrested in case of mistaken identity over Khashoggi killingOlaf Scholz sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor, replaces Merkel with promise of ‘new beginning’BioNTech, Pfizer vaccine neutralises Omicron with three shotsIndia defence chief killed along with 12 others in military helicopter crash‘Families have a right to know’: The effort to identify migrants lost at sea
- Changing of the guard: Scholz takes oath of office, ending Merkel’s reign‘An irreparable loss’: India’s army chief killed in helicopter crashSuitcases of cash, diamond tiaras and Hollywood: What is the 1MDB scandal?‘National embarrassment’: Malaysian ex-PM loses appeal over role in $6.3 billion corruption scandalAustralia urges US to push back on ‘digital authoritarianism’
- OPP was short 1,000 frontline officers in 2020, leading to fewer resolved crimes, report findsFIRST READING: Activists keep ignoring Indigenous pleas to go awayTerry Glavin: Dominic Barton's main role in bringing the Michaels home was as a flight attendantNew U.S. ambassador to Canada confident the two countries 'will be aligned' on China policySwitzerland approves use of 3D-printed suicide pod that can be activated just by blinking
- After 10 days, Miss Universe contender who contracted COVID cleared to competeWill Smith’s production company boards Israeli docuseries on Munich massacreSoftbank backs $400m investment in Israeli industrial cybersecurity firm ClarotyErdogan says before ties improve, Israel must be ‘more sensitive’ to PalestiniansTense talks on Iran’s nuclear program to resume Thursday in Vienna
- Putin, Biden discuss Ukraine, security, restrictions on diplomatic workKremlin unveils details on level of ties with Greece, TurkeyRussia expects sound relations between Putin and new German Chancellor Scholz — KremlinNATO conducting clearly confrontational policy towards Russia — PutinPutin appoints Russian representatives in BRICS Business Council
- Australia to toughen regulations for cryptocurrency and 'buy-now-pay-later' providersAustralia joins diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter OlympicsAustralia's medicines watchdog approves Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 booster shotsPM slammed for online behaviour of MPs as he talks internet safety to teensOlaf Scholz has been elected Germany's new chancellor, ending Angela Merkel's 16-year tenure
- PCB, PTV Sports resolve dispute over broadcast rights'Violation of election code': ECP warns PM Imran against visiting Peshawar ahead of LG pollsCarranza, Tiwana shine at Lahore Open Polo - Newspaper - DAWN.COMGulberg Hockey Club win - Newspaper - DAWN.COMDollar reaches Rs177.50 in intraday trade to hit new high against rupee
- Hong Kong driver O’Young recalls ‘insane’ Covid-19 era sacrificesIndonesia hands life sentence to militant who went on run for 16 yearsHow Hong Kong sustainability award winners came to remote village’s aidOmicron better at dodging vaccine, South African study findsFrom humble beginnings to Hong Kong: Pyledriver’s rise to global stardom
- Tsawwassen teen found dead, girl has been missing for four daysDan Fumano: Vancouver council boosts spending, pushes property tax hike above five per cent'Just awful': A family returns to the devastated Sumas PrairieCOVID-19: Attendees at B.C. College of Chiropractors AGM vote to oppose mandatory vaccinationB.C. highway travel restrictions challenge family connections for the holidays